Simon Brew Mar 6, 2017
Why Driving Miss Daisy might just owe a drop of its success to a film called In Country...
Sometimes, it’s little quirks of fate that turn projects from small successes into a genuine phenomenon. Here's one we thought you might be interested in. Bruce Beresford’s 1989 comedy-drama, Driving Miss Daisy, would go on to be a big hit, inspire a stage production, and win four Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture. Yet originally, Warner Bros didn’t have major plans for the movie.
Instead, it was pinning hopes for a good Christmas on the Norman Jewison-directed drama In Country, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd. The studio set a September 29th 1989 release date for the film, expecting it to play for several months as awards season took hold. These were days when a movie would get a bit more time to earn its keep,...
Why Driving Miss Daisy might just owe a drop of its success to a film called In Country...
Sometimes, it’s little quirks of fate that turn projects from small successes into a genuine phenomenon. Here's one we thought you might be interested in. Bruce Beresford’s 1989 comedy-drama, Driving Miss Daisy, would go on to be a big hit, inspire a stage production, and win four Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture. Yet originally, Warner Bros didn’t have major plans for the movie.
Instead, it was pinning hopes for a good Christmas on the Norman Jewison-directed drama In Country, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd. The studio set a September 29th 1989 release date for the film, expecting it to play for several months as awards season took hold. These were days when a movie would get a bit more time to earn its keep,...
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