FRIDAY TV: Lansbury, Jones star in 'Driving Miss Daisy' - The Salinas Californian
TONIGHT’S MIGHT-SEE: “Great Performances,” 9-10:30 p. m. , PBS. The “Driving Miss Daisy” movie (1990) drew waves of praise and nine Oscar nominations, winning for best picture, actress (Jessica Tandy), script (Alfred Uhry) and make-up. Now here’s a reminder that Uhry’s original, three-person play is light and charming. Angela Lansbury, 89, plays a 72-year-old Jewish woman in 1948 Atlanta, nudged by her son to get a chauffeur (James Earl Jones). TONIGHT’S MIGHT-SEE II: “Defiance,” 8 p. m. , Syfy. now, however, he may have weapons for Defiance. TONIGHT’S ALTERNATIVE: Movies, cable. “The Help” (2011), has much in common with “Driving Miss Daisy”. it’s a light and easy-to-digest look at some dead-serious issues from the South’s past. That’s 9 p. m. on TBS, part of a big movie night. More intense are Oscar-winning performances from Heath Ledger (“The Dark Knight, 2008, 7 p. m. , AMC), Denzel Washington (“Training Day,” 2001, 8 p. m. , IFC) and Anthony Hopkins (“Silence of the Lambs,” 1991, 9 p. m. , BBC America). A night of CBS reruns starts with Watson taking a job as an insurance-company investigator. Source: www.thecalifornian.com
