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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

PG_13 130 min  -  Drama | Comedy  -   27 December 1991 (USA)
7.4
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A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

Director:

Jon Avnet

Writers:

Fannie Flagg (novel), Fannie Flagg (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kathy Bates ...
Mary Stuart Masterson ...
Mary-Louise Parker ...
Jessica Tandy ...
Cicely Tyson ...
Chris O'Donnell ...
Stan Shaw ...
Big George
Gailard Sartain ...
Ed Couch
Timothy Scott Timothy Scott ...
Smokey Lonesome (as Tim Scott)
Gary Basaraba ...
Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith ...
Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen Jo Harvey Allen ...
Women's Awareness Teacher
Macon McCalman ...
Prosecutor Percy
Richard Riehle ...
Reverend Scroggins
Raynor Scheine Raynor Scheine ...
Sheriff Curtis Smoote
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Storyline

Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny. Written by Kevin <Kibble@vm.temple.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Nursing Home | Alabama | Friendship | Stories | 1920s  | See more »

Taglines:

The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.

Genres:

Drama | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$80,100,000 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (extended version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

In July 2008, afterellen.com reported that Mary-Louise Parker said that she, her costar Mary Stuart Masterson, and screenwriter (and original novel author) Fannie Flagg were all strong advocates for depicting in the film the lesbian relationship between Ruth and Idgie that had appeared in the book, but the director, Jon Avnet, and the producers of the film chose instead to excise the romance and just make the two characters into friends. In the DVD extras, Avnet does say that he considered Idgie and Ruth's food fight scene in the movie as an analogy for a love scene between the two that he chose not to include. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Evelyn's hands on the steering wheel when she is in the grocery store parking lot, getting ready to hit the "young girls" red Volkswagen. See more »

Quotes

Ninny Threadgoode: It's good to see you're so happy, and you've slimmed down quite a bit these last few weeks.
Evelyn Couch: I'm just so happy, Big George and Idgie got off. I would've killed Frank Bennett if I coulda. Did anybody really think Idgie murdered him?
Ninny Threadgoode: Some said yes, some said no. The only person who really knew the answer to that was Frank Bennett, and you know what they say, dead men tell no tales.
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Connections

Referenced in "Still Standing: Still Spending (#1.11)" (2002) See more »

Soundtracks

"Rooster Blues"
Written by Jerry West
Produced by Arthur Baker
Performed by Peter Wolf
Mixed by Louis Scalise See more »