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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

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User Rating: 7.3/10 (17,854 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Jon Avnet
Writers (WGA):
Fannie Flagg (novel)
Fannie Flagg (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
27 December 1991 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | Comedy more
Tagline:
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations more
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The Ultimate more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kathy Bates ... Evelyn Couch

Mary Stuart Masterson ... Idgie Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker ... Ruth Jamison
Jessica Tandy ... Ninny Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson ... Sipsey

Chris O'Donnell ... Buddy Threadgoode
Stan Shaw ... Big George
Gailard Sartain ... Ed Couch
Timothy Scott ... Smokey Lonesome (as Tim Scott)
Gary Basaraba ... Grady Kilgore

Lois Smith ... Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen ... Women's Awareness Teacher

Macon McCalman ... Prosecutor Percy
Richard Riehle ... Reverend Scroggins
Raynor Scheine ... Sheriff Curtis Smoote
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (UK)
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Runtime:
130 min | 137 min (extended version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (DeLuxe)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Author Fannie Flagg is the woman telling the classroom of disaffected women, "You can get that spark back into your marriage!" 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. more
Quotes:
Ruth: Idgie Threadgoode, you ol' beecharmer, you. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Verbotene Liebe: (#1.1082)" (1999) more
Soundtrack:
I'll Remember You more

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25 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
The Ultimate, 17 May 2004
9/10
Author: chickskickass from Houston, TX

This is such an awesome movie. I remember watching it as a girl, and when I found it in a clearance bin a few months ago, I jumped on it. I watched it then, and now, having watched it again... Mary Stuart Masterson is AMAZING. Tears fall unwittingly down my cheeks during her performance. I was also enchanted by Mary-Louise Parker, and I always always LOVE Kathy Bates. Jessica Tandy is also her usual fit self, and Cecily Tyson was great ("Shoo! I ain't scared of you!") and I could go on for ages about all of them.

I will admit that this is the Ultimate Chick Flick. That title, however, does not detract from its overall quality. The men are more than just caricatures, and the nostalgia and love of the book made its way into the movie. I have to commend Avnet for his efforts.

And now that I am out of intelligent things to say, THIS MOVIE ROCKS MY SOCKS! It's re-watchability and great everything make this the movie (along with Love and Basketball and my Buffy DVDs) that I take with me to college and suggest we watch at every opportunity.

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