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Overview

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Director:
Jon Avnet
Writers (WGA):
Fannie Flagg (novel)
Fannie Flagg (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
27 December 1991 (USA) more
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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(18 articles)
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User Comments:
What An Authentic Flavor This Film Has more (145 total)

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
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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: Beer disappears from Ruth's hand between shots during baseball game more
Quotes:
Ed Couch: What the hell's this?
Evelyn Couch: That's a low cholesterol meal. Happy Valentine's.
Ed Couch: God! Are you trying to kill me?
Evelyn Couch: If I was gonna kill you, I'd use my hands.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Fried Green Tomorrows: Juliette, GA Lives (2006) more
Soundtrack:
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted more

FAQ

Are Ninny and Idgie Threadgoode the Same Person?
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25 out of 37 people found the following comment useful.
What An Authentic Flavor This Film Has, 29 April 2005
6/10
Author: Lechuguilla from Dallas, Texas

The twenty year friendship between two young women in the early twentieth century American South is the focus of this 1991 film from director Jon Avnet. Told in flashbacks, the story adopts a modern POV, with social empowerment being the theme. As such, the story is both unusual and unexpected, given its historical time frame. Viewers will be disappointed if they expect a more traditional Southern story ... about some dark, sinister secret emotionally repressed, and set among the lazy willows and old Magnolia trees.

Empowerment can be a wonderful thing. But, if it is taken to extremes, as it is in two subplots, one involving Frank Bennett, and the other involving Evelyn Couch, then it can be a cause for concern. And that's my main problem with this film. The subplots tend to lack credibility, although they do not detract from the overall character study of Idgie and Ruth.

What was most impressive to me was the film's atmospheric "flavor". Production design, set decoration, and costumes all sparkle with such vitality and detail, that you really feel like you're back in the rural South of the 1920's.

Most modern films pander to youth. To its everlasting credit, "Fried Green Tomatoes" features the wisdom of an elderly character, played by Jessica Tandy, in a nursing home. An added bonus of the film is Kathy Bates, whose acting is always first-rate.

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