Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
1991 · PG-13 · 2h 10m · Drama, Comedy
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Director: Jon Avnet
Writers: Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
Music by: Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Geoffrey Simpson
Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher
Box office: $119M · Budget: $11M · Rated 7.7/10 by 1501 viewers
Cast
Kathy Bates as Evelyn CouchJessica Tandy as Ninny ThreadgoodeMary-Louise Parker as Ruth JamisonMary Stuart Masterson as Idgie ThreadgoodeCicely Tyson as SipseyStan Shaw as Big GeorgeChris O'Donnell as Buddy ThreadgoodeGailard Sartain as Ed CouchTimothy Scott as Smokey LonesomeGary Basaraba as Grady KilgoreLois Smith as Mama ThreadgoodeJo Harvey Allen as Woman's Awareness TeacherMore like this
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