Fried Green Tomatoes
movie
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
Released December 27, 1991
Overview
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.
Cast
Kathy Bates
as
Evelyn Couch
Jessica Tandy
as
Ninny Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker
as
Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Masterson
as
Idgie Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson
as
Sipsey
Stan Shaw
as
Big George
Chris O'Donnell
as
Buddy Threadgoode
Gailard Sartain
as
Ed Couch
Timothy Scott
as
Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
as
Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith
as
Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen
as
Woman's Awareness Teacher
Crew
Jon Avnet
as
Director
Fannie Flagg
as
Screenplay
Fannie Flagg
as
Novel
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Carol Sobieski
as
Screenplay
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Walter Newman
as
Supervising Sound Editor
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Anne Marie Gillen
as
Executive Producer
Alan Robert Murray
as
Supervising Sound Editor
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Lisa Lindstrom
as
Co-Producer
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Ric Rondell
as
Co-Producer
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Arthur Baker
as
Music Supervisor
Norman Lear
as
Executive Producer
Jon Avnet
as
Producer