- Year: 1991
- Running time: 2h 10m
- Rated: PG-13
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- US release: 1991
- IMDb
Fried Green Tomatoes
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
Directed by Jon Avnet
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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 BatesEvelyn Couch
Jessica TandyNinny Threadgoode
Mary-Louise ParkerRuth Jamison
Mary Stuart MastersonIdgie Threadgoode
Cicely TysonSipsey
Stan ShawBig George
Chris O'DonnellBuddy Threadgoode
Gailard SartainEd Couch
Timothy ScottSmokey Lonesome
Gary BasarabaGrady Kilgore
Crew
Jon AvnetDirector
Carol SobieskiScreenplay
Fannie FlaggScreenplay
Thomas NewmanComposer
Debra Neil-FisherEditor
Geoffrey SimpsonDirector of Photography
Studios: Act III Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, The Avnet/Kerner Company, The Rank Organisation
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