Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Released: 1991-12-27 Duration: 2hr 10min
Genres: Drama Comedy
Rating 7.7
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.

Overview

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.

Production Companies

Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
Act III Productions
Act III Productions
Avnet/Kerner Productions
Electric Shadow Productions
Fried Green Tomatoes Productions

Additional Info

Budget $11,000,000.00
Revenue $119,400,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 22.216

Directed By

Jon Avnet

Crew

Director
Jon Avnet
Screenplay
Carol Sobieski
Screenplay
Fannie Flagg
Casting Director
David Rubin
Co-Producer
Martin Huberty
Co-Producer
Lisa Lindstrom
Co-Producer
Ric Rondell
Executive Producer
Norman Lear
Executive Producer
Andrew Meyer
Executive Producer
Anne Marie Gillen
Executive Producer
Tom Taylor
Producer
Jon Avnet
Producer
Jordan Kerner
Associate Producer
Deborah Love
Associate Producer
Barbara Ling
Music Supervisor
Kathy Nelson
Music Supervisor
Arthur Baker
Art Direction
Larry Fulton
Set Decoration
Debra Schutt
Makeup Artist
Fern Buchner
Hairstylist
Cydney Cornell
Sound Mixer
Mary H. Ellis
Supervising Sound Editor
Alan Robert Murray
Supervising Sound Editor
Walter Newman
Music Editor
Bill Bernstein
Stunt Coordinator
Kerrie Cullen
Costume Design
Elizabeth McBride
Production Design
Barbara Ling
Original Music Composer
Thomas Newman
Director of Photography
Geoffrey Simpson
Stunts
Laura Dash
Stunts
Dick Hancock
Stunts
Joy Hooper
Second Assistant Director
Jeff Rafner
First Assistant Director
Deborah Love
Key Hair Stylist
Colleen Callaghan
Gaffer
Morris Flam

TOP CAST

Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates

Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy

Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker

Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson

Idgie Threadgoode

Stan Shaw
Stan Shaw

Big George

Chris O'Donnell
Chris O'Donnell

Buddy Threadgoode

Timothy Scott
Timothy Scott

Smokey Lonesome

Gary Basaraba
Gary Basaraba

Grady Kilgore

Lois Smith
Lois Smith

Mama Threadgoode

Jo Harvey Allen
Jo Harvey Allen

Woman's Awareness Teacher

Fannie Flagg
Fannie Flagg

Teacher

Suzi Bass
Suzi Bass

Nurse

Tom Even
Tom Even

Judge

Afton Smith
Afton Smith

Leona Threadgoode

Haynes Brooke
Haynes Brooke

Older Julian Threadgoode

Richard Riehle
Richard Riehle

Reverend Scroggins

Nick Searcy
Nick Searcy

Frank Bennett

Macon McCalman
Macon McCalman

Prosecutor Percy

Raynor Scheine
Raynor Scheine

Sheriff Curtis Smoote

Grace Zabriskie
Grace Zabriskie

Eva Bates

Reid Binion
Reid Binion

Young Julian Threadgoode

Danny Nelson
Danny Nelson

Papa Threadgoode

Nancy Moore Atchison
Nancy Moore Atchison

Little Idgie Threadgoode

Ginny Parker
Ginny Parker

Ruth's Mother

Tres Holton
Tres Holton

Boy at Supermarket

David Dwyer
David Dwyer

Hooded Man

Lashondra Phillips
Lashondra Phillips

Young Naughty Bird

Kathy Larson
Kathy Larson

Beetle Girl #1

Missy Wolff
Missy Wolff

Beetle Girl #2

Grayson Fricke
Grayson Fricke

Buddy Threadgoode Jr.

Enjolik Oree
Enjolik Oree

Older Naughty Bird

Genevieve Fisher
Genevieve Fisher

Peggy Hadley

Bob Hannah
Bob Hannah

Defense Attorney

Ted Manson
Ted Manson

Bailiff

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