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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) — Ligoscope

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 · 130 min · Directed by Jon Avnet · PG-13

★ 7.7(1,486 TMDB votes)▶ Trailer

The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.

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

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

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Sipsey

Crew

Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
Producer: Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner
Cinematography: Geoffrey Simpson
Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher
Composer: Thomas Newman

Details

Studios: Universal Pictures, Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: December 27, 1991

Releases

Dec 27, 1991United StatesTheatrical (limited)PG-13

Jan 24, 1992United StatesTheatrical

Mar 04, 1992MexicoTheatrical

Mar 13, 1992SwitzerlandTheatrical6

Mar 13, 1992United KingdomTheatricalPG

Mar 13, 1992IrelandTheatrical12

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Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Big George

Chris O'Donnell

Chris O'Donnell

Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

Ed Couch

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

Judge

Afton Smith

Leona Threadgoode

Haynes Brooke

Haynes Brooke

Older Julian Threadgoode

Wallace Merck

KKK Man

Richard Riehle

Richard Riehle

Reverend Scroggins

Constance Shulman

Constance Shulman

Missy

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

Production Design

Mar 26, 1992AustraliaTheatrical

Mar 27, 1992SpainTheatrical

Mar 27, 1992PortugalTheatrical

Apr 02, 1992ArgentinaTheatrical

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