Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
130 min
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.
- Release date
- December 27, 1991
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Box office
- $119,418,501
Trailer
Cast
- Kathy Bates as Evelyn Couch
- Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode
- Mary Stuart Masterson as Idgie Threadgoode
- Mary-Louise Parker as Ruth Jamison
- Cicely Tyson as Sipsey
- Chris O'Donnell as Buddy Threadgoode
- Stan Shaw as Big George
- Gailard Sartain as Ed Couch
- Timothy Scott as Smokey Lonesome
- Gary Basaraba as Grady Kilgore
Crew
- Jon Avnet · Director
- Fannie Flagg · Writer
- Carol Sobieski · Writer
- Jon Avnet · Producer
- Jordan Kerner · Producer
- Thomas Newman · Composer
- Geoffrey Simpson · Cinematographer
- Debra Neil-Fisher · Editor
- David Rubin · Casting director
- Barbara Ling · Production designer