In the tradition of the old Southern storyteller, Fried Green Tomatoes weaves together disparate lives and cherished times. Evelyn is a middle-aged housewife dissatisfied with her life. One day, she meets an elderly lady, Mrs Threadgoode who tells her a story of two young women in the 1939 on a journey through life and love. A warm, touching and at times greatly amusing tale about the importance of friendship.
Directed by
Jon Avnet
Written by
Fannie Flagg (novel "Fried Green Tomatoes At the Whistle Stop Cafe"); Fannie Flagg (screenplay); Carol Sobieski (screenplay).
Starring
Kathy Bates (Evelyn Couch); Mary Stuart Masterson (Idgie Threadgoode); Mary-Louise Parker (Ruth Jamison); Jessica Tandy (Ninny Threadgoode); Cicely Tyson (Sipsey); Chris O'Donnell (Buddy Threadgoode); Stan Shaw (Big George); Gailard Sartain (Ed Couch); Timothy Scott (Smokey Lonesome (as Tim Scott)); Gary Basaraba (Grady Kilgore); Lois Smith (Mama Threadgoode); Jo Harvey Allen (Women's Awareness Teacher); Macon McCalman (Prosecutor Percy); Richard Riehle (Reverend Scroggins); Raynor Scheine (Sheriff Curtis Smoote). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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