Fried Green Tomatoes

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

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Timing: 2:10 (130 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1991-12-27

Country

United States

Production

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

Genre

Drama, Comedy

Budget

$11 000 000

Revenue

$2 147 483 647

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Director

Jon Avnet

Actors

Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cicely Tyson, Stan Shaw, Chris O'Donnell, Gailard Sartain, Timothy Scott, Gary Basaraba
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Producer

Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner, Anne Marie Gillen, Norman Lear, Tom Taylor, Andrew Meyer

Operator

Geoffrey Simpson

Composer

Thomas Newman

Artist

Audition

Editing

Debra Neil-Fisher
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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.

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