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Fried Green Tomatoes

Year:
Duration:
130 min | 137 min (extended version)
Genres:
Drama | Comedy
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Jon Avnet
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1992-01-24
Filming Locations: Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA
Earnings
Budget: $11,000,000
Gross: $82,418,501 (USA)$119,418,501 (worldwide)
Cast
Actor
Character
Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Fried Green Tomatoes
Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
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
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
Grace Zabriskie
Eva Bates
Reid Binion
Young Julian Threadgoode
Afton Smith
Leona Threadgoode
Danny Nelson
Papa Threadgoode
Nancy Moore Atchison
Little Idgie Threadgoode (as Nancy Atchison)
Constance Shulman
Missy
Nick Searcy
Frank Bennett
Haynes Brooke
Older Julian Threadgoode
Ginny Parker
Ruth's Mother
Tres Holton
Boy at Supermarket
Ronald McCall
Ocie
Wallace Merck
KKK Man
David Dwyer
Hooded Man
Lashondra Phillips
Young Naughty Bird
Kathy Larson
Beetle Girl #1 (as Catherine Larson)
Missy Wolff
Beetle Girl #2
LaTanya Richardson
Janeen
Grayson Fricke
Buddy Threadgoode Jr.
Enjolik Oree
Older Naughty Bird
Genevieve Fisher
Peggy Hadley
Tom Even
Judge
Bob Hannah
Defense Attorney
Ted Manson
Bailiff
Carol Mitchell-leon
Sue Otis
Evan Lockwood
Tim
Suzi Bass
Nurse
Paul Armbruster
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Jacob Avnet
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Michael Burgess
Wingo, Man at BBQ (uncredited)
Todd Eller
College Buddy (uncredited)
Bill Ewin
College Dean (uncredited)
Fannie Flagg
Teacher (uncredited)
Shelby Hofer
School Girl (uncredited)
Barry Hopkins
Shantytown Male (uncredited)
James Mayberry
Orderly (uncredited)
Shannon McCrory
Threadgood Cousin (uncredited)
Bob Penny
Bailiff (uncredited)
Leonard Shinew
Mr. Dunaway (uncredited)
Drew Wilkins
Young Cleo (uncredited)
Marion Williams
Gospel Singer (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Author Fannie Flagg is the woman telling the classroom of disaffected women, "You can get that spark back into your marriage!"
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Fannie Flagg, who wrote the screenplay and the renowned book the movie was based on, "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe," is best known as a panelist on the 1970's game show Match Game PM (1975). She was born in Alabama, where the book is set, and is now a celebrated author of Southern-genre writing, in the vein of Margaret Mitchell and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
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There really is a Whistle Stop Cafe that does indeed serve fried green tomatoes (among other Southern foods) just north of Macon Georgia. It is in the actual area where many of the scenes were filmed. After the film became a huge success, the Whistle Stop Cafe set was turned into an actual restaurant, and its surrounding area into a tourist attraction. Although they may have filmed in Georgia, the true Whistle Stop Cafe is in Irondale, Alabama (a suburb or Birmingham, where Author Fannie Flagg grew up.)
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Goofs
When Ninnie is voicing the story of Ruth's cancer, she states that Ruth is moved to the Threadgoode house and placed downstairs. The following scenes indicate that Ruth is in an upstairs bedroom, as we see Idgie looking out the window, and looking down at the kids playing ball, and we see the tops of trees when Sipsey prepares the medications.
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When Evelyn's husband brings her flowers, she pulls out previous flowers from the vase and we can see there is no water in the vase. Both bunch of flowers appear to be artificial.
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When Buddy is chasing Ruth's hat down the tracks he gets his shoe caught between a guard rail and the main rail. Guard rails are typically used on bridges and at switches, but has no purpose in this location other than to catch Buddy's foot.
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Quotes
Evelyn Couch: Did you hear that?
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Ninny Threadgoode: I'm worried about my little friend Evelyn. She said her husband, Ed, would just be sitting around watching his sports on TV... and she has an urge to hit him in the head with a baseball bat.
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Idgie Threadgoode: One time, there this this lake
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Faq
Q
Are Ninny and Idgie Threadgoode the same person?
A
There has been a lot of speculation among viewers of the film about the final scene, in which it seems apparent that Ninny Threadgoode and Idgie are the same person. When Evelyn couch finds a note and a jar of honey on Ruth's grave, Ninny gives her a "knowing look" and Evelyn takes on a look of understanding. However, the final scene is not a definitive statement that they are the same. Evidence throughout the movie shows the separation between the characters, and scenes are listed below:1. Ninny states in the nursing home during her first scene that she was practically adopted by the Threadgoode family, not born directly into it.2. Ninny Threadgoode also states that she married Cleo Threadgoode, another one of Idgie's brothers. However, Cleo Threadgoode never appears by name in the film, and neither does Ninny, so the confusion is understandable.3. During the wedding scene near the beginning, a child-aged Idgie is on her brother Buddy's back while Ninny says in voiceover that she (Ninny) had always had a crush on Buddy, rather than "Idgie always had a crush on Buddy." Even if she was trying to pretend that she and Idgie were separate people, it doesn't seem likely that Idgie would describe herself as having a "crush" on her own brother.4. Towards the end of the movie Ninny says that Sipsey confessed on her deathbed the full truth of Frank Bennett's death. Idgie knew the truth from the beginning, so Sipsey would have no reason to confess if Ninny were Idgie.5. Mrs. Otis, Ninny's friend and roommate, was also present at Sipsey's confession, meaning that she would know both Idgie and Ninny if they were separate people. Mrs Otis' adult daughter confirms that her mother has been Ninny's neighbor for many years. Even though we never see Ninny and Mrs Otis interact in the film, it seems likely Mrs Otis would have noticed that her long-time friend "Idgie" was suddenly calling herself "Ninny."The implication that Ninny and Idgie are the same person, therefore, is impossible based on several other points in the film.The book makes it clear that Ninny and Idgie are different people, as Ninny has died and Evelyn is visiting her grave when she finds the jar of honey and the note on Ruth's tombstone. A final scene confirms that Idgie now runs a roadside stand with her brother Julian (the boy who made fun of Idgie at the wedding), where they sell honey while Idgie entertains visitors with her tall tales.
Q
What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Extended Version?
A
Seven new scenes with an overall running time of 345 seconds found their way back into Jon Avnets tragic comedy concerning female friendship. These new scenes make the film more complete and easier to follow. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
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Photos from cast
Mary Stuart Masterson
soft go to bed png boy on bed sleeping clipart go to bed routine