General
Summary 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.
Year 1991
Genre Drama; Comedy
Director Avnet, Jon
Producer Avnet, Jon; Kerner, Jordan
Writer Flagg, Fannie; Sobieski, Carol
Studio Universal Pictures; Act III Productions; Avnet/Kerner Productions; Electric Shadow Productions; Fried Green Tomatoes Productions
Duration (mins) 130
Medium DVD
Disk ID(s) C55
IMDb Rating 7 stars
IMDb Link https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101921
TMDb Link https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1633
Cast
Actor/Actress Role
Bates, Kathy Evelyn Couch
Tandy, Jessica Ninny Threadgoode
Parker, Mary-Louise Ruth Jamison
Masterson, Mary Stuart Idgie Threadgoode
Tyson, Cicely Sipsey
Shaw, Stan Big George
O'Donnell, Chris Buddy Threadgoode
Sartain, Gailard Ed Couch
Scott, Timothy Smokey Lonesome
Basaraba, Gary Grady Kilgore
Smith, Lois Mama Threadgoode
Allen, Jo Harvey Woman's Awareness Teacher
Flagg, Fannie Teacher
Bass, Suzi Nurse
Even, Tom Judge
Smith, Afton Leona Threadgoode
Brooke, Haynes Older Julian Threadgoode
Merck, Wallace KKK Man
Riehle, Richard Reverend Scroggins
Shulman, Constance Missy
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