Fried Green Tomatoes

1991

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

Jon Avnet
2h 10m
December 27, 1991 · United States of America

Overview

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 27, 1991
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures,Act III Productions,The Rank Organisation,Avnet/Kerner Productions,Electric Shadow Productions,Fried Green Tomatoes Productions,The Avnet/Kerner Company
Cast: Kathy Bates,Jessica Tandy,Mary-Louise Parker,Mary Stuart Masterson,Cicely Tyson,Stan Shaw,Chris O'Donnell,Gailard Sartain,Timothy Scott,Gary Basarabaand 32 more
Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Fannie Flagg,Carol Sobieski
Producer: Norman Lear,Andrew Meyer,Anne Marie Gillen,Tom Taylor,Jon Avnet,Jordan Kerner
Cinematography: Geoffrey Simpson
Music: Thomas Newman
Budget: $11,000,000
Revenue: $119,418,501
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