Fried Green Tomatoes
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
1991
Rated
PG-13
130
minutes
Comedy, Drama
Directed By:
Jon Avnet
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.
Language
English
Release Date
December 27, 1991
Budget
$11,000,000
Revenue
$119,400,000
Cast
Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson
Sipsey
Stan Shaw
Big George
Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher
Fannie Flagg
Teacher
Suzi Bass
Nurse
Tom Even
Judge
Afton Smith
Leona Threadgoode
Haynes Brooke
Older Julian Threadgoode
Wallace Merck
KKK Man
Richard Riehle
Reverend Scroggins
Constance Shulman
Missy
Nick Searcy
Frank Bennett
Macon McCalman
Prosecutor Percy
Raynor Scheine
Sheriff Curtis Smoote
Grace Zabriskie
Eva Bates
Reid Binion
Young Julian Threadgoode
Danny Nelson
Papa Threadgoode
Nancy Moore Atchison
Little Idgie Threadgoode
Ginny Parker
Ruth's Mother
Tres Holton
Boy at Supermarket
Ron McCall
Ocie
David Dwyer
Hooded Man
Lashondra Phillips
Young Naughty Bird
Kathy Larson
Beetle Girl #1
Missy Wolff
Beetle Girl #2
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Janeen
Grayson Fricke
Buddy Threadgoode Jr.
Enjolik Oree
Older Naughty Bird
Genevieve Fisher
Peggy Hadley
Bob Hannah
Defense Attorney
Ted Manson
Bailiff
Carol Mitchell-Leon
Sue Otis
Evan Lockwood
Tim
Show Full Crew
Writing
Directing
Costume & Make-Up
Colleen Callaghan
Hairstylist
Cydney Cornell
Hairstylist
Fern Buchner
Makeup Artist
Elizabeth McBride
Costume Design
Camera
Sound
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Alan Robert Murray
Supervising Sound Editor
Bill Bernstein
Music Editor
Mary H. Ellis
Sound Mixer
Kathy Nelson
Music Supervisor
Walter Newman
Supervising Sound Editor
Arthur Baker
Music Supervisor
Art
Editing
Production
David Rubin
Casting Director
Norman Lear
Executive Producer
Jon Avnet
Producer
Martin Huberty
Co-Producer
Jordan Kerner
Producer
Ric Rondell
Co-Producer
Barbara Ling
Associate Producer
Anne Marie Gillen
Executive Producer
Lisa Lindstrom
Co-Producer
Deborah Love
Associate Producer
Andrew Meyer
Executive Producer
Tom Taylor
Executive Producer
Crew