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Fried Green Tomatoes
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Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 American film directed by Jon Avnet. The screenplay was written by Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski, based on Fannie Flagg’s work. The cast includes Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Mary-Louise Parker. Norman Lear produced the film, which was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix. The narrative is set in Alabama during the 1920s and 1930s, with filming taking place in Alabama and Georgia.
The film runs for 130 minutes and is categorized as a mystery, comedy, drama, and LGBTQ-related film. Its main subjects include racism, friendship, and lesbianism. Thomas Newman composed the score, and Geoffrey Simpson served as director of photography. The production had a budget of 11,000,000 and generated revenue of 119,418,501.
Fried Green Tomatoes received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7 based on 91,977 votes and a TMDb vote average of 7.666 from 1,472 votes.
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7.7Amidst 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.
Cast
- Kathy Bates as Evelyn Couch
- Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode
- Mary-Louise Parker as Ruth Jamison
- Mary Stuart Masterson as Idgie Threadgoode
- Cicely Tyson as Sipsey
- Stan Shaw as Big George
Themes
- based on novel or book
- southern usa
- alabama
- female friendship
- barbecue (bbq)
- tomato
- cafe
- bee
- nursing home
- tomboy
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jon Avnet
- Screenplay by
- Fannie Flagg Carol Sobieski
- Based on
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe , by Fannie Flagg
- Produced by
- Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner
- Starring
- Kathy Bates Jessica Tandy Mary Stuart Masterson Mary-Louise Parker Cicely Tyson
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Simpson
- Edited by
- Debra Neil-Fisher
- Music by
- Thomas Newman
- Production companies
- Avnet/Kerner Productions Electric Shadow Productions Act III Communications
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (United States and Canada) Rank Film Distributors (International)
- Release date
- December 27, 1991 ( 1991-12-27 )
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $11 million
- Box office
- $119.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- lesbianism
- Director
- Jon Avnet
- Screenwriter
- Carol Sobieski
- Cast member
- Gary Basaraba
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Norman Lear
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Geoffrey Simpson
- Narrative location
- Alabama
- Filming location
- Georgia
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 583147
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Window at the Whistlestop.760.jpg
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- publication date
- 1992-08-14
- title
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- after a work by
- Fannie Flagg
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1930s
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 64/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 American Southern Gothic comedy-drama film directed by Jon Avnet, and based on Fannie Flagg's 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, and starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Cicely Tyson, the film tells the story of a middle-aged housewife who, unhappy with her life, befriends an elderly lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.
The film was released in theaters in the United States on December 27, 1991, garnered positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $119.4 million on a $11 million budget.
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