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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

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Reviews Counted: 277 Fresh: 236  Rotten:41 Average Rating: 7.2/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins

Synopsis: Academy Award winners Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy star with Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker in this comic, heartwarming tale of family, friendship and murder in rural Georgia. In a Southern nursing home, a feisty resident and old local fixture named Ninny Threadgoode... Academy Award winners Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy star with Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker in this comic, heartwarming tale of family, friendship and murder in rural Georgia. In a Southern nursing home, a feisty resident and old local fixture named Ninny Threadgoode (Tandy) befriends Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) a depressed housewife and stirs her to action with an inspirational tale. She tells the story of a transcendent friendship between two young women living in Georgia in the 1930s, Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary Louise Parker), who forge a powerful bond after witnessing a terrible tragedy together. The two women open a cafe (where fried green tomatoes are a house specialty) together in their small Southern town of Whistle Stop and manage to survive the hardships of life, despite racism, prejudice and the pressures of trying to live their lives as individuals in a strict and close-minded Southern society. Their friendship lasts through many ups and downs over the years, helping one of the women through an abusive marriage, and buoying both of them through the gossip and jealousy of those small-minded people who try to control their lives. Based on Fannie Flagg's best-selling novel FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson

Director: Jon Avnet
Screenwriter: Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
Producer: Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner, Anne Marie Gillen
Composer: Thomas Newman

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 6, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
  • Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Commentary - Jon Avnet - Director
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurette - 1. MOMENTS OF DISCOVERY: The Making of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
  • 2. Sipsey's Recipes
  • Outtakes
  • Trailer - Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Production Notes
  • Director Jon Avnet's Notes
  • Stills/Photos - Poster Campaign
  • Production Photographs

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