
Fried Green Tomatoes
(1991)
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.










Stars: Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Cicely Tyson
Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Fannie Flagg
Language: English
Studio: Universal Studios
Duration: 137
DVD Release: June 2006
Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny.
Kathy Bates | Evelyn Couch |
Mary Stuart Masterson | Idgie Threadgoode |
Mary-Louise Parker | Ruth Jamison |
Jessica Tandy | Ninny Threadgoode |
Chris O'Donnell | Buddy Threadgoode |
Cicely Tyson | Sipsey |
Stan Shaw | Big George |
Gailard Sartain | Ed Couch |
Timothy Scott | Smokey Lonesome (as Tim Scott) |
Gary Basaraba | Grady Kilgore |
Lois Smith | Mama Threadgoode |
Jo Harvey Allen | Women's Awareness Teacher |
Macon McCalman | Prosecutor Percy |
Richard Riehle | Reverend Scroggins |
Raynor Scheine | Sheriff Curtis Smoote |
Grace Zabriskie | Eva Bates |
Reid Binion | Young Julian Threadgoode |
Afton Smith | Leona Threadgoode |
Danny Nelson | Papa Threadgoode |
Nancy Moore Atchison | Little Idgie Threadgoode (as Nancy Atchison) |
Constance Shulman | Missy |
Nick Searcy | Frank Bennett |
Haynes Brooke | Older Julian Threadgoode |
Ginny Parker | Ruth's Mother |
Tres Holton | Boy at Supermarket |
Ronald McCall | Ocie |
Wallace Merck | KKK Man |
David Dwyer | Hooded Man |
Lashondra Phillips | Young Naughty Bird |
Kathy Larson | Beetle Girl #1 (as Catherine Larson) |
Missy Wolff | Beetle Girl #2 |
LaTanya Richardson | Janeen |
Grayson Fricke | Buddy Threadgoode Jr. |
Enjolik Oree | Older Naughty Bird |
Genevieve Fisher | Peggy Hadley |
Tom Even | Judge |
Bob Hannah | Defense Attorney |
Ted Manson | Bailiff |
Carol Mitchell-leon | Sue Otis |
Evan Lockwood | Tim |
Suzi Bass | Nurse |
Thomas Newman | Composer |
Geoffrey Simpson | Cinematographer |
Debra Neil-Fisher | Editor |
David Rubin | Casting Director |
Barbara Ling | Production Designer |
Larry Fulton | Art Director |
Debra Schutt | Set Decorator |
Elizabeth McBride | Custome Designer |
Deborah Love | first assistant director |
Jeff Rafner | second assistant director |
Franklin T. Bennett | scenic artist |
Ted Boonthanakit | storyboard artist |
John Bullard | Carpenter |
Daniel B. Foster | swing gang |
Steven Kerlagon | lead paint foreman |
Charles M. Lagola | Set Designer |
Scott Mobley | Carpenter |
Swift Moseley | key greens |
Ruffin Moye | greensman |
Robert Tate Nichols | set dresser |
Chad Simpson | paint gangboss |
Chris Snyder | construction coordinator |
Mark S. Turner | paint foreman |
Karen Young | on-set dresser |
Jim Borgardt | adr editor |
David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Greg Curda | foley mixer |
Ken Dufva | foley artist |
Mary H. Ellis | sound |
Devon Heffley Curry | adr supervisor |
Joseph A. Ippolito | Sound Effects Editor |
Alan Robert Murray | Supervising Sound Editor |
Walter Newman | Supervising Sound Editor |
John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Karen Spangenberg | supervising dialogue editor |
Marshall Winn | Sound Effects Editor |
Larry Reid | Special Effects |
Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
Steven Chambers | Stunts |
Kerrie Cullen | Stunt Coordinator |
Laura Dash | Stunts |
Dick Hancock | Stunts |
Joy Hooper | Stunts |
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw | Stunts |
M.J. Lord | Stunts |
Michael Alexonis | Grip |
Denise Bailie | first assistant camera: second unit |
Allen Barnwell | Electrician |
Lee Blasingame | lead assistant camera: "a" camera |
Dan Cornwall | Electrician |
Stephen Crowley | Electrician |
Richard Felber | Still Photographer |
Morris Flam | Gaffer |
Ian Forsyth | Electrician |
Jeff Funderburk | electrician/generator operator |
Tully McCulloch | best boy electric |
Greg Morse | 24 frame video operator |
David Reeder | first assistant camera: second unit |
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby
IMDb: 0101921