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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Country: USA, Language: English, 130 mins

  • Director: Jon Avnet
  • Writer: Fannie Flagg
  • Producer: Jon Avnet; Anne Marie Gillen

CGiii Comment

A beautifully told story...

Unfortunately, the lesbianism is played down to the point of invisibility - but, it is there.

It's just such a lovely story, beautifully performed.

Hankies at the ready.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

Kathy Bates as Evelyn Couch;
Mary Stuart Masterson as Idgie Threadgoode;
Mary-Louise Parker as Ruth Jamison;
Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode;
Cicely Tyson as Sipsey;
Chris O'Donnell as Buddy Threadgoode;
Stan Shaw as Big George;
Gailard Sartain as Ed Couch;
Timothy Scott as Smokey Lonesome;
Gary Basaraba as Grady Kilgore;
Lois Smith as Mama Threadgoode;
Jo Harvey Allen as Women's Awareness Teacher;
Macon McCalman as Prosecutor Percy;
Richard Riehle as Reverend Scroggins;
Raynor Scheine as Sheriff Curtis Smoote