Fried Green Tomatoes

Comedy, Drama, Family

Kathy Bates	Evelyn Couch
Mary-Louise Parker	Ruth Jamison
Jessica Tandy	Ninny Threadgoode
Mary Stuart Masterson	Idgie Threadgoode
Chris O'Donnell	Buddy Threadgoode
Gailard Sartain	Ed Couch
Cicely Tyson	Sipsey
Stan Shaw	Big George
Gary Basaraba	Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith	Mama Threadgoode
Timothy Scott	Smokey Lonesome

Director	Jon Avnet
Producer	Jon Avnet; Jordan Kerner; Anne Marie Gillen
Writer	Carol Sobieski; Fannie Flagg
Cinematography	Geoffrey Simpson
Musician	Thomas Newman

Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 adaptation of the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. While in a nursing home waiting room, Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) meets Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), an elderly lady. Ninny relays the story of Whistle Stop, a since abandoned city in Alabama. Ninny details the lives of the two women who worked at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker). The tales of Ruth and Idgie empower the young Evelyn who had been experiencing marriage problems and a diminished sense of self-esteem. Evelyn, in the end, builds a strong friendship with the elderly Ninny.