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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Released By: MCA Universal Home Video   Rating: PG-13   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: MCA Universal Home Video
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Avnet
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Stan Shaw
Published ID: 1727
UPC: 025192024429, 025192508127, 025192021671, 025192045080, 025192055195,
Plot: A woman learns the value of friendship as she hears the story of two women and how their friendship shaped their lives in this warm comedy-drama. Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) is an emotionally repressed housewife with a habit of drowning her sorrows in candy bars. Her husband Ed (Gailard Sartain) barely acknowledges her existence, and while he visits his aunt at a nursing home every week, Evelyn is not permitted to come into the room because the old women doesn't like her. One week, while waiting out Ed's visit, Evelyn meets Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a frail but feisty old woman who lives at the same nursing home and loves to tell stories. Over the span of several weeks, she spins a whopper about one of her relatives, Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson). Back in the 1920s, Idgie was a sweet but fiercely independent woman with her own way of doing things who ran the town diner in Whistle Stop, Alabama. Idgie was very close to her brother Buddy (Chris O'Donnell), and when he died, she wouldn't talk to anyone except Buddy's girl, Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker). Idgie gave Ruth a job at the cafe after she left her abusive husband, Frank Bennett (Nick Searcy). Between her habit of standing up for herself, standing up to Frank, and serving food to Black people out the back of the diner, Idgie raised the ire of the less tolerant citizens of Whistle Stop, and when Frank mysteriously disappeared, many locals suspected that Idgie, Ruth, and their friends may have been responsible. Evelyn finds herself looking forward to her weekly visits with Ninny, and is inspired by her story to take a new pride in herself and assert her independence from Ed. Fried Green Tomatoes was based on the novel {-Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe} by actress-turned-author Fannie Flagg, who makes a cameo appearance as the leader of a self-help group. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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One of the best movies I've seen
Added 2/6/2010
This movie has everything you can ask for: lots of laughs, tears, friendship, drama, and love. The author who had written the book based on this movie, Fannie Flagg, even made a cameo appearance as the teacher - and did an awesome job on the screenplay which made this film true to the book. This is a wonderful film that is made to be enjoyed.
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Just what I wanted
Added 12/16/2009
I had been trying to find this item in store for quite some time and to no avail.

Amazon always has just what I have been looking for and lo and behold they stocked this as well.

Thanks again Amazon, and Merry Christmas,
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Fried Green Tomatoes (DVD)
Added 9/29/2009
Order was recieved within 48 hrs, I was shocked!!! Great price and great service, and although this movie was used it was in perfect condition.

Movie~Buff
Erin L.
Monroe, GA
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Great Classic Movie!
Added 9/15/2009
This movie will go down in history as a classic!!! Great story, great actors, great everything!!!!
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One of the BEST films ever made in the history of filmmaking!!
Added 9/10/2009
This movie is a jewel, a gem, a rare treasure in filmmaking. Why did it not get nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and more importantly, why didn't it get nominated and win!? The cast is top-notch, terrific! The music is outstanding. The direction is inspiring. The story is beautiful, sad, moving and memorable. I haven't seen a movie touch on so many different subjects in 2 hours. It deals with love, death, abuse, racism, marriage, neglect, unhappiness and most of all, friendship. You will laugh, you will cry, you will sympathize, you will get angry and you will walk away from the film with a better understanding of life and what really counts. Fried Green Tomatoes should have received much more credit and awards than it did. As you can see by the overwhelming number of 5-star ratings, the movie delivers in more ways than one. It is filmmaking at its finest. Everyone should have this in their collection. Next to the 1960 Disney film Pollyanna with Hayley Mills, it is my all-time favorite!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
One of the best movies I've seen
Added 2/6/2010
This movie has everything you can ask for: lots of laughs, tears, friendship, drama, and love. The author who had written the book based on this movie, Fannie Flagg, even made a cameo appearance as the teacher - and did an awesome job on the screenplay which made this film true to the book. This is a wonderful film that is made to be enjoyed.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Just what I wanted
Added 12/16/2009
I had been trying to find this item in store for quite some time and to no avail.

Amazon always has just what I have been looking for and lo and behold they stocked this as well.

Thanks again Amazon, and Merry Christmas,
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Fried Green Tomatoes (DVD)
Added 9/29/2009
Order was recieved within 48 hrs, I was shocked!!! Great price and great service, and although this movie was used it was in perfect condition.

Movie~Buff
Erin L.
Monroe, GA
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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