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Fried Green Tomatoes (1992)

Movie"The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce."
Audience Score
77
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PG-13 2 hr 10 minJan 24th, 1992Drama, Comedy
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
StarringKathy BatesJessica TandyMary-Louise Parker
DirectorJon Avnet

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 24th, 1992 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:December 15th, 1998 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$11,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$119,400,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Anne Marie Gillen, Norman Lear, Andrew Meyer, Tom Taylor
Production Companies:Universal Pictures, Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, Fried Green Tomatoes Productions
Movie Tags:
based on novel or booklesbiansouthern usacafenursing homealabamabeetomboytomato