Fried Green Tomatoes [Anniversary Edition]

Fried Green Tomatoes [Anniversary Edition]

Director: Jon Avnet Cast: Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman
, Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates
, Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
, Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Jon Avnet
Fried Green Tomatoes [Anniversary Edition]

Fried Green Tomatoes [Anniversary Edition]

Director: Jon Avnet Cast: Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman
, Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates
, Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
, Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Jon Avnet

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Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/06/2006
UPC: 0025192508127
Original Release: 1991
Rating: NR
Source: STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:17:00
Sales rank: 2,440

Special Features

New Digitally remastered extended version & 5.1 surround sound; Deleted scenes; Outtakes; Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes; Feature commentary with director Jon Avnet; Jon Avnet's director's notes; Sipsey's recipes; Poster campaign; Production photographs

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Kathy Bates Evelyn Couch
Jessica Tandy Ninny Threadgoode
Mary Stuart Masterson Idgie Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker Ruth Jamison,Ruth's Mother
Cicely Tyson Sipsey
Stan Shaw Big George
Nick Searcy Frank Bennett
Gailard Sartain Ed Couch
Gary Basaraba Grady Kilgore
Chris O'Donnell Buddy Threadgoode
Grace Zabriskie Eva Bates
Fannie Flagg Teacher
Timothy Scott Smokey Lonesome,Smokey Lonesome
Lois Smith Mama Threadgoode,Leona Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen Teacher with Mirror
Macon McCalman Prosecutor
Richard Riehle Reverend Scroggins
Raynor Scheine Curtis Smoote
Reid Binion Young Julian
Danny Nelson Papa Threadgoode
Constance Shulman Missy
Haynes Brooke Older Julian
Tres Holton Boy at Supermarket
Ronald McCall Ocie
Wallace Merck KKK Man
David Dwyer Hooded Man
Lashondra Phillips Young Naughty Bird
Catherine Larson 1st Girl
Missy Wolff 2nd Girl
LaTanya Richardson Janeen
Grayson Fricke Buddy Jr.
Bob Penny Bailiff
Enjolik Oree Older Naughty Bird
Genevieve Fisher Peggy Hadley
Tom Even Judge
Bob Hannah Defense Attorney
Ted Manson Bailiff
Carole Mitchell-Leon Sue Otis
Evan Lockwood Tim
Suzi Bass Nurse
James Mayberry Orderly
Todd Eller College Buddy
Leonard Shinew Mr. Dunaway
Paul Armbruster Gas Station Attendant
Bill Ewin College Dean
Michael Burgess Wingo, Man at Barbeque
Marion Williams Gospel Singer
Nancy Moore Atchison Little Idgie Threadgoode

Technical Credits
Jon Avnet Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Fannie Flagg Screenwriter
Carol Sobieski Screenwriter
Norman Lear Executive Producer
Kerrie Cullen Stunts
Anne Marie Gillen Executive Producer
Jordan Kerner Producer
Yuriko Matsubara Executive Producer
Andrew Meyer Executive Producer
Larry Reid Special Effects
David Rubin Casting
Tom Taylor Executive Producer
Martin Huberty Producer
Lisa Lindstrom Producer
Ric Rondell Producer
David E. Campbell Sound Effects
Greg Curda Sound Effects
Mary H. Ellis Sound Effects
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