Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
| Release Date | 27 December 1991 |
| US Box Office | $80,000,000 |
| Tagline | The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce. |
| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby SR |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Period Film, Feminist Film |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Mood | Memory Lane, Mood Enhancers |
| Themes | Women's Friendship, Domestic Abuse |
| Tones | Heartwarming, Nostalgic, Gentle, Humorous, Sweeping, Sentimental, Poignant |
| Tags | Cafe, Cross Cultural Relations, Friendship, Generation Gap, Handyman, Investigation, Kill, Mid Life Crisis, Murder, Nursing Home, Racist, Revenge, Seamstress, Self Discovery, Single Parent, Slice Of Life, Small Town, Spouse Abuse, Suicide, Woman, Women's Issues |
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 comedy-drama film based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. It was released in the UK under the novel's full title. Directed by Jon Avnet and written by Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski, it stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker and Mary Stuart Masterson. It tells the story of a Depression-era friendship between two women, Ruth and Idgie, and a 1980s friendship between Evelyn, a middle aged housewife and Ninny, an elderly woman who knew Ruth and Idgie. The centerpiece and parallel story concerns the murder of Ruth's abusive husband and the accusations that follow.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
Jo Harvey Allen
Women's Awareness Teacher
Macon McCalman
Prosecutor Percy
Reid Binion
Young Julian Threadgoode
Danny Nelson
Papa Threadgoode
Nancy Moore Atchison
Little Idgie Threadgoode
Constance Shulman
Missy
Haynes Brooke
Older Julian Threadgoode
Ginny Parker
Ruth's Mother
Tres Holton
Boy at Supermarket
Ronald McCall
Ocie
Wallace Merck
KKK Man
David Dwyer
Hooded Man
Lashondra Phillips
Young Naughty Bird
Kathy Larson
Beetle Girl #1
Missy Wolff
Beetle Girl #2
Grayson Fricke
Buddy Threadgoode Jr.
Enjolik Oree
Older Naughty Bird
Genevieve Fisher
Peggy Hadley
Tom Even
Judge
Bob Hannah
Defense Attorney
Ted Manson
Bailiff
Evan Lockwood
Tim
Suzi Bass
Nurse
Paul Armbruster
Gas Station Attendant
Jacob Avnet
Wedding Guest
Michael Burgess
Wingo, Man at BBQ
Todd Eller
College Buddy
Bill Ewin
College Dean
Shelby Hofer
School Girl
Barry Hopkins
Shantytown Male
James Mayberry
Orderly
Bob Penny
Bailiff
Leonard Shinew
Mr. Dunaway
Drew Wilkins
Young Cleo
Marion Williams
Gospel Singer
Director
Jon Avnet
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Writer
Carol Sobieski
Producer
Jon Avnet
producer
Anne Marie Gillen
executive producer
Martin Huberty
co-producer
Jordan Kerner
producer
Lisa Lindstrom
co-producer
Yuriko Matsubara
executive producer
Andrew Meyer
executive producer
Ric Rondell
co-producer
Tom Taylor
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Geoffrey Simpson
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Editor
Debra Neil-Fisher
Casting Director
David Rubin
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Production Designer
Barbara Ling
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Art Director
Larry Fulton
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Set Decorator
Debra Schutt
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Costume Designer
Elizabeth McBride
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Makeup Department
Fern Buchner
makeup artist
Colleen Callaghan
key hair stylist
Patrice Coleman
makeup artist
Gene Witham
makeup artist: second unit
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Deborah Love
first assistant director
Jeff Rafner
second assistant director
Art Department
Ted Boonthanakit
storyboard artist
Daniel B. Foster
swing gang
Steven Kerlagon
lead paint foreman
Charles M. Lagola
set designer
Swift Moseley
key greens
Ruffin Moye
greensman
Robert Tate Nichols
set dresser
Chad Simpson
paint gangboss
Chris Snyder
construction coordinator
Mark S. Turner
paint foreman
Sound Department
Jim Borgardt
adr editor
David E. Campbell
sound re-recording mixer
Greg Curda
foley mixer
Mary H. Ellis
sound
Devon Heffley Curry
adr supervisor
Joseph A. Ippolito
sound effects editor
Alan Robert Murray
supervising sound editor
Walter Newman
supervising sound editor
John T. Reitz
sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Rudloff
sound re-recording mixer
Karen Spangenberg
supervising dialogue editor
Marshall Winn
sound effects editor
Special Effects
Larry Reid
special effects
Stunts
Steven Chambers
stunts
Kerrie Cullen
stunt coordinator
Laura Dash
stunts
Dick Hancock
stunts
Joy Hooper
stunts
M.J. Lord
stunts
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
stunt double: Mary Louise Parker, stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Alexonis
grip
Denise Bailie
second assistant camera: "b" camera, first assistant camera: second unit
Lee Blasingame
lead assistant camera: "a" camera
Dan Cornwall
electrician
Stephen Crowley
electrician
Richard Felber
still photographer
Morris Flam
gaffer
Jeff Funderburk
electrician/generator operator
Tully McCulloch
best boy electric
Greg Morse
24 frame video operator
Casting Department
Pat Cartwright Barwick
extras casting assistant coordinator
David Ezell
extras casting assistant
Amy Taylor
additional casting
Diane Alexander
extras casting assistant
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yvonne Cervantes
costumer
Mitzi Haralson
costumer
Askia Won-Ling Jacob
wardrobe
Jane E. Myers
set costumer
Kathy Oberlin
costume constructor
Eileen Sieff Stroup
assistant costume designer
Amanda Zenil
costumer
Editorial Department
Karen Broderick
first assistant film editor
Ken Schretzmann
assistant editor
Johnie Tidwell Jr.
post-production assistant
Karen Whipple
first assistant film editor
Music Department
Thomas Pasatieri
orchestrator
Paul Pesco
musician: guitar
John Beasley
composer: additional score
Other Crew
Pat Cartwright Barwick
lead stand-in
Melanie Bell
production assistant
Tim Crone
animal wrangler: small animals
Marlon Dwight
location production assistant
Norman Gary
bee wrangler
Butch Graziano
head horse wrangler
Tony Grillo
production assistant
Syd E. Horne
on-set train coordinator
Nancy Jane King
production office coordinator
Maida N. Morgan
assistant location manager
Senia Phillips
animal wrangler: small animals
Marc Pilvinsky
location production assistant
Caroline Sax
script supervisor
Eric S. Smith
location assistant
Brad Stephens
publicist
Elizabeth Tompkins
first assistant accountant
Diane Alexander
stand-in
Thanks
Robert Williams
thanks
Production Company
Act III Communications
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AvnetKerner Productions
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Electric Shadow Productions
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Fried Green Tomatoes Productions
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Universal Pictures
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Distributor
Universal Pictures
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
ASCII Entertainment
Aquarius TV
Europa Carat
Filmax International
Future Film
Ivex Films
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
Rank Film Organization
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE)
Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy
Warner Home Video
Yleisradio (YLE)
Miscellaneous
Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing
vintage clothing rentals
K!SSPROOF Entertainment
cast appearance booking
MCA Records
soundtrack
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