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Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 film directed by Jon Avnet
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Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Avnet and based on Fannie Flagg's 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, and starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker and Cicely Tyson, the film tells the story of a middle-aged housewife who, unhappy with her life, befriends an elderly lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

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Directed by
Jon Avnet
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Based on
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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Thomas Newman
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Cinematography
Geoffrey Simpson
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Edited by
Debra Neil-Fisher
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Production company
  • Act III Communications
  • Avnet/Kerner Productions
  • Electric Shadow Productions
  • Fried Green Tomatoes Productions
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Distributed by
Universal Pictures
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Release date
  • December 27, 1991 (1991-12-27)
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Running time
136 minutes
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United States
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Box office
$80,000,000 USD
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Feature
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Class
Period Film · Feminist Film
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Theme
Women's Friendship · Domestic Abuse
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Tone
Heartwarming · Nostalgic · Gentle · Humorous · Sweeping · Sentimental · Poignant
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Mood
Memory Lane · Mood Enhancers
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English
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Smokey Lonesome: Like I said, you ain't goin' nowhere with Miss Ruth's baby.

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