Fried Green Tomatoes

A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

• Director: Jon Avnet
• Genre:Comedy / Drama
• Runtime:136 minutes

Cast

Kathy Bates : Evelyn Couch
Mary Stuart Masterson : Idgie Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker : Ruth Jamison
Jessica Tandy : Ninny Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson : Sipsey

Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates), a timid and unhappy housewife in her forties, meets elderly Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) in a nursing home waiting room, who passes the time by telling Evelyn the story of the now-abandoned town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, and the people that lived there.

Ninny’s story begins with unrepentant tomboy Imogen “Idgie” Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson), the youngest of the Threadgoode children, whose happy relationship with her charming older brother Buddy is tragically cut short when Buddy is hit by a train and killed. Devastated, Idgie recedes from formal society for much of her adolescent years, until straight-laced Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker), Buddy’s former love interest, intervenes on behalf of the concerned Threadgoode family.

Although Idgie and Ruth at first seem diametrically opposed in terms of lifestyle and modus operandi, a gradual friendship develops between the two women, eventually turning into a deep mutual love and respect. Ruth soon marries Frank Bennett and moves to Valdosta, Georgia. A lonesome Idgie pays a visit to Ruth, only to discover that the latter, now pregnant, is routinely beaten by Frank. Along with Big George (son of the Threadgoode cook, Sipsey), Idgie takes Ruth back to Whistle Stop, where her child, Buddy Jr., is born. Papa Threadgoode gives Idgie money to start a business so that she can care for Ruth and Buddy Jr. Together with Ruth, Idgie opens the Whistle Stop Cafe, employing Sipsey and Big George, who makes a barbecue that quickly becomes famous in the region. Read more

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