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Cast
Kathy Bates | As: Evelyn Couch | |
Jessica Tandy | As: Ninny Threadgoode | |
Mary-Louise Parker | As: Ruth Jamison | |
Mary Stuart Masterson | As: Idgie Threadgoode | |
Cicely Tyson | As: Sipsey |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce. |
Certification: | PG |
Details
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: 27 December 1991
Country: US
Runtime: 130m
Company Credits
Company: Universal Pictures, Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, Fried Green Tomatoes Productions
Budget: $11,000,000
Revenue: $119,400,000
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Cast
Kathy Bates |
Evelyn Couch |
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Jessica Tandy |
Ninny Threadgoode |
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Mary-Louise Parker |
Ruth Jamison |
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Mary Stuart Masterson |
Idgie Threadgoode |
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Cicely Tyson |
Sipsey |
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Stan Shaw |
Big George |
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Chris O'Donnell |
Buddy Threadgoode |
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Gailard Sartain |
Ed Couch |
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Timothy Scott |
Smokey Lonesome |
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Gary Basaraba |
Grady Kilgore |
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Lois Smith |
Mama Threadgoode |
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Jo Harvey Allen |
Woman's Awareness Teacher |
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Fannie Flagg |
Teacher |
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Suzi Bass |
Nurse |
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Tom Even |
Judge |
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Afton Smith |
Leona Threadgoode |
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Haynes Brooke |
Older Julian Threadgoode |
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Wallace Merck |
KKK Man |
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Richard Riehle |
Reverend Scroggins |
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Constance Shulman |
Missy |
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Nick Searcy |
Frank Bennett |
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Macon McCalman |
Prosecutor Percy |
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Raynor Scheine |
Sheriff Curtis Smoote |
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Grace Zabriskie |
Eva Bates |
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Reid Binion |
Young Julian Threadgoode |
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Danny Nelson |
Papa Threadgoode |
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Nancy Moore Atchison |
Little Idgie Threadgoode |
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Ginny Parker |
Ruth's Mother |
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Tres Holton |
Boy at Supermarket |
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Ron McCall |
Ocie |
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David Dwyer |
Hooded Man |
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Lashondra Phillips |
Young Naughty Bird |
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Kathy Larson |
Beetle Girl #1 |
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Missy Wolff |
Beetle Girl #2 |
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson |
Janeen |
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Grayson Fricke |
Buddy Threadgoode Jr. |
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Enjolik Oree |
Older Naughty Bird |
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Genevieve Fisher |
Peggy Hadley |
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Bob Hannah |
Defense Attorney |
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Ted Manson |
Bailiff |
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Carol Mitchell-Leon |
Sue Otis |
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Evan Lockwood |
Tim |
Directed By
Jon Avnet |
Director |
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Jeff Rafner |
Second Assistant Director |
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Deborah Love |
First Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Fannie Flagg |
Novel |
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Carol Sobieski |
Screenplay |
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Fannie Flagg |
Screenplay |
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Production Crew
David Rubin |
Casting Director |
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Martin Huberty |
Co-Producer |
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Lisa Lindstrom |
Co-Producer |
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Ric Rondell |
Co-Producer |
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Norman Lear |
Executive Producer |
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Andrew Meyer |
Executive Producer |
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Anne Marie Gillen |
Executive Producer |
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Tom Taylor |
Executive Producer |
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Jon Avnet |
Producer |
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Jordan Kerner |
Producer |
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Deborah Love |
Associate Producer |
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Barbara Ling |
Associate Producer |
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Edited By
Debra Neil-Fisher |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Fern Buchner |
Makeup Artist |
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Cydney Cornell |
Hairstylist |
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Elizabeth McBride |
Costume Design |
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Colleen Callaghan |
Key Hair Stylist |
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Sound
Kathy Nelson |
Music Supervisor |
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Arthur Baker |
Music Supervisor |
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Mary H. Ellis |
Sound Mixer |
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Alan Robert Murray |
Supervising Sound Editor |
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Walter Newman |
Supervising Sound Editor |
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Bill Bernstein |
Music Editor |
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Thomas Newman |
Original Music Composer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Geoffrey Simpson |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Morris Flam |
Gaffer |
Art Department
Larry Fulton |
Art Direction |
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Debra Schutt |
Set Decoration |
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Barbara Ling |
Production Design |
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Other Crew
Kerrie Cullen |
Stunt Coordinator |
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Bruce Paul Barbour |
Stunts |
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Laura Dash |
Stunts |
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Dick Hancock |
Stunts |
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Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw |
Stunts |
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Joy Hooper |
Stunts |
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