Fried Green Tomatoes

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Call Number: DVD Drama Fried
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Not rated.
Based upon the novel Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.
Features include: theatrical trailer ; feature commentary by director Jon Avnet ; Moments of discovery, and original documentary on the making of the movie ; Jon Avnet's scene specific notes ; production photographs ; poster compaign.
Dolby surround stereo.
"20224."
Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson.
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.
DVD ; Widescreen.
Contents: Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe.

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Feel good movie submitted by klickitat on August 25, 2012, 1:32pm Excellent cast, including Mary-Louise Parker in one of her first big roles. Recommended for people looking for a movie about female friendship or a period piece.

Great movie on friendship submitted by ValerieL on August 26, 2012, 11:33am I absolutely love this movie. It's a wonderful movie about life-long friendships through the ups and downs of life and the things you can learn from them and from life experiences. The actresses are terrific and the storyline is easy to follow and loveable even though it bounces back between history and present day.

I highly recommend this to anyone, but particularly women. Watch it with your life-long friends and enjoy!

A wonderful movie! submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 29, 2012, 12:13pm Based on the Fannie Flagg novel, "Fried Green Tomatoes" is one of my favorite movies. It follows the friendships of two sets of women, one in the Depression and one in 1980s. It has some real funny parts, such as when Evelyn intentionally runs her car into another's and then tells the other driver, "Face it: I'm older and I have more insurance."

My main criticism is that, unlike the book, it is hard to tell in the movie that Ruth and Idgie are a couple. The film also accurately portrays the racism and sexism of the era. Ruth and Idgie segregate seating at their cafe, although the African American patrons (oddly) don't seem to mind in the movie. The movie also does not portray nearly the racial politics that the book does. For example, in the movie Idgie suggests what to do with the corpse, but in the book, Big George does and his employers never know anything about it. The book is better, so be sure to read it.

The movie contains a fair amount of violence, including the KKK attacking African Americans and Ruth's husband beating her.

wonderful submitted by Jackie77 on July 30, 2015, 1:47am Great cast, great plot. Must see

Touching submitted by Adam Graham on August 10, 2018, 9:54pm Such a very sweet movie about the meaning and power of life-long friendships. Will make you want to call an old friend. (the book is great too!)

You'll Laugh. You'll Cry. submitted by Cihendricks on July 12, 2019, 3:25pm This is an amazing movie about friendships and wonderful people. It's a great cast telling a wonderful story. It's a must-see.

Green tomatoes submitted by avrogers1 on July 12, 2019, 3:34pm This is such an amazing, sad, but amazing movie.

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Love the story submitted by Aimless on July 19, 2019, 6:43pm It is a queer love story, although the relationship between idgie and Ruth is portrayed in the movie as good friends...the book is a queer love story.

Fried Green Tomatoes dvd submitted by a2sue on July 20, 2019, 10:42pm The dvd of Fried Green Tomatoes is so fun to watch! A great female buddy type film and quite enjoyable.

moving submitted by kevinhe on July 28, 2019, 8:46pm such a touching Movie. great.

Good Film submitted by kathscot on July 29, 2019, 2:35pm A well written film with excellent performances from the 4 major characters and from supporting cast as well.

One of the best movies of that year submitted by crp on August 28, 2019, 9:35pm One of the best movies of that year

One of the best movies of all time submitted by clk.9123 on August 22, 2022, 7:37pm I first watched this as a child, and 20+ years later, it still holds space in my brain because it is THAT good. Over time, I’ve noticed more nuance to this and love to watch it every few years. This movie is far more than entertainment and truly explores female friendship throughout decades and age differences with a range of other experiences taking place. It is wonderful.