Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJon Avnet
Screenplay by
Based onFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Simpson
Edited byDebra Neil-Fisher
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 27, 1991 (1991-12-27)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11 million
Box office$119.4 million

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.

The film was released in theaters in the United States on December 27, 1991, garnered positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $119.4 million on a $11 million budget.

Fried Green Tomatoes received nominations for two Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards, as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and a Guldbagge Award.

  1. ^ "Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)". The New York Times. June 4, 2012. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012.