Directed by:
Jon AvnetScreenplay:
Carol SobieskiCinematography:
Geoffrey SimpsonComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Gailard Sartain, Stan Shaw, Cicely Tyson, Gary Basaraba, Lois Smith, Richard Riehle (more)Plots(1)
Evelyn (Kathy Bates) is a middle-aged housewife dissatisfied with her life. One day she meets an elderly lady, Mrs Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) who tells her a story of two young women in the 1930’s on a journey through life and love. The friendship of the two girls, Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary Louise Parker) inspires Evelyn to improve her life and luck. A warm, touching and, at times, greatly amusing tale about the importance of friendship. (ITV DVD)
(more)Cast
![Kathy Bates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/034/161034996_43b22d.jpg)
Kathy Bates
USA
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Misery (1990)
High Stakes (1989)
![Mary Stuart Masterson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267888_3384fe.jpg)
Mary Stuart Masterson
USA
Best movies:
Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV movie)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Benny & Joon (1993)
![Mary-Louise Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/824/161824760_2f6697.jpg)
Mary-Louise Parker
USA
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) (TV movie)
![Jessica Tandy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/629/161629587_d08c9f.jpg)
Jessica Tandy
UK
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
![Gailard Sartain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405058_63d7cc.jpg)
Gailard Sartain
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Moderns (1988)
![Stan Shaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444277_6fb3a2.jpg)
Stan Shaw
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - actor, a.f.
![Cicely Tyson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/934/162934044_c96618.jpg)
Cicely Tyson
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Roots (1977) (series)
![Gary Basaraba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/615/159615220_fbc11a.jpg)
Gary Basaraba
Canada
Best movies:
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
![Lois Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325352_d60f98.jpg)
Lois Smith
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
East of Eden (1955)
Minority Report (2002)
![Richard Riehle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274007_68c278.jpg)
Richard Riehle
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
The Fugitive (1993)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
![Nancy Moore Atchison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505351_78f535.jpg)
Nancy Moore Atchison
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
The Long Walk Home (1990)
![Grace Zabriskie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274115_7ab1f4.jpg)
Grace Zabriskie
USA
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
![Chris O'Donnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/039/166039616_93c849.jpg)
Chris O'Donnell
USA
Best movies:
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Company (2007) (series)
![Nick Searcy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/679/162679581_b6fee2.png)
Nick Searcy
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Cast Away (2000)
![Raynor Scheine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/312/163312983_e8d970.jpg)
Raynor Scheine
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
![LaTanya Richardson Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/111/160111716_db8299.jpg)
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Mother and Child (2009)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Ted Manson
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
North and South (1985) (series)
Fannie Flagg
USA
Best movies:
Grease (1978)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
![Macon McCalman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/477/159477758_68287e.gif)
Macon McCalman
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
Roots (1977) (series)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
![Timothy Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/950/159950951_487fa5.gif)
Timothy Scott
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)