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Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 27, 1991

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Drama, Comedy

User Score

77%

Original Title

Fried Green Tomatoes

Production Companies

Universal Pictures, Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, Fried Green Tomatoes Productions

Director

Jon Avnet

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$119,400,000

Description

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.