Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Director
Jon Avnet
Production
Universal Pictures, Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, Fried Green Tomatoes Productions
Cast
Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cicely Tyson, Stan Shaw, Chris O'Donnell, Gailard Sartain, Timothy Scott, Gary Basaraba, Lois Smith, Jo Harvey Allen, Fannie Flagg, Suzi Bass, Tom Even, Afton Smith, Haynes Brooke, Wallace Merck, Richard Riehle, Constance Shulman