Fried Green Tomatoes
Jon Avnet, 1991
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fannie Flagg, 1987
Fried Green Tomatoes is a movie directed by Jon Avnet in 1991 and based on the book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, first published in 1987. The movie features Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Chris O’Donnell, Cicely Tyson, and others.
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Storyline
Evelyn Couch, a timid, unhappy housewife in her 40s, meets elderly Ninny Threadgoode in an Anderson, Alabama, nursing home where Evelyn’s husband Ed’s Aunt Vesta who has dementia is also staying. Over several encounters with Evelyn, Ninny tells her the story of the now abandoned town of Whistle Stop, and the people who lived there.
Movie vs Book
Year
1991
Minutes
130
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Fried Green Tomatoes
Director: Jon Avnet
Country: USA
Year: 1991
Length: 2h10m
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Year
1987
Pages
416
Book Rate
8.56
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Book
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Author: Fannie Flagg
Country: USA
First published in: 1987
Length: 416 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Whistle Stop, AL
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“When you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.”
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