What is Fried Green Tomatoes (movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Movie | name = Fried Green Tomatoes | director = [[Jon Avnet]] | producer = Jon Avnet<br />[[Norman Lear]] | writer = [[Fannie Flagg]]<br />[[Carol Sobieski]] | narrator = | starring = [[Kathy Bates]]<br />[[Jessica Tandy]]<br />[[Mary-Louise Parker]]<br />[[Mary Stuart Masterson]] | music = [[Jo Jo Hailey]]<br />[[K-Ci Hailey]]<br />[[Thomas Newman]] | cinematography = [[Geoffrey Simpson]] | editing = [[Debra Neil-Fisher]] | distributor = [[Universal Studios]] | released = December 27, 1991 | runtime = 136 minutes | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Fried Green Tomatoes''''' is a 1991 [[United States|American]] [[drama movie]] [[movie director|directed]] by [[Jon Avnet]]. It is set in 1920s and 1980s [[Birmingham, Alabama]] and is based on a [[novel]] by [[Fannie Flagg]] called ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe]]''. The movie stars [[Kathy Bates]], [[Jessica Tandy]], [[Mary-Louise Parker]] and [[Mary Stuart Masterson]]. ==Plot== In Birmingham, Alabama, a woman called Evelyn goes to a [[nursing home]] to visit her [[mother-in-law]] and meets an [[elderly]] woman called Ninny. They become friends. Ninny tells Evelyn stories about when she was younger, and about the people she used to know. In particular, she tells Evelyn about two young women, Idgie and Ruth. In Ninny's stories, Idgie and Ruth are friends who run a [[café]] together and raise Ruth's son Buddy. Ruth has separated from her husband Frank because he used to hit her. One day, Frank goes missing and the [[police]] begin to think that Idgie has killed him. Ninny tells Evelyn her stories over several visits. During that time, Evelyn, who was depressed, is inspired by Ruth and Idgie to have more power in her life. In the end, Ninny goes to live with Evelyn and her husband. There is a hint that Ninny and Idgie might be the same person. ==Cast== * [[Kathy Bates]]