Fried Green Tomatoes · Sense

Drama 1991 2h 10m

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Fried Green Tomatoes

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.

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DIRECTOR

Jon Avnet

SCREENPLAY

Carol Sobieski
Fannie Flagg

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Geoffrey Simpson

EDITOR

Debra Neil-Fisher

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Thomas Newman

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Barbara Ling

PRODUCER

Jon Avnet
Jordan Kerner

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Andrew Meyer
Anne Marie Gillen
Norman Lear
Tom Taylor

ART DIRECTION

Larry Fulton

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Barbara Ling
Deborah Love

CASTING DIRECTOR

David Rubin

CO-PRODUCER

Lisa Lindstrom
Martin Huberty
Ric Rondell

COSTUME DESIGN

Elizabeth McBride

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Deborah Love

GAFFER

Morris Flam

HAIRSTYLIST

Cydney Cornell

KEY HAIR STYLIST

Colleen Callaghan

MAKEUP ARTIST

Fern Buchner

MUSIC EDITOR

Bill Bernstein

MUSIC SUPERVISOR

Arthur Baker
Kathy Nelson

NOVEL

Fannie Flagg

SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Jeff Rafner

SET DECORATION

Debra Schutt

SOUND MIXER

Mary H. Ellis

STUNT COORDINATOR

Kerrie Cullen

STUNTS

Bruce Paul Barbour
Dick Hancock
Joy Hooper
Laura Dash
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw

SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR

Alan Robert Murray
Walter Newman

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Fried Green Tomatoes
Released 1991
Directed by Jon Avnet
Title page #1633

Academy Awards

1992Nominee: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Nominee: Best Supporting Actress