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Fried green tomatoes

Additional authors: Avnet, Jon, -- 1949- -- film director, -- film producer. | Kerner, Jordan, -- film producer. | Flagg, Fannie, -- screenwriter. | Sobieski, Carol, -- screenwriter. | Bates, Kathy, -- 1948- -- actor. | Tandy, Jessica, -- actor. | Masterson, Mary Stuart, -- 1966- -- actor. | Parker, Mary-Louise, -- actor. | Tyson, Cicely, -- actor. | O'Donnell, Chris, -- actor. | Shaw, Stan, -- 1952- -- actor. | Sartain, Gailard, -- actor. | Newman, Thomas, -- 1955- -- composer (expression) | Neil-Fisher, Debra, -- film editor. | Flagg, Fannie. -- Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe. | Universal Pictures (Firm), -- presenter, -- publisher. | Act III Communications, -- presenter. | Electric Shadow Productions, -- film production company. | Avnet/Kerner Company, -- film production company.
Edition statement:Widescreen collector's ed., extended version. Published by : Universal Studios, (Universal City, CA :) Physical details: 1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ISBN:0783229410; 9780783229416; 9786305212119.
Subject(s): Women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- Drama. | Feature films. | Race relations. | Southern States -- Race relations -- Drama. | Film adaptations. | Comedy films. | DVD. | Video. | Feature films. | Drama.
Year: 2004
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Based upon the novel Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.

Bonus features: Moments of discovery: the making of Fried Green Tomatoes ; feature commentary with director, Jon Avnet ; Jon Avnet's director's notes ; Production photographs ; Poster campaign.

Music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Elizabeth McBride ; editor, Debra Neil ; production designer, Barbara Ling ; director of photography, Geoffrey Simpson ; executive producers, Norman Lear and Andrew Meyer.

Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw, Gailard Sartain, Cicely Tyson.

A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.

MPAA rating: Not rated; original version rated PG-13.

DVD; region 1, NTSC, anamorphic wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby surround.

In English with optional subtitles in Spanish and French; English captions.

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