FRIED GREEN TOMATOES:
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION
The Actresses of Fried Green
Tomatoes
Ten years ago in December of this year,
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES premiered. This story of friendships over the
passage of time is one of the most beloved of all her movies by the
fans of Mary Stuart Masterson. Only SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL is a close
rival among Ms. Masterson's fans. This film had some of the richest
characterizations ever created by a collaboration of actors,
actresses, writers and directors. Those who love the movie remember
all of the characters: Idgie Threadgoode, Ruth Jamieson, Smokey
Lonesome, Grady Kilgore, Sipsey, Big George, and the Reverend
Scroggins. User Groups, bulletin boards, Internet Forums, and E-mail
exchange services have discussed all the characters in depth over the
decade since the film was released.
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES is considered one of
the great films made in the 1990s. After ten years, it is being
treated as the classic it always has been. Just as THE WIZARD OF OZ
is shown on television by one network each year, FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
is run during holiday seasons annually on the USA Network under
exclusive arrangement.
The site of the Whistle Stop Cafe, in
Juliette, Georgia, is open for the general public and links to its
Web site are available on the HAPPY HOUR IN WHISTLE STOP page and the
LINKS MENU page of this site.
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES FACTS
CAST
Idgie Threadgoode..............Mary
Stuart Masterson
Ruth Jamieson..........Mary Louise
Parker
Evelyn Crouch..........Kathy
Bates
Ninny Threadgoode..........Jessica
Tandy
Grady Kilgore...........Gary
Basaraba
Big George............Stan
Shaw
Sipsey............Cicely
Tyson
Eva Bates............Grace
Zabriskie
Reverend Scroggins...........Richard
Riehle
Frank Bennett............Nick
Searcy
Buddy Threadgoode..........Chris
O'Donnell
Smokey Lonesome...........Tim
Scott
Ed Couch...........Gailard
Sartain
r
Curis Smoote...........Raynor
Sheine
DIRECTOR
Jon Avnet
MUSIC
Thomas Newman
SCREENPLAY
Fannie Flagg
Carol Sobieski
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
ARTIOS Award of the Casting Society
of America: Best Casting in a Motion Picture Drama
OSCAR NOMINATIONS:
Jessica Tandy: Best Supporting
Actress
Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski:
Best Writers of a Screenplay Based on Other Media
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
Best Picture
Best Actress: Kathy Bates
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica
Tandy
IN THE NEWS: 1991
The Persian Gulf War against Iraq
ends.
The bearting of Rodney King is
captured on video tape.
The Clarence Thomas Hearings are
televised nationally.
The Bank of Credit and Commerce
International Scandal erupts.
Cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested
in Wisconsin.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson is diagnosed
as HIV positive.
Biosphere II is launched.
Princess Diana and Prince Charles
split.
The Cold War is considered over as
Boris Yeltsin takes over in Moscow after stopping a coup.
The United States Senate commences
hearings into the matter of Prisoners of War and Missing in
Action.
Doctor Seuss, and actors Michael
Landon and Robert Reed die.
POPULAR MUSIC--1991
The BILLBOARD Top Ten--1991
"Baby Baby"............Amy
Grant
"Gonna Make You
Sweat"..........C&C Music Factory
"I Like the Way"...........Hi
Five
"More Than
Words"..........Extreme
"Unbelievable"..........EMF
"3 AM Eternal"...........The
KLF
"High Enough"..........Damn
Yankees
"Right Here, Right
Now"..........Jesus Jones
"Hold You Tight"............Tara
Kemp
"I Adore Mi Amor"..........Color Me
Bad
TOP TEN TELEVISON
SHOWS--1991
60 Minutes
Roseanne
Murphy Brown
Cheers
Home Improvement
Designing Women
Coach
Full House
Murder She Wrote
Unsolved Mysteries
