Cast edit kathy bates as evelyn couch. A remake of fried green tomatoes. The centerpiece and parallel story concerns the murder of ruth s abusive husband frank and the accusations that follow. Cicely tyson as sipsey. A final scene confirms that idgie now runs a roadside stand with her brother julian the boy who made fun of idgie at the wedding where they sell honey while idgie entertains visitors with her tall tales.
Jessica tandy as ninny threadgoode. Mary louise parker as ruth jamison. A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know. Little idgie threadgoode nancy moore atchison and ruth jamison mary louise parker. One of the main differences between the novel and the movie was that the novel explicitly stated that the two women shared a sexual relationship while the movie left it much more ambiguous.
It tells the story of a depression era friendship between two women ruth and idgie and a 1980s friendship between evelyn a middle aged housewife and ninny an elderly woman. Cast kathy bates evelyn couch jessica tandy ninny threadgoode mary stuart masterson idgie threadgoode mary louise parker ruth jamison cicely tyson sipsey nick searcy frank bennett gailard sartain ed couch stan shaw big george gary basaraba grady kilgore nancy moore atchison little idgie missy wolff 2nd girl timothy scott smokey lonesome grace zabriskie. Cast in credits order verified as complete. Directed by jon avnet. The book makes it clear that ninny and idgie are different people as ninny has died and evelyn is visiting her grave when she finds the jar of honey and the note on ruth s tombstone.
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Mary stuart masterson nancy moore atchison as imogene idgie threadgoode. I saw it four times in the theater something i haven t done since. Mary stuart masterson nancy moore atchison as imogene idgie threadgoode. Chris o donnell as buddy threadgoode. It tells the story of a depression era friendship between two women ruth and idgie and a 1980s friendship between evelyn a middle aged housewife and ninny an elderly woman.
I saw it four times in the theater something i haven t done since. Jessica tandy as ninny threadgoode. Cast edit kathy bates as evelyn couch.
