| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Not rated. |
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Title from disk. |
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Based upon the novel Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. |
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Widescreen edition. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Elizabeth McBride ; co-producer, Ric Rondell ; editor, Debra Neil ; production designer, Barbara Ling ; director of photography, Geoffrey Simpson ; executive producers, Norman Lear and Andrew Meyer. |
| Cast |
Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson. |
| Summary |
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. |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Language |
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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In English, Spanish, French ; subtitles in Spanish and French. |
| Subject |
Women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Feature films -- Videodiscs.
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Southern States -- Race relations -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Added Author |
Bates, Kathy, 1948-
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Tandy, Jessica.
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Masterson, Mary Stuart, 1966-
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Parker, Mary-Louise.
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Tyson, Cicely.
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Avnet, Jon, 1949-
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Flagg, Fannie.
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| ISBN |
0783229410 |
| Music No. |
20244 Universal |
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