Book, 1987 by Fannie Flagg Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s: of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present--for Evelyn and for us--will never be quite the same again.
Movie, 1991 directed by Jon Avnet Features: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker and Mary Stuart Masterson
Tagline: The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
Awards: Nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jessica Tandy) and for Best Screenplay (Fannie Flagg)
Did you know? The "Whistle Stop Café" is loosely based on a real-life restaurant, the Irondale Café in Alabama.
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