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1991 · 130 min · PG-13

Fried Green Tomatoes

Directed by Jon Avnet · Drama, Comedy

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) is a Drama film, directed by Jon Avnet set in Alabama, Birmingham, and Valdosta during the 1920s–1980s. It runs 130 minutes and is rated PG-13.

A courtroom, with a nostalgic and whimsical tone. Themes of friendship, love & longing, and grief & loss play out through frame narrative and non linear / fractured timeline.

Composer
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
Geoffrey Simpson
Cast
Kathy BatesJessica TandyMary-Louise ParkerMary Stuart MastersonCicely TysonStan ShawChris O'DonnellGailard Sartain

The world of this film

Setting

Where
AlabamaBirminghamValdosta
Setting
Rural
When
1980s1920s

Premise & themes

Premise
Courtroom
Themes
FriendshipLove & LongingGrief & Loss
Structure
Frame NarrativeNon Linear / Fractured Timeline
Tone
NostalgicWhimsicalMelancholic

Shape

Protagonist
EnsembleFemale Led
Pacing
Measured
Based on
Pure Fiction

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