Fried green tomatoes / Universal Pictures and Act III Communications present in association with Electric Shadow Productions an Avnet/Kerner production.
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.
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| Language: | English |
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Universal City, Calif. :
MCA Universal Home Video,
1992.
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| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (laser optical) (2 hr., 10 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| 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. |
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| Note: | Based upon the novel: Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe / by Fannie Flagg. Originally produced as motion picture in 1991. Laser Disc ; extended play CLV ; Dolby surround stereo, digital sound, CX encoded. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Rated PG-13. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | PN1995.9.W6 F75 1992 Video (12 inch) disc |
| ISBN: | 0783200447 : |
| 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 ; screenplay, Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski ; producers, Jon Avnet and Jordan Kerner ; director, Jon Avnet. |
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Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson. |