Fried Green Tomatoes (While available, you can watch the entire movie below, and additional scenes
are also available at the bottom of this page.)
"Fried Green Tomatoes" Trailer*
*Although many don't consider "Fried Green Tomatoes"
to be a 'lesbian film,' we (my fellow lesbians and I) have always seen the lesbian relationship within the film. The
book makes Idgie's and Ruth's relationship obvious and treats it very matter-of-factly. The film posed their relationship
as more of a close friendship due to the time (1991) in which it was released and the desire to advertise the film in the main-stream.
If you haven't read the book, you MUST before you watch the movie again. Everybody always says that the book is so much
better than the movie, but in this case, it is exceptionally true!
Run Time: 130 minutes
Summary: Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take
her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old
woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in
1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting
friendship of her own with Ninny. (From imdb.com)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Cicely
Tyson, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw, Gailard Sartain, Timothy Scott, Gary Basaraba, Lois Smith, Jo Harvey Allen, Macon McCalman,
Richard Riehle, Raynor Scheine, Fanny Flagg
