Directed by:
Jon AvnetScreenplay:
Carol SobieskiCinematography:
Geoffrey SimpsonComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Gailard Sartain, Stan Shaw, Cicely Tyson, Gary Basaraba, Lois Smith, Richard Riehle (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Parallel stories of women establishing themselves in the contemporary American South and in the period between the World Wars. A middle-aged woman draws strength and independence from the stories told to her by a resident in an old people's home. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Kathy Bates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/034/161034996_43b22d.jpg)
Kathy Bates
USA
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Misery (1990)
High Stakes (1989)
![Mary Stuart Masterson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267888_3384fe.jpg)
Mary Stuart Masterson
USA
Best movies:
Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV movie)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Benny & Joon (1993)
![Mary-Louise Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/824/161824760_2f6697.jpg)
Mary-Louise Parker
USA
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) (TV movie)
![Jessica Tandy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/629/161629587_d08c9f.jpg)
Jessica Tandy
UK
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
![Gailard Sartain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405058_63d7cc.jpg)
Gailard Sartain
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Moderns (1988)
![Stan Shaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444277_6fb3a2.jpg)
Stan Shaw
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - actor, a.f.
![Cicely Tyson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/934/162934044_c96618.jpg)
Cicely Tyson
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Roots (1977) (series)
![Gary Basaraba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/615/159615220_fbc11a.jpg)
Gary Basaraba
Canada
Best movies:
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
![Lois Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325352_d60f98.jpg)
Lois Smith
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
East of Eden (1955)
Minority Report (2002)
![Richard Riehle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274007_68c278.jpg)
Richard Riehle
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
The Fugitive (1993)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
![Nancy Moore Atchison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505351_78f535.jpg)
Nancy Moore Atchison
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
The Long Walk Home (1990)
![Grace Zabriskie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274115_7ab1f4.jpg)
Grace Zabriskie
USA
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
![Chris O'Donnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/039/166039616_93c849.jpg)
Chris O'Donnell
USA
Best movies:
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Company (2007) (series)
![Nick Searcy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/679/162679581_b6fee2.png)
Nick Searcy
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Cast Away (2000)
![Raynor Scheine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/312/163312983_e8d970.jpg)
Raynor Scheine
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
![LaTanya Richardson Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/111/160111716_db8299.jpg)
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Mother and Child (2009)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Ted Manson
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
North and South (1985) (series)
Fannie Flagg
USA
Best movies:
Brillantine (1978)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
![Macon McCalman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/477/159477758_68287e.gif)
Macon McCalman
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
Roots (1977) (series)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
![Timothy Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/950/159950951_487fa5.gif)
Timothy Scott
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)