Una casalinga insoddisfatta della sua vita fa amicizia con una donna anziana in una casa di cura ed è affascinata dalle storie che racconta delle persone che conosceva.Una casalinga insoddisfatta della sua vita fa amicizia con una donna anziana in una casa di cura ed è affascinata dalle storie che racconta delle persone che conosceva.Una casalinga insoddisfatta della sua vita fa amicizia con una donna anziana in una casa di cura ed è affascinata dalle storie che racconta delle persone che conosceva.
- Candidato a 2 Oscar
- 6 vittorie e 12 candidature totali
- Smokey Lonesome
- (as Tim Scott)
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- QuizMary Stuart Masterson did all of the bee stunts herself because her stunt double quit at the last minute.
- BlooperWhen Evelyn arrives in Whistle Stop, Ninny is sitting on a suitcase. A few minutes later, when they walk towards the car, the suitcase has disappeared.
- Citazioni
[Evelyn is cut off in a parking lot]
Evelyn Couch: Hey! I was waiting for that spot!
Girl #1: Face it, lady, we're younger and faster!
[Evelyn rear-ends the other car six times]
Girl #1: What are you *doing*?
Girl #2: Are you *crazy*?
Evelyn Couch: Face it, girls, I'm older and I have more insurance.
- Versioni alternativeIn the TV version, Idgie watches Ruth teaching Sunday school before taking her to her birthday party at the saloon.
- Colonne sonoreMy Blue Heaven
Written by Walter Donaldson and George Whiting
Performed by Gene Austin and His Orchestra
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Music
A time and place in America, filled with the best and the worst of our life and history, is impeccably captured. The flashbacks take us to the time of an Alabama whistle stop town that was a bustling hub when the railroad was the center of all movement. This was the era of hobos and simple pleasures. The scenes from the past become more powerful by the juxtaposition to modern times, where the story begins and returns at intervals.
Kathy Bates plays Evelyn Couch, an unhappy middle-aged housewife who stumbles on Ninny Threadgoode (the superb Jessica Tandy) one day by accident at the nursing home where she is visiting one of her husband's relatives. The two have an instant chemistry and a deep friendship begins. Ninny proceeds to tell Evelyn the story of Idgie and Ruth, two young women who shared an amazing friendship and love 50 years earlier.
This movie has to be experienced, as mere descriptions might sound like another southern-flavored movie about women or a weepy nostalgic tale. It is much more than that, and more than the most glowing review can ever convey. If you are reading this and haven't seen it, please make a point to. The actors are nothing short of magical. All four actresses (Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker) are at the top of their craft.
I will borrow a line from Ninny Threadgoode to describe how I always feel after seeing this film. "I may be sitting here in this nursing home but in my mind I'm over at the Whistle Stop Cafe having a plate of Fried Green Tomatoes".
I may be sitting here finishing this comment but in my mind I'm at the Whistle Stop Cafe. That's how powerful this story is for me.
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- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- Tomates verdes fritos
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Senoia, Georgia, Stati Uniti(location)
- Aziende produttrici
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- Budget
- 11.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 82.418.501 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 105.317 USD
- 29 dic 1991
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 119.418.501 USD