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MOVIE1991 2h 10m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Evelyn Couch, a timid, unhappy housewife in her 40s, meets elderly Ninny Threadgoode in an Anderson, Alabama, nursing home where Evelyn's husband Ed's Aunt Vesta who has dementia is also staying. Over several encounters with Evelyn, Ninny tells her the story of the now abandoned town of Whistle Stop, and the people who lived there. The film's subplot concerns Evelyn's dissatisfaction with her marriage, her life, her growing confidence, and her developing friendship with Ninny. The narrative switches several times between Ninny's story, which is set between World War I and World War II, and Evelyn's life in 1980s Birmingham, Alabama.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison
Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode
Stan Shaw
Big George
Cicely Tyson
Sipsey
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch