Fried Green Tomatoes Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jon Avnet
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
PG-13
Year:
1991
130 min
1,606 Views


these two come now to be joined.

If any man present

can show cause...

why they may not lawfully

be joined together,

let him speak now or

forever after hold his peace.

Please be seated.

If either of you

know any reason...

why you may not justly be joined

together in holy matrimony,

do you now confess it?

It is then your will

to proceed.

Do you,

Charles Osgood Justice...

Thank you. I don't know what

we'd do without your generosity.

Sipsey, especially you.

Look what you've done!

Thank you, Mrs.

Threadgoode. Gimme that, you rascal!

Ohh!

Jump on my back.

I don't think there ever was

a sweeter boy than Buddy Threadgoode.

You look beautiful, Lily.

Yes, Lily, you sure do.

I had the biggest crush on him.

He was a terrible flirt!

But his heart belonged

to Ruth Jamison.

She was the daughter of

a friend of his mama's...

who was visitin'

that summer.

Ruth Jamison, you're just

the one I've been lookin' for.

Are you thirsty? Let's

go visit someplace else.

A little nest

that's nestled

Think that's a big lake, you should've

seen the one next to our house.

We used to swim in it

and fish.

I sure do miss it.

Sure do.

What happened to it?

Did it dry up?

No, worse than that.

Last fall,

a flock of ducks,

40 or 50 of'em, landed right

smack in the middle of it.

This fluke thing

happened.

The temperature dropped so fast

that the whole lake froze...

in three seconds,

just like that!

Those poor little ducks.

Did it kill them?

No, they flew off

and took the lake with 'em.

To this very day, that lake

is somewhere over in Georgia.

Buddy Threadgoode.

Come a little closer.

I wanna give you something.

Come here.

Whoop!

You'll see

a smiling face

Come back here, hat.

Where do you think you're goin'?

Whoa!

I got it. Hold on, Ruth.

Hold on, little bit.

It's all right.

I got it.

Come here, you damn hat. Got it!

Oh, I meant to do that.

I... got it!

Ta-da!

All right.

Damn!

Come on.

Come on. Get out.

Get out.

Buddy!

- Buddy!

- Buddy Threadgoode!

Come on, Buddy!

Get out.

Get out of there.

Buddy!

- Come on, Buddy!

- Buddy!

Buddy!

No-o-o!

Buddy!

Buddy, no!

No!

No! Buddy!

No-o-o!

No! Buddy!

Let me go!

- No!

- Buddy!

You got to go back

to the house.

Come on.

We're gonna go home.

- Buddy!

- You have to be strong.

It'll be okay.

Buddy!

"The Lord is my Shepherd,

I shall not want. "

Oh, it like

to have killed us all.

But nary a one took it

as hard as Idgie,

everyone thought she'd die

right along with him.

Night after night,

she stayed by the river.

Big George was the only soul

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Fannie Flagg

Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal; September 21, 1944) is an American actress, comedian and author. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–82 versions of the game show Match Game and for the 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which was adapted into the 1991 motion picture Fried Green Tomatoes. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay adaptation. Flagg currently lives in California and Alabama. more…

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