Back in real life, evelyn couch decides to let ninny threadgoode move in with her and her husband, after ninnys house in the town of whistlestop was destroyed. To dispose of the body, idgie mixed it into the cafes barbecue sauce. Ninnys story begins with tomboy idgie threadgoode, the youngest of the threadgoode children, whom ninny describes as her sisterin law. The klu klux klan is still at large and many people cannot afford to live life stably. Evelyn couch, an unhappily married housewife in her forties, seemed to have suffered from a slight depression. Oh, what i wouldnt give for a plate of fried green tomatoes like we used to have at. Fried green tomatoes the movies horribly nasty secret i. In ninny threadgoodes stories, the georgia court declares idgie and big george innocent for the murder of frank bennett.
Ninny threadgoode in the book is definitely not idgie threadgoode, as the movie suggests at the end. The dual story of idgie and ruth, two brave women of the 1930s played by mary stuart masterson and marylouise parker, and ninny and evelyn jessica. The story is similar, of course, to the movie, but the book gives lots of moving, touching and funny details which are lost in. Is ninny threadgoode really idgie threadgoode in fried green tomatoes. She may have wanted to tell the story from a third person point of view rather than use her own identity. Is ninny threadgoode really idgie threadgoode in fried. Imogene idgie threadgoode is one of the primary characters in the novel fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe and the 1991 movie fried green tomatoes. Issues such as love, friendship, and abuse are portrayed in addition to psychological concepts throughout the movie. Fried green tomatoes was based on the novel fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by actressturnedauthor fannie flagg, who makes. Theres rather a large debate about ninny and idgie being the same person or not. I saw the coming attractions for fried green tomatoes four times during.
Is ninny threadgoode really idgie threadgoode in fried green. Fried green tomatoes the movies horribly nasty secret. Fried green tomatoes is mostly set in the 1920s, during the time of the great depression, a time where racism and poverty thrived. Lu june 1994, fried green tomatoes excuse me, did we see the same movie. Ninny mentions she married late about 43 her age i think was 8285 so it tends to fit at the end of the day its left open to intrepretation but i tend to feel they were the same person a lovely film one of my favourites would love to try fried green tomatoes they look wonderful. Fried green tomatoes fanfiction archive with over 29 stories. Fried green tomatoes 1991 frequently asked questions.
Shocked, evelyn realizes that ninny is, in fact, idgie. Apr 16, 2018 this feature is not available right now. The younger sister of buddy threadgoode the tomboy idgie was profoundly affected by the untimely death of her brother in a train accident. Why audiences hunger for fried green tomatoes the new. In fried green tomatoes, evelyn couch cant pry her husband from the tv. Directed by jon avnet and written by flagg and carol sobieski, it stars kathy bates, jessica tandy, mary stuart masterson, and marylouise parker. In britain, the movie has the exact same title as the book. In fact, if i remember correctly, they are even in some of the same scenes. Fried green tomatoes 1991 frequently asked questions imdb. Ninny was never around with idgie and ruth yet she knew every detail of their life together. In flashbacks, we find that idgie liberates ruth into the exciting world of drinking, gambling, fighting, and. In the book, a detailed account of ninny s life both.
One of the principal characters is named idgie threadgoode. With money from her father, idgie establishes the whistle stop cafe, with sipsey. Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe do you. In the book, fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe, it is absolutely clear that the two are separate characters. Idgie grew up in whistle stop near birmingham, alabama. Lots more detail and more stories about the whistle stop cafe, idgie threadgood, ruth jameson, big george, sipsey, and all the rest.
The story is similar, of course, to the movie, but the book gives lots of moving, touching and funny details which are lost in the movie. Mar 16, 2015 along with the craft and 10 things i hate about you, i found fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe, a southern story so unapologetically sentimental that even the softfocus womensmag. In the movie, its strongly implied though never stated outright that idgie and ninny are the same person. Jul 25, 2017 if you have seen the movie, fried green tomatoes, you need to read the book. Fried green tomatoes illustrates the struggles in life during the 1980s as well as the depression.
Fried green tomatoes 1991 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Ninny says in the beginning of the movie that she married idgies brother cleo. The movie made it seem like ninny and idgie are one and the same. While visiting a nursing home, she listens to ninny threadgoodes tales about life 60 years ago with idgie threadgoode and her friend, ruth jamison. Fried green tomatoes excuse me, did we see the same movie.
Im sure you remember her too as the brightspirited old lady who tells the. Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe are ninny and. Fried green tomatoes is a 1991 american comedydrama film based on the novel fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by fannie flagg. Part of the story in the book is told through a community newsletter put out by dot weems. She makes friendship with ninny, an elder who lives at the local retirement home who tells her the story of idgy and ruth, occured many years before. Idgie threadgoode seems to have gender identity and gender role issues that arise in the story. In the scene where evelyn and ninny eat fried green tomatoes on ninny s bed ninny says the lord takes us home when he wants us. The narrative contains two interconnected stories that unfold several decades apart. Fried green tomatoes is actually two good movies in one the better one concerns the bittersweet misadventures of idgie and ruth, who are bonded by their love for idgie s late big brother. Fried green tomatoes is based off of the book fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by fannie flagg. Towards the end of the movie, it looks as if everything is going to be ok. Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe do you think ruth.
After reading fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop cafe, i was left inspired to fight the good fight and get even more behind my beliefs, no matter who looks at me funny. Every week evelyn visits ninny, who tells her stories about her youth in whistle. Ninnys able to size up evelyn from the start and latches on to her and relates the stories of idgie threadgoode. Fried green tomatoes fanfiction archive fanfiction. Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe do you think. Grune tomaten ist ein usamerikanischer spielfilm des regisseurs jon avnet aus dem jahr 1991. Shes the spontatenous, shorthaired, angry, rebellious sprit that stars for virtually all of the film. Fried green tomatoes is a 1991 american comedydrama film based on the 1987 novel fried. If they were different then why did ninny smile like that at the end. According to the film synopsis on wikipedia, ninny. And we never saw ninny during the flashback scenes. Ninny threadgoode, the elderly woman in the movie, exhibits the most significant psychological concept in fried green tomatoes, memory. Fried green tomatoes, the movie, is based on the novel fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop cafe by american author fannie flagg. Secondary to idgie threadgoode is her alterego, ninny threadgoode.
Theres a scene in the movie where smokey returns to whistle stop, and the first person he sees is ruths child. Wheres the proof that ninny and idgie arent the same. Fried green tomatoes is a 1991 american comedydrama film based on the 1987 novel fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by fannie flagg. The two friends used to run a restaurant near the railroad and their specialities were the fried green tomatoes. Fried green tomatoes is a 1991 american drama movie directed by jon avnet. Through idgies inspiring life, evelyn learns to be more assertive. Fried green tomatoes is actually two good movies in one the better one concerns the bittersweet misadventures of idgie and ruth, who are bonded by their love for idgies late big brother.
And when idgie dipped her arm into a beehive just to. May 30, 2011 fried green tomatoes was based on the novel fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by actressturnedauthor fannie flagg, who makes a cameo appearance as the leader of a selfhelp group. When i brought up fried green tomatoes as a mainstream movie with a lesbian love story, she said some things had. Farming and rural areas, such as whistlestop, alabama took a. But when the women insist on serving big george at the cafe, the local klansmen get riled, and when ruths evil husband disappears and is. In the scene where evelyn and ninny eat fried green tomatoes on ninnys bed ninny says the lord takes us home when he wants us. In the book, it is clear that idgie and ninny are different people.
At the end of the movie, jessica tandy wanders off into a different room, wearing rumpled down socks, ala idgie, suggesting that they are, in fact, the same character. Bee charmer idgie threadgoode from the movie fried green tomatoes. The story focuses on two sets of relationships, that of idgie and ruth, and that of evelyn and ninny. 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 1920s alabama. Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe wikipedia. In the book, fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe, it is absolutely clear that the two are separate. Was ninny idgie in the film fried green tomatoes answers. Ninnys story begins with tomboy idgie threadgoode, the youngest of the threadgoode children, whom ninny describes as her sisterinlaw.
She started to act weird before evlyn asked if idgie was still alive. Evelyn couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. It weaves together the past and the present through the blossoming friendship between evelyn couch, a middleaged housewife, and ninny threadgoode, an elderly woman who lives in a nursing home. Dec 29, 2008 the primary character of fried green tomatoes is idgie threadgoode. Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe discussion. Fried green tomatoes 1991 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Ninny starts talking to evelyn about her memories of whistle stop. One other point on the ninny idgie as the same person theory. Also if she was idgie, she wouldnt have needed sipsey to tell her what happened to frank since it was idgies idea to use his body for the bbq. Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe is a 1987 novel by american author and actress fanny flagg, who also wrote an awardwinning screen adaption of the book. Why fried green tomatoes is a lesbian classic yes, lesbian.
Can anyone really prove that they were two different people. It really raises a fist at some astounding issues still going on today, such as racism and sexism. I havent read the book so i am only talking about the movie. Ninny did tell evelyn that shes married to her idgies brother, cleo. Fried green tomatoes movie simple english wikipedia, the. Fried green tomatoes 410 movie clip ruth leaves frank. In the end, evelyn brings ninny threadgoode really idgie home with her. I loved fried green tomatoes so much that i scared myself and those around me. Reminiscing on ninnys past shapes the movie as these memories seem to greatly affect the lives surrounding her. Through idgies inspiring life, evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with ninny. Fried green tomatoes movie simple english wikipedia. In the movie, they meet when idgie is a child and ruth is dating idgies. The fried green tomatoes are the only connection between the films two narratives.
Earlier this year i finally got around to read the book as well, and was not disappointed at all. The elderly woman telling the story is named ninny threadgoode. Ninny did tell evelyn that shes married to her idgie s brother, cleo. The final scene in the movie shows ninny implying to evelyn couch. The two women set up in business together as the whistle stop cafe breaded fried green tomatoes a specialty, with the help of big george, a black man whose mother sipsey cicely tyson raised idgie. Idgie and her friend ruth ran the whistle stop cafe.
Some of these psychological concepts integrated in the. Feb 24, 20 fried green tomatoes throughout the 1991 film, many psychological issues appeared in the main characters. Ninny did as well, and regales the two womens adventures to evelyn, who takes these stories as inspiration for her own life. Fried green tomatoes was based on the novel fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by actressturnedauthor fannie flagg, who makes a cameo appearance as the leader of a selfhelp group. In the movie fried green tomatoes what is the main characters first name. If you have seen the movie, fried green tomatoes, you need to read the book. Edit are ninny and idgie threadgoode the same person. We were talking at the sundance film festival in 2016, when she played the mom of a queer teenage son in an indie movie called as you are. The movie implies that idgie and ninny threadgoode are the same person. Although the movie has been criticized by gay groups for erasing the.
Troutville is a tale about idgie and ruth from fried green tomatoes from the perspective of a young girl living as a rail rider and cohort of idgie. Through idgie s inspiring life, evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with ninny. The 1991 movie fried green tomatoes is narrated by a character played by jessica tandy, whos name im at a loss for although im sure she was called something. Idgie threadgoode is one of the main characters in this film based on the novel fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by fannie flagg. In the movie fried green tomatoes a story is told to an unhappy house wife about two women idgie and ruth and their adventures. She stops chewing, musing about what she just said, holding a piece in both hands, but when the camera angle changes her arms are lying on both sides. In the book, a detailed account of ninnys life both. Abstract for abuse, exploitation, and feminine bonds in fannie flaggs fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe. Idgie when portrayed as the younger woman and ninny threadgoode, as the storyteller. Ninny mentions she married late about 43 her age i think was 8285 so it tends to fit at the end of the day its left open to intrepretation but i tend to feel they were the same person a lovely film one of my favourites would love to. Fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop cafe has been a favorite movie for many years. So yes, in comparison to the book, the movie is, as masterson once told me, redacted.
Along with the craft and 10 things i hate about you, i found fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe, a southern story so unapologetically sentimental that even the. This is a fairly common misconception with the movie. Fried green tomatoes throughout the 1991 film, many psychological issues appeared in the main characters. I saw the coming attractions for fried green tomatoes four times during an orgy of christmasweek moviegoing and i could tell even before it opened that it was going to be a hit. Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe is a 1987 novel by fannie flagg. Fried green tomatoes is a tacky effort to dress up worn out feminist cliches in ruffled sleeves and southern drawls.