Grüne Tomaten (1991)
„Ich werde nie verstehen, warum alle glaubten, sie habe diesen Mann umgebracht…“. Im Warteraum des Altersheimes zieht die zierliche alte Dame die dicke, frustrierte Hausfrau in ihren Bann. Durch die Erzählungen lernt sie Idgie kennen, eine selbstbewußte junge Frau, die immer tat, was sie wollte. Und die eher zaghafte Ruth, die von Idgie aus einer gewalttätigen Ehe befreit wurde. Gemeinsam betreiben sie ein Café. Doch dann wurde Ruth’s Mann ermordet aufgefunden… Leider ist die Besuchszeit um. Widerwillig steigt Evelyn zu ihrem Ehemann ins Auto. Natürlich wird sie zurückkommen, um den Rest der Geschichte zu hören, denn sie fühlt, wie in ihr durch die Geschichte Kraft für neues Leben wächst.
Der Regisseur:
Jon Avnet
Die Autor:
Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski.
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Kathy Bates as Evelyn Couch |
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Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode |
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Mary-Louise Parker as Ruth Jamison |
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Mary Stuart Masterson as Idgie Threadgoode |
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Cicely Tyson as Sipsey |
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Stan Shaw as Big George |
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Chris O'Donnell as Buddy Threadgoode |
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Gailard Sartain as Ed Couch |
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Timothy Scott as Smokey Lonesome |
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Gary Basaraba as Grady Kilgore |
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Lois Smith as Mama Threadgoode |
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Jo Harvey Allen as Woman's Awareness Teacher |
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Fannie Flagg as Teacher |
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Suzi Bass as Nurse |
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Tom Even as Judge |
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Afton Smith as Leona Threadgoode |
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Haynes Brooke as Older Julian Threadgoode |
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Wallace Merck as KKK Man |
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Richard Riehle as Reverend Scroggins |
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Constance Shulman as Missy |
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Nick Searcy as Frank Bennett |
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Macon McCalman as Prosecutor Percy |
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Raynor Scheine as Sheriff Curtis Smoote |
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Grace Zabriskie as Eva Bates |
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Reid Binion as Young Julian Threadgoode |
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Danny Nelson as Papa Threadgoode |
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Nancy Moore Atchison as Little Idgie Threadgoode |
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Ginny Parker as Ruth's Mother |
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Tres Holton as Boy at Supermarket |
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Ron McCall as Ocie |
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David Dwyer as Hooded Man |
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Lashondra Phillips as Young Naughty Bird |
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Kathy Larson as Beetle Girl #1 |
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Missy Wolff as Beetle Girl #2 |
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Janeen |
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Grayson Fricke as Buddy Threadgoode Jr. |
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Enjolik Oree as Older Naughty Bird |
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Genevieve Fisher as Peggy Hadley |
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Bob Hannah as Defense Attorney |
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Ted Manson as Bailiff |
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Carol Mitchell-Leon as Sue Otis |
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Evan Lockwood as Tim |
| Directing | Jon Avnet | Director |
| Writing | Fannie Flagg | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fannie Flagg | Novel |
| Writing | Carol Sobieski | Screenplay |
| Sound | Walter Newman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Anne Marie Gillen | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Alan Robert Murray | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Lisa Lindstrom | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ric Rondell | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Arthur Baker | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Norman Lear | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jon Avnet | Producer |
| Production | David Rubin | Casting Director |
| Production | Deborah Love | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Kathy Nelson | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Mary H. Ellis | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cydney Cornell | Hairstylist |
| Production | Andrew Meyer | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Bill Bernstein | Music Editor |
| Art | Debra Schutt | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Kerrie Cullen | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Martin Huberty | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fern Buchner | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Tom Taylor | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jordan Kerner | Producer |
| Production | Barbara Ling | Associate Producer |
| Art | Larry Fulton | Art Direction |
| Editing | Debra Neil-Fisher | Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth McBride | Costume Design |
| Art | Barbara Ling | Production Design |
| Camera | Geoffrey Simpson | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Crew | Laura Dash | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Hancock | Stunts |
| Crew | Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Crew | Joy Hooper | Stunts |
| Directing | Jeff Rafner | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Deborah Love | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen Callaghan | Key Hair Stylist |
| Lighting | Morris Flam | Gaffer |