Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

The Best Birthday

On Ruth’s (Mary-Louise Parker) birthday, she unwinds with some booze and a game of baseball.

Directed by Jon Avnet.

Released in 1991 by Universal.

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  • editors-choice: BFFs
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  • primary-genre: Drama
  • primary-genre: Gay and Lesbian
  • secondary-genre: 20th Century Period Pieces
  • secondary-genre: Period Pieces
  • secondary-genre: Gay & Lesbian
  • secondary-genre: Dramas Based on the Book
  • secondary-genre: Lesbian
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  • secondary-genre: Drama
  • mood: Feel-Good
  • mood: Funny
  • primary-occasion: Sports
  • primary-occasion: Birthdays
  • secondary-occasion: Baseball
  • secondary-occasion: Birthday for Her
  • prop: Bottle
  • prop: Baseball Bat
  • prop: Baseball
  • setting: Lake
  • theme: Love
  • theme: Friendship
  • actor: Mary Stuart Masterson
  • actor: Mary-Louise Parker
  • director: Jon Avnet
  • producer: Ric Rondell
  • producer: Norman Lear
  • producer: Lisa Lindstrom
  • producer: Martin Huberty
  • producer: Anne Marie Gillen
  • producer: Jon Avnet
  • cinematographer: Geoffrey Simpson
  • editor: Debra Neil-Fisher
  • costume-designer: Elizabeth McBride
  • production-designer: Barbara Ling
  • role-name: Ruth Jamison
  • role-name: Idgie Threadgoode
  • screenwriter: Fannie Flagg
  • screenwriter: Carol Sobieski
  • year: 1991
  • studio: Universal