Fried Green Tomatoes

Yes, ma'am, how ya doin'?

Is this Rose Hill?

Good.

This is Ed Couch.

I'm Vesta Adcock's nephew.

I need to get up there

and see her,

but I'm gonna be late

'cause I'm lost out here.

We're off the Alabama interstate

but I don't know where.

Did you hear that?

What?

The train.

No, I didn't hear

no train.

Oh, nothin',

I guess.

Where's "Whistle Stop" on

the map? I can't find it.

Why did you tell me to

turn right 10 miles back there?

God, you got a negative

sense of direction, hon.

I'm sorry.

Oh, Ed, your aunt's gonna be

so disappointed we're late.

I know she's been looking forward

to this visit all week long.

Bless her sweet,

little ol' heart.

Hey, how's my sweet Auntie V

this afternoon?

Remember us?

Don't you look pretty!

We brought you something.

Let me look at

you.

Don't you know Evelyn loves you?

Well, honey, I guess it'd be

better if you wait out here for me.

I'll get all this stuff.

Well, if you think it's best.

Yeah, I do this time.

Okay?

Have a nice day,

Aunt Vesta.

Don't you pitch a fit like that!

Did you know

they took my gallbladder out?

No, I didn't.

Oh, yes. Still

in the hospital in a jar.

I guess that's where

they keep 'em.

I guess.

When I was

in the hospital,

the nurse gave me one of them

Fleet enemas they're so fond of.

Mrs. Cleo Threadgoode,

imagine that.

Actually,

everybody calls me Ninny.

'Course I'm

just visitin' here.

Did you ever have

one of them Fleet enemas?

Um, well?

No.

You'd remember it.

Me and my friend, Mrs. Otis,

come from Whistle Stop.

You ever been

to Whistle Stop?

Why, yes. I just

passed by there today.

She's lived down the street

from me for 30 years or more.

After her son died,

her daughter-in-law had a fit for

her to come live at the nursing home.

They asked me to come

and be her roommate.

Mrs. Otis don't know it, but I'm going

home just soon as she gets settled in good.

Does the name "Idgie

Threadgoode" ring a bell?

Um, no, ma'am.

I don't think so.

You'd remember her.

You see, I was practically

adopted by the Threadgoode family.

I married her brother,

Cleo. Oh, uh-huh.

Idgie and her friend, Ruth,

ran the Whistle Stop Cafe.

Oh.

Idgie was a character,

all right.

But how anybody

could've thought...

she murdered that man

is beyond me.

I beg your pardon?

You sit and relax a while.

I'll tell you all about it.

Oh, now, let's see.

I 'member the day they pulled

that truck up out of the river.

That same rainy, summer day...

Idgie Threadgoode was arrested for

the murder of the owner of that truck,

Frank Bennett.

I guess,

to understand Idgie,

you'd have to start way back

with her brother, Buddy.

Idgie was Buddy's pet

from the day she was born.

I 'member the day we was all

gettin'ready for Leona's weddin'.

The war had just ended,

the Great one,

you know.

And another one was about to

begin in the Threadgoode house.

Sipsey, honey, is that finished?

Buddy, get dressed, honey. Mama?

Leona, what is it?

Idgie's upstairs

in her room...

and says she won't come out

as long as she lives.

She is gonna ruin my weddin'! Shh.

Leona, you're gonna be

the most beautiful bride.

Of course she is, Papa.

Your papa has spent every last

nickel he has just to make you happy.

Now, you try to act

a little grateful, young lady.

Imogene Louise Threadgoode!

This is your mama!

You come down here right now.

Do you hear me?

Buddy, fetch her. She'll listen

to you. Come on down, little bit.

There's no firin'

squad waitin' for you.

Ohh! Come on,

honey. Let us see you.

You look so pretty.

I see London, I see... Hush!

Julian, hush.

Come ahead, sweetheart.

You look awful nice in that.

Mama!

You look fine.

She looks like a monkey.

Julian, stop it

right this second!

Take it back!

Take it back! Idgie, hey!

I told you she

was gonna ruin my weddin'!

Idgie, get up.

Take it back!

Take it back!

I'll get you for this.

No, Buddy.

We have to be careful

when she's dressing up.

She's just a pain!

Leona, will you

stop shrieking!

This is your

weddin'day!

Looks like you got

yourself up a tree, little bit.

I'm sick of

people makin' fun of me.

So you're gonna stay up here

all day long.

Yep.

The hell with them.

Who wants to wear

that stupid ol' dress anyway?

I ever tell you about

the oysters? Oysters?

I tell you about the oysters? No.

Think about the millions

of oysters lyin'around the ocean.

Then one day...

God comes along and sees one

and he says,

"I think I'm gonna make

that one different."

You know what he does?

He puts a little

piece of sand in it.

Guess what it can do that

the others can't. What?

It can make

a beautiful pearl.

What if God

made a mistake?

Well, the way I figure it,

he never makes mistakes.

I mean, he made sure

we got together.

He made sure you got

the best looking,

most charmin' brother

in the world...

who's gonna beat you to the

chocolate cake. You will not.

Got you out of the tree,

didn't I?

Did not!

Into this estate,

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.

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