FRIED GREEN TOMATOES opens. Directed by Jon Avnet. Screenplay by Carol Sobieski and Fannie Flagg, from Flagg's novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Themes of friendship, loss & self discovery gently ebb and flow in warm and winsome, time-tripping (from late 80s back to early 30s) journey into the lives of 4 women. With Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary Louise Parker.