where did they film the movie fried green tomatoes
Juliette, Georgia
title: Fried Green Tomatoes text: for a location, she found Juliette, Georgia, a town that was, according to Avnet, nearly deserted. The building chosen to be the Whistle Stop Café was formerly an antique and hardware store. It was redesigned as a cafe, with a horseshoe shaped counter to allow for optimal camera angles. After the release of the film, Juliette saw an influx of tourists and, with Jon Avnet's encouragement, locals opened the Whistle Stop Café, recreated to mirror the film set. Although "Whistle Stop Café" is now a registered trademark, other establishments have appeared using that name. While writing the novel, Flagg based title: Juliette, Georgia text: Juliette, Georgia Juliette is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. The community is part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named for Juliette McCracken, daughter of a railroad engineer, the town formed with the merging of Brownsville and Iceberg. The film "Fried Green Tomatoes" was filmed there, and the town has been the focal point of three popular Southern humor books. After the filming of "Fried Green Tomatoes", the sets used for the town's main street were renovated into a tourist district, complete with a fully operational "Whistle Stop Cafe". Other movie productions set in Juliette were title: Juliette, Georgia text: town of Juliette offers a special dual postmark with the village of Romeo, Michigan. This tradition began in 1994, as a nod to the William Shakespeare play, "Romeo and Juliet". Juliette, Georgia Juliette is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. The community is part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named for Juliette McCracken, daughter of a railroad engineer, the town formed with the merging of Brownsville and Iceberg. The film "Fried Green Tomatoes" was filmed there, and the town has been the focal point of three popular Southern humor books. After the filming of "Fried Green title: Culture of Georgia (U.S. state) text: above have been set in or have used Georgia as a background for their settings. One such film was "Forrest Gump", which used a bench in Savannah, Georgia during the film. "Fried Green Tomatoes", though set mostly in Alabama a small portion of the novel and film were set in Valdosta Georgia, was filmed in Juliette, Georgia in Monroe County, Georgia. A more recent film, "Sweet Home Alabama", was filmed almost entirely in Crawfordville, Georgia. Georgia is home to Ted Turner, who founded TBS, TNT, TCM, Cartoon Network, CNN and Headline News, among others. The CNN Center, which houses the title: Fried Green Tomatoes text: soundtrack with the song "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted," which peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1992. For the original score, composed by Thomas Newman, see "Fried Green Tomatoes" (score). Fried Green Tomatoes Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 comedy-drama film based on the novel "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" by Fannie Flagg. Directed by Jon Avnet and written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, it stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Mary-Louise Parker. It tells the story of a Depression-era friendship between two women, Ruth and Idgie, and a 1980s