FRIED GREEN TOMATOES FILMING LOCATIONS THEN AND NOW 2023 / INTERVIEW WITH OWNER OF WHISTLE STOP CAFE
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- čas přidán 14. 01. 2023
- ON OUR TRAVELZ WE VISIT SOME FILMIONG LOCATIONS FOR THE 1991 MOVIE FRIED GREEN TOMATOES. I TALK WITH THE OWNER OF THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE AND GET SOME HISTORY ON THE BUILDING AND THE TOWN OF JULIETTE.
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My dad roofed the “Threadgoode” house in Senoia! Also, the scene where Kathy Bates says, “face it girls, I’m older and have more insurance” was filmed is in my hometown of Fayetteville. I used to work at that Winn-Dixie.
That's awesome, I had planned on stopping by the stores used and the retirement home but ran out of time. Maybe next time? Thanks for watching 👍
That is SO cool! That has to be one of the most legendary movie lines of all time!
Thank you for telling us the location of the Winn-Dixie. I have been looking for the filming location of one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
All this time, I thought all these buildings were set built for the movie. So cool that they really exist. Now I want to visit.
It is a great place to visit. I plan on going again next time I'm in the area. Thanks for watching 👍
No matter how many times I watch this movie(which is a bunch) I love it even more every time! My grandma and I loved Jessica Tandy!
I have seen it many many times too! Great movie, I was super excited to visit that little town 😀 Thanks for watching 👍
Jessica Tandy's the best
Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe. Amazing read by Fannie Flagg. 👏🏼
I haven't read the book yet, only read what differences are between the book and movie. I will have to read it soon. Thanks for watching 👍
We visited there today! Absolutely loved being there. We travel in our RV full time and visiting film locations is a hobby of ours.
That's awesome. We also try and visit as many filming locations as we can. Thanks for watching 👍
My Mama grew up in the mill village there and I played many a day with my cousins at Granny and Grandaddy's house in the curve. There's nothing like hearing a screen door slam and sitting on the front porch drinking sweet tea and hearing the train whistle blowing in the distance on it's way thru town. You should have taken a trip thru the village across the river. Some of my family still live there and many are buried in the cemetary on the hill. When I come home to visit and stop to hear the wind thru the trees, I can still hear our laughter of playing outside. We never even wondered if there was anywhere else to live, because we felt it was always home. Thank you for the video. Safe travels to you and your family.
That's awesome! Seems like a great place to live. I definitely want to go back again and explore around more. Thanks for your story and thanks for watching! 😀
Love this. I can only imagine the fond memories ❤️ I love the movie becuz of the town and the era!
Great video ❣️ I always wondered if the town still existed...now that I'm in Tennessee I think I'm gonna take a drive ...loved the editing...Thank you
My daddy was born there in 1919.
Is he/the family the reason the street is named J.H. Aldridge Drive? My Mama lived in the little white house in the curve on the right for many years before moving to take care of family members.
The gentleman said that there was a cafe called Mable's Table but he did not want to open his cafe because it would hurt her business, but when Mable's table closed, he went ahead and opened up his cafe. What a heart he has.
Ya he seems like a good guy. I'm happy the place is doing good for him . Thanks for watching 👍
Both sets of my grandparents lived in Juliette so we were there many many times over the years. Mom and Dad met there
and eventually married. Dad's dad was the telegraph operator at the station before he retired. Mom's Dad was the meat cutter in the store (the restaurant) and at the cotton mill across the river. Mom also worked there while she was pregnant with me.
Very cool. Your family must know the owners of the restaurant good. Thanks for sharing that and thanks for watching 👍
What a Nice Tribute to this _WONDERFUL Film !!! As far as the town turning into a 'tourist trap'.... you can't blame them... it's like Gatlinburg, back in the 60's where Family's rented 'Summer Cabins: Bohanan's? hanging over the Little Pigeon River.. right in the heart of downtown.
Enjoyed this tour & now am craving some good ol' BBQ with a side of Fried Green Tomatoes :) *hold the Frank*.
Lol... its a great little town to visit. I want to go back sometime. Thanks for watching 👍
One of my favorite movies. Such iconic town. Fried Green Tomatoes is a timeless movie. The only reason I would go to Georgia is to go to Juliette and see the town and eat fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' and get some Georgia peaches. Great video. Thank you soooo much!❤
Thank you! ... It is a awesome little town and the movie is fantastic. I want to visit again . Thanks for watching 👍
You'd never regret the experience. Hope you do it someday. 🥰
I watched this again yesterday. My mom may she RIP loved this movie❤ they will never make movies as great as this.
It's one of May favorites. I haven't found another one like it. Thanks for watching 👍
@@HappinessTravelz Thank u so very much for posting this beautiful nostalgic video. Many Blessings and happiness to you.
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Yeeeeeeeesss! My favorite movie of all times!!!!! Thank YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH!!!
It's a great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
I'm glad that I came across this video it was interesting ❤ I love the movie I've watched it a thousand times.
It's a great movie 🙂 Thanks for watching 👍
I absolutely had to make my way too Juliette Georgia about twelve years ago due to my long love for this movie.
However i did not walk around and explore as much as i would have liked, because i could not tolerate the heat. To be honest i don't understand how people live in that heat. But of course people would come to my Canadian town and wonder how I tolerate the cold.
Anyway...thanks for the video. Fried Green Tomatoes was/is such a special movie.
Thanks for watching! It was great to go there. We went in December and it was cool in morning but muggy in evening. I'd go again of we were in the area again . Great movie. 👍
One of my favorite movies!
It's a great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
One of very top favs movies. 💯💯💯
Everyone that knows me know how much I luv this movie....ive got this on VHS & dvd both! ❤
I still remember wen it came out where I watched it at & who I watched the movie with.
Me n my sister watched it at her house n she rented the movie on vhs.
Back then she wldnt rent movies on VHS from blockbuster! 😱
Delightful little town and yes many of the buildings are little shops. The cafe is still serving some mighty fine fried green tomatoes as well as a mouthwatering apple pie with ice cream.
A great place to visit and wander about in time past.
Yes it's a very cool little town. I will visit again someday. Thanks for watching 👍
I have eaten fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe! Magic!
Yes they are! Thanks for watching 👍
Love Fried Green Tomatoes
The movie was great and the fried green tomatoes were delicious! Thanks for watching 👍
I remember my family fried green tomatoes. The taste was a delicacy. Days of my childhood, that I wouldn't forget. 😊
Nice! The only time I have ever had them was at the Whistle Stop Cafe and they were delicious... Thanks for watching 👍
I’m a huge fan of this movie my entire life❤ was a favorite to watch with my mother. Thank you for taking on this adventure with you❤! Much appreciated
Glad you liked! Thanks for watching 👍
So cool! The movie is great, but the book is amazing. ❤👏🏼
Love the movie, but have not read the book yet. Only have read about differences between the book and movie. I will have to read! Thanks for watching 👍
@@HappinessTravelz definitely 👍🏼 😁
Very fun to watch, now I gotta watch the movie again
It's a good movie
The actual Whistle Stop Cafe is in Irondale AL, where the location in the story actually was. It was a place and the Bar B Q restaurant was renamed Golden Rule Bar B Q and still exists. It is now in Trussville AL, by the train tracks. I know because I lived there.
That's awesome, I didn't know that. I'll have to check it out sometime. Thanks for watching 👍
The investigator was from Georgia, and the movie was supposed to take place in alabama, that's why it was the best damn barbecue in the entire state of Alabama
Oh that's right.. hard to remember everything when your standing there kinda in awe. It's such a cool little town to visit. Thanks for watching 👍
Nice little place, the food was good. The antique store was also fun! Saturday is deferentially a busy day for business. They also used the tracks and bridge in The Walking Dead.
It's a cool little town. Ya there is a lot of walking dead areas near the tracks and bridge. Thanks for watching 👍
They should have the Theme music as ambient music throughout the Town! LOL How cool, I always wondered about the Main Threadgood house! Seems they found a Gem to make one of my Favorite Movies! The music fits even today!
Yes it's a great movie. Music playing would be cool 🙂. Thanks for watching 👍
Just beautiful. This reminds me of my daddy and his family. We just lost him the end of 2020. It's a comfort to see such places being cared for and visited.
Sorry for your loss. This is a great little town. Go visit if you ever get the chance. Thanks for watching 👍
I love this movie......
It's a great movie. Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you so much for this tour!
Your welcome! Thanks for watching 👍
Fried Green Tomatoes is one of my favorite movies! Loved your video of this wonderful little town! First time finding your channel and I will check out your site! Thanks for sharing your travels with us!
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I grew up in Macon, Ga and ate fried green tomatoes way before the movie! But, since Jessica Tandy (and her husband, Hume Cronin) are my two favorites, I watched any movies they made! I still fry green tomatoes, but, it's so hard to get any decent sized tomatoes here in Wyoming!!
Thanks for sharing 👍 I've only had fried green tomatoes that one time from the Whistle Stop Cafe, and they were very good. I'll have to try making them sometime. Thanks for watching 🙂
Well, you’re just gonna have to grow your own!
It wasn't Idgie who thought her house had been stolen. It was her sister in law. In the movie she explains how she married into the family.
Ya I realize that now. Great movie though and was so cool to see in person. Thanks for watching 👍
@@HappinessTravelzWell in the movie it’s heavily implied that Ninny and Idgie are the same person. In the book it’s obvious they’re different people.
They had to have been the same person....or else, .....how would she be able to call every little detail in the movie!!! This was the obvious,.. give-a-way!! Evelyn was drawn into her story, because Iggy took on a "fake" persona in order to tell the story. But even Evelyn figured it out by the end of the movie. And why would the jar of honey on Ruth's grave be signed "the bee charmer" if not by Iggy??!!
The old lady IS idgie!
The book goes more into that
Thanks for showing.
Thanks for watching 👍
Great video and narrations! Loved it! My Grandmother and I loved this movie! I never get tired of watching it! Great friends are everything and the movie shows that on so many levels.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. This is one of my favorite movies too. Spot on with the friends 👍. Feel free to share this video with anyone you think would like it 🙂 Thanks for watching 👍
Ty for sharing this is my favorite movie.
Thanks for watching. That's a great movie 🙂
Thanks I really enjoyed this. One of my favorite movies. Might just have to watch again tonight 😊
Your welcome.. one of my favorites too! Thanks for watching 👍
I watched FGT many many years ago,probably when it came out.. At the library the other day I saw Fannie Flagg and FGT.. Never knew she was the writer,loved her on tv,wo I picked it up,and took my time reading... I felt like I had stepped back in time as everything in it was pretty close to my own childhood in the deepest part of south Alabama close to the Florida line... This book had me tearing up at Buddies death,laughing out loud at Idgies doings,and crying again when each character passed on... I didn't want it to end,and wished that someone had written a sequel to the earlier years with morw doings and going ons with everyone from FGT... I believe that had Hollyweird stuck closer to the book it'd have been a much better movie,not saying it wasnt a great movie,but maybe just a little bit better.. Thank you Ms Flagg ❤❤ and thank this guy for putting these images with the story I just completed earlier today,Sat,Jan 6th,24..
I haven't read the book yet but plan on it. I've only read the difference between the book and movie. Great movie though. Thanks for watching 👍
So awesome I loved the movie and knowing the town is still going
It's a great movie and to me it's even better because you can go visit the actual town. It's so awesome to see! Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you for every thing Amen.❤
Thanks for watching 👍
I just booked a trip to Julieta so excited.
Awesome! You will love the little town. Thanks for watching 👍
I would love to visit.
Great place to visit! Thanks for watching 👍
My all time favorite movie .❤❤
Great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
Love this movie!
It's a great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
Big thumbs up on this ..especially the history lesson by the two town patriarchs ..excellent!
Thank you! It was great talking to them, very nice guys and I loved learning some history from them. Thanks for watching 👍
I love this movie. I saw it when I was a kid and I was turned into Kathy Bates acting. She does some damn good acting in this movie. Thank you for making this video. I’m 42 myself and so when this movie came out I wanted to see it. Jessica Tandy is in it and I loved anything with her. I think my Aunt had bought the movie on VHS and let me borrow it or we watched it together. It just was written so well. I didn’t realize all the buildings were mostly there still altogether close by. I also love trains and it is right next to train tracks. It looks like they moved the tracks a little. You have a great on camera presence. I really liked your interaction with the old timers. Your wife is a lucky woman lol I wanna know how those fried green tomatoes taste!
Thanks! Yes it's a great movie, one of my favorites! Very cool little town to check out. The fried green tomatoes were delicious 😋 thanks for watching 👍
Love this movie
It's a great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
Secrets in the sauce 😂
Yes it is 😉 lol.. Thanks for watching 👍
The movie FRIED GREEN TOMATOES is my favorite movie 🎬 i love this movie 😊 and i have ever since i was 9 years old
Yes it is a great movie.. I was so happy to visit the town. Thanks for watching 👍
Love that move Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy is great in many movies, especially this one! Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you for this video! I love the movie and love your video!
Thank you glad you like it. Thanks for watching 👍
Ty for sharing this information ❤
Your welcome, thanks for watching 👍
Thank you, I love that movie.
It's a great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
I live an hour away from julliette growing up we would go to lake julliette every summer.
Awesome ! That's a cool little town. I had a great time visiting. Thanks for watching 👍
Sweet video!!
Thank you! Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you for doing this video! This is one of my all time favorite movies. I've seen it so many times (I watched it again recently)! I love that you stayed & ate at the café & met the two gentlemen. I'm so excited that your video popped up in my feed. Thanks again!
Awesome I'm glad you enjoyed my video. It was great talking to the owners and the fried green tomatoes were delicious 😋 Thanks for watching 👍
My favorite movie, thanks for showing this.
Your welcome! Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you so much good job... we love the movie also.
Thank you and thanks for watching 👍
My favorite comfort movie. I watch it on CZcams and even with ALL the ads its stood the test of timw. Im inclined to believe Idgy is Ninny. She knew too much and Sibsy wasnt privy to.
Great movie! And I feel the same way, im thinking that was her too. Thanks for watching 👍
That movie was a “feel good” type of movie for me.
It is for many 🙂 thanks for watching 👍
What a beautiful little town with lots of history. I loved the movie and then seeing the actual filming locations was a treat. Fried green tomatoes is special to me as its the last movie my mother asked to see before she passed in 1992. I will have to come visit in Juliette and try some fried green tomatoes ! Great video and enjoyed the interviews.
Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed. Definitely go if you get the chance. It is a great little town. Thanks for watching 👍
I've ate at the whistle stop Cafe was great food.
Cool little town and the fried green tomatoes were delicious! Thanks for watching 👍
Great video 👍
Thank you!
LOVE this movie! It has a very enjoyable "down home,,,back in the day" vibe to it. It does flow well and even with the flash backs, it gets you hooked into watching it all just to see what happens next. I watch it every chance I get. I "have" to get a disc or whatever player so that I can buythe movie and watch it any time.....Thank you for your great video on this!
Glad you liked it. This has been one of my favorite places to visit so far. Thanks for watching 👍
Great video!
Thank you!
Brilliant Movie ❤❤❤
Yes it was. Thanks for watching my video on it 👍
Love this Movie ! Thanks,
Mark in Michigan
Great movie! Thanks for watching my video 👍
One of I'm my favorite movies 🎬
Thankyou for take me back in time. Sandra Massachusetts. 😊
Great movie! And your welcome, thanks for watching 👍
Hmmm. My grandma used to make fried green tomatoes!
I never had them until I visited the Whistle Stop Cafe. They were delicious, your grandma's probably were too. Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you for this. That was my favorite movie. Seen it a lot of times. Got the DVD. I didn’t know they did all this after the movie. I would love to go there and eat some fried green tomatoes. I love them. I’m 77 years old and my traveling days are over Thank you for this. I set on UTube and travel now days.lol. Love and Prayers ❤🙏
It's a great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
Memory’s ❤
I can count on all of my fingers and toes how many times I’ve seen Fried Green Tomatoes. Lol It is one of the best, (if not THE best), movies I ever saw. I think I’m going to watch it again tonight. 😂 Thanks for the tour of the town. 🩷❤️
Yes great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
That is a very good movie and never knew where the location the movie was made its pretty awesome they left everything the way it was
Yes very cool its all still there! Thanks for watching 👍
I deer hunt right down the road fro Juliette it's a cool little area.
I bet hunting is good there! Thanks for watching 👍
Love that movie, just watch it over the weekend
Its a great movie.. Thanks for watching 👍
My husband and i stopped in a few years back. It was an hour out of our way and my husband was so annoyed with me for making him go. The Whistle Stop was closed due to some water issues but we ended up having the best time. We both loved it and if you are a fan of the movie, i can't recommend it enough. My husband had to admit it was worth the drive.
I loved visiting that place and will definitely visit again when we are in that area again. Great movie and a great little town! Thanks for watching 👍
I will be visiting on my war through
Enjoy it's a great little town! Thanks for watching 👍
Way through
One of my all time favorite movies! The music really set the tone and it always affects me when I hear it.
It's a great movie!
One of my favorite movies. We stopped at the koa for the night and found out we were very close to this area. We did go but it was late and closed up. Susie
It's a great movie. Hopefully you got to checknout the town some. It's a very cool little town. Thanks for watching 👍
I love this movie ❤
Yes it's great! Thanks for watching 👍
Im so glad so many love the movie and its lore as I.
Yes it's a great movie. Thanks for watching 👍
The original restaurant from the book was - and still is - in Irondale, Alabama.
That's awesome I'll have to checknit out sometime. Thanks for watching 👍
Now I'm going to have to go watch the movie again for like the upteenth time! haha It is my favorite movie of all time. I've been to Senoia and did the Walking Dead tour but never made it to Juliette. (Will have to go!) Years ago, I visited the original cafe that Fanny Flag based the cafe on in the book, in Irondale, AL outside of Birmingham. Still have my Fried Green Tomatoes Cookbook I got from there. Great video! So neat that you got to talk to the owners!!
Thank you! People have been telling me about the Cafe in Irondale Alabama. I will definitely check it out sometime. It was awesome to talk with the owner. Thanks for watching 👍
OMG.....tht movie has always bn my very fav movie n I remember wen it first came out n where n who I watched it with.
My sister rented the movie n we watched it tgthr at her house n I was pregnant with my oldest son.
I also have the movie on VHS & dvd plus I grew up eating green fried tomatoes bc my daddy always made them wen he had a garden n he was the cook while momma worked bc my daddy was retired from navy after 20yrs...he was the chef on the boat!
Btw.....im a new sub...jus came across ur channel.
Im jealous of ya all...bc me n my hubby wanna travel after he retires. Tyfs 😉
Thanks for subscribing! It's a great movie and great little town. When you go travel you should go visit. Thanks for watching 👍
Secrets in the sauce 😅
Lol yes it was 😉 lol.. thanks for watching 👍
My daddy was born and raised there. My Grandparents are buried across the river on Aldridge Road.
It seems like a great little town! Thanks for watching 👍
Reminds me of the town I grew up in Onsted Michigan. Established because the rail road put a stop there but the rail iine is long gone.
This town reminds me of a lot of little railroad towns I've seen while traveling across the US. I really like those little towns. Thanks for watching 👍
The Whistle Stop Cafe was what started my dream for my own cafe.
That's awesome! Good luck on your own cafe and thanks for watching 👍
My husband and I have been there twice. We ate in the café. The FGTs are excellent.
Yes they are! That was my first time ever having them and they were delicious! Thanks for watching 👍
Awesome video! I just watched the movie again for the first time in quite a few years and come across your video! And let me tell you, you're video was 1 million or 100 billion times better than the first one I came across. It was some SJW giving a lecture on how great BLM is. I was like what the literal F is this woman talking about? The video is supposed to be about filming location. 🤣 thanks for doing a really good filming locations video on this great movie, big thumbs up!
Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really like filming locations and I have more coming soon. Thanks for watching 👍
I actually run a Boarding House for 7 years now and I tell everyone because it is; this is the Whistle stop.
Its a Great place to visit!
In the making of FGT, they state the train depot was rebuilt and moved to the film location. According to the video, there were trees growing through it before filming. After, the railroad deemed it an insurance risk and they removed it to preserve it..
Interesting , that may have been what happened. The owners told me it was there before filming and it was fixed up some for the movie . And after the movie it was relocated to where you see it now in my video. It's great that it is still around though. Thanks for watching 👍
You need to do one for My Cousin Vinny. Filmed not to far from Juilet, in Monicello GA. Hwy 16 and sack o suds, the square, the couthouse.
Yes I have some spots pinned on my maps to check out for that movie. Thanks for watching 👍
Oh, this is fantastic! I love this film, as many others do..but I'm a 61yr old Southern Boy, and shouldn't like 'chick flicks' (I actually hate the term) at all. I think the reason I love the movie so much is that I grew up in the rural South, and I can place the name of a real person upon almost every character in it. I know that Georgia is a huge favorite of production companies these days (my career was TV), I just didn't realize production here had started that long ago!. Geez, I live in Atlanta now, I should go visit these places.
EDIT: And yes, I love fried green tomatoes. I still have my mom's recipe.
It's a great movie chick flick or not! Yes go visit, great little town. Thanks for watching 👍
I didn't know you could visit the town and cafe. I thought it rotted away. Now I'll have to visit it.
It's a really cool place to visit. Thanks for watching 👍
It's funny how the movie blew up. Even with the hidden meaning behind it. ❤
It's a great movie! Thanks for watching 👍
First time I saw this movie was at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic... the in-flight movie on a return from Ireland.
Thats awesome! Thanks for watching 👍
I grew up here lol church and whistle stop isnt far from where I lived
Thats a awesome little town, I hope to visit again. Thanks for watching 👍
I enjoyed your video but it was made quite clear in the movie and the book that Ninny Threadgood is not Idgie. She states when talking with Evelyn that she married Idgies brother Cleo.
This has been debated many times lol.. many think she is the same person and many think she is not. In the book it's been made clear but in movie it's mentioned but she knows just little to much in my opinion to not be her. And the honey at the end.. Idk either way it's a great movie and my family and myself had a great time visiting the town. Thanks for watching 👍
Been there several times......
Ate fgt at the Whistlestop.
Nice!. The fried green tomatoes are delicious. Thanks for watching 👍
I’d love to visit but I’ll never go to Georgia again. The people were beyond rude to us and now we only drive thru Alabama. I’m too shy to go thru that again.
Sorry to hear. Everyone we met was nice. Thanks for watching tho 👍