1 00:02:42,795 --> 00:02:45,423 Yes, ma'am, how ya doin'? 2 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:47,796 Is this Rose Hill? 3 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:50,427 Good. This is Ed Couch. 4 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:52,937 I'm Vesta Adcock's nephew. 5 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:55,236 I need to get up there and see her, 6 00:02:55,308 --> 00:02:59,301 but I'm gonna be late 'cause I'm lost out here. 7 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:01,847 We're off the Alabama interstate but I don't know where. 8 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:42,186 Did you hear that? What? 9 00:03:42,255 --> 00:03:44,314 The train. 10 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:47,257 No, I didn't hear no train. 11 00:03:49,028 --> 00:03:51,360 Oh, nothin', I guess. 12 00:03:51,431 --> 00:03:55,834 Where's "Whistle Stop" on the map? I can't find it. 13 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:59,770 Why did you tell me to turn right 10 miles back there? 14 00:04:01,307 --> 00:04:04,834 God, you got a negative sense of direction, hon. 15 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:07,778 I'm sorry. 16 00:04:07,847 --> 00:04:12,045 Oh, Ed, your aunt's gonna be so disappointed we're late. 17 00:04:12,118 --> 00:04:16,111 I know she's been looking forward to this visit all week long. 18 00:04:16,189 --> 00:04:19,454 Bless her sweet, little ol' heart. 19 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:26,463 Hey, how's my sweet Auntie V this afternoon? 20 00:04:26,532 --> 00:04:29,126 Remember us? 21 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:32,262 Don't you look pretty! We brought you something. 22 00:04:32,338 --> 00:04:35,501 Let me look at you. 23 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:38,169 Don't you know Evelyn loves you? 24 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:43,079 Well, honey, I guess it'd be better if you wait out here for me. 25 00:04:43,149 --> 00:04:47,609 I'll get all this stuff. Well, if you think it's best. 26 00:04:47,687 --> 00:04:50,986 Yeah, I do this time. Okay? 27 00:04:51,057 --> 00:04:53,218 Have a nice day, Aunt Vesta. 28 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,227 Don't you pitch a fit like that! 29 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:09,902 Did you know they took my gallbladder out? 30 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:13,471 No, I didn't. 31 00:05:13,546 --> 00:05:17,209 Oh, yes. Still in the hospital in a jar. 32 00:05:17,283 --> 00:05:22,084 I guess that's where they keep 'em. 33 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:24,123 I guess. 34 00:05:24,190 --> 00:05:26,420 When I was in the hospital, 35 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:30,451 the nurse gave me one of them Fleet enemas they're so fond of. 36 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:33,124 Mrs. Cleo Threadgoode, 37 00:05:33,199 --> 00:05:36,498 82 year old widow, imagine that. 38 00:05:36,569 --> 00:05:39,697 Actually, everybody calls me Ninny. 39 00:05:39,772 --> 00:05:42,002 'Course I'm just visitin' here. 40 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:47,342 Did you ever have one of them Fleet enemas? 41 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:49,347 Um, well? 42 00:05:49,415 --> 00:05:51,474 No. 43 00:05:51,551 --> 00:05:54,782 You'd remember it. 44 00:05:54,854 --> 00:05:58,517 Me and my friend, Mrs. Otis, come from Whistle Stop. 45 00:05:58,591 --> 00:06:00,786 You ever been to Whistle Stop? 46 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:04,261 Why, yes. I just passed by there today. 47 00:06:04,330 --> 00:06:09,199 She's lived down the street from me for 30 years or more. 48 00:06:09,268 --> 00:06:11,259 After her son died, 49 00:06:11,337 --> 00:06:14,932 her daughter-in-law had a fit for her to come live at the nursing home. 50 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:18,306 They asked me to come and be her roommate. 51 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:22,610 Mrs. Otis don't know it, but I'm going home just soon as she gets settled in good. 52 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:28,352 Does the name "Idgie Threadgoode" ring a bell? 53 00:06:28,421 --> 00:06:31,948 Um, no, ma'am. I don't think so. 54 00:06:32,024 --> 00:06:34,822 You'd remember her. 55 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:38,796 You see, I was practically adopted by the Threadgoode family. 56 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:41,197 I married her brother, Cleo. Oh, uh-huh. 57 00:06:41,267 --> 00:06:46,034 Idgie and her friend, Ruth, ran the Whistle Stop Cafe. 58 00:06:46,105 --> 00:06:48,039 Oh. 59 00:06:48,107 --> 00:06:50,803 Idgie was a character, all right. 60 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:54,210 But how anybody could've thought... 61 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:58,307 she murdered that man is beyond me. 62 00:06:58,384 --> 00:07:00,352 I beg your pardon? 63 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:03,981 You sit and relax a while. I'll tell you all about it. 64 00:07:04,056 --> 00:07:06,684 Oh, now, let's see. 65 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:10,217 I 'member the day they pulled that truck up out of the river. 66 00:07:10,296 --> 00:07:14,255 That same rainy, summer day... 67 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:19,270 Idgie Threadgoode was arrested for the murder of the owner of that truck, 68 00:07:19,338 --> 00:07:22,307 Frank Bennett. 69 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:27,044 I guess, to understand Idgie, 70 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:30,810 you'd have to start way back with her brother, Buddy. 71 00:07:30,883 --> 00:07:35,820 Idgie was Buddy's pet from the day she was born. 72 00:07:38,224 --> 00:07:41,990 I 'member the day we was all gettin' ready for Leona's weddin'. 73 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:44,029 The war had just ended, 74 00:07:44,096 --> 00:07:46,428 the Great one, you know. 75 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:51,163 And another one was about to begin in the Threadgoode house. 76 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:53,671 Sipsey, honey, is that finished? 77 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:58,176 Buddy, get dressed, honey. Mama? 78 00:07:58,244 --> 00:08:00,212 Leona, what is it? 79 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:02,144 Idgie's upstairs in her room... 80 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:04,183 and says she won't come out as long as she lives. 81 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:06,377 She is gonna ruin my weddin'! Shh. 82 00:08:06,452 --> 00:08:09,250 Leona, you're gonna be the most beautiful bride. 83 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:12,587 Of course she is, Papa. 84 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:16,594 Your papa has spent every last nickel he has just to make you happy. 85 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:20,462 Now, you try to act a little grateful, young lady. 86 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:23,627 Imogene Louise Threadgoode! 87 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:26,228 This is your mama! 88 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:33,578 You come down here right now. Do you hear me? 89 00:08:33,646 --> 00:08:36,274 Buddy, fetch her. She'll listen to you. Come on down, little bit. 90 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:38,909 There's no firin' squad waitin' for you. 91 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:44,321 Ohh! Come on, honey. Let us see you. 92 00:08:44,390 --> 00:08:46,551 You look so pretty. 93 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:49,459 I see London, I see - Hush! 94 00:08:51,197 --> 00:08:54,633 Julian, hush. 95 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:57,430 Come ahead, sweetheart. 96 00:08:57,503 --> 00:09:01,234 You look awful nice in that. 97 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:02,899 Mama! You look fine. 98 00:09:02,975 --> 00:09:05,466 She looks like a monkey. 99 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,342 Julian, stop it right this second! 100 00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:10,746 Take it back! Take it back! Idgie, hey! 101 00:09:10,816 --> 00:09:13,910 I told you she was gonna ruin my weddin'! 102 00:09:13,986 --> 00:09:16,352 Idgie, get up. Take it back! 103 00:09:16,422 --> 00:09:18,583 Take it back! 104 00:09:18,658 --> 00:09:21,991 I'll get you for this. No, Buddy. 105 00:09:25,798 --> 00:09:28,858 We have to be careful when she's dressing up. 106 00:09:28,935 --> 00:09:30,869 She's just a pain! 107 00:09:30,937 --> 00:09:34,464 Leona, will you stop shrieking! 108 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:37,236 This is your weddin' day! 109 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:51,087 Looks like you got yourself up a tree, little bit. 110 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:54,183 I'm sick of people makin' fun of me. 111 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:56,785 So you're gonna stay up here all day long. 112 00:09:56,862 --> 00:10:00,059 Yep. The hell with them. 113 00:10:00,132 --> 00:10:04,068 Who wants to wear that stupid ol' dress anyway? 114 00:10:04,136 --> 00:10:07,503 I ever tell you about the oysters? Oysters? 115 00:10:07,573 --> 00:10:09,507 I tell you about the oysters? No. 116 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:14,239 Think about the millions of oysters lyin' around the ocean. 117 00:10:14,313 --> 00:10:16,645 Then one day... 118 00:10:16,716 --> 00:10:19,514 God comes along and sees one and he says, 119 00:10:19,585 --> 00:10:22,486 "I think I'm gonna make that one different." 120 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:24,750 You know what he does? 121 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:27,987 He puts a little piece of sand in it. 122 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:32,292 Guess what it can do that the others can't. What? 123 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:35,664 It can make a beautiful pearl. 124 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:37,896 What if God made a mistake? 125 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:43,067 Well, the way I figure it, he never makes mistakes. 126 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:45,906 I mean, he made sure we got together. 127 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:47,969 He made sure you got the best looking, 128 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:50,242 most charmin' brother in the world... 129 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:53,683 who's gonna beat you to the chocolate cake. You will not. 130 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:56,119 Got you out of the tree, didn't I? 131 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:59,123 Did not! 132 00:10:59,191 --> 00:11:02,820 Into this estate, these two come now to be joined. 133 00:11:02,895 --> 00:11:04,988 If any man present can show cause... 134 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:07,464 why they may not lawfully be joined together, 135 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:12,664 let him speak now or forever after hold his peace. 136 00:11:12,738 --> 00:11:15,400 Please be seated. 137 00:11:17,777 --> 00:11:19,972 If either of you know any reason... 138 00:11:20,046 --> 00:11:23,015 why you may not justly be joined together in holy matrimony, 139 00:11:23,082 --> 00:11:25,550 do you now confess it? 140 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:37,890 It is then your will to proceed. 141 00:11:37,963 --> 00:11:41,660 Do you, Charles Osgood Justice- 142 00:11:47,506 --> 00:11:50,839 Thank you. I don't know what we'd do without your generosity. 143 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:53,879 Sipsey, especially you. Look what you've done! 144 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:57,882 Thank you, Mrs. Threadgoode. Gimme that, you rascal! 145 00:12:02,221 --> 00:12:04,781 Ohh! Jump on my back. 146 00:12:04,857 --> 00:12:08,486 I don't think there ever was a sweeter boy than Buddy Threadgoode. 147 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:13,055 You look beautiful, Lily. Yes, Lily, you sure do. 148 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:16,568 I had the biggest crush on him. 149 00:12:16,635 --> 00:12:18,967 He was a terrible flirt! 150 00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:22,269 But his heart belonged to Ruth Jamison. 151 00:12:22,341 --> 00:12:25,504 She was the daughter of a friend of his mama's... 152 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:28,376 who was visitin' that summer. 153 00:12:28,447 --> 00:12:31,905 Ruth Jamison, you're just the one I've been lookin' for. 154 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:35,078 Are you thirsty? Let's go visit some place else. 155 00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:40,921 # A little nest that's nestled # 156 00:12:40,993 --> 00:12:44,326 Think that's a big lake, you should've seen the one next to our house. 157 00:12:44,396 --> 00:12:46,523 We used to swim in it and fish. 158 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:49,261 I sure do miss it. Sure do. 159 00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:52,065 What happened to it? Did it dry up? 160 00:12:52,138 --> 00:12:54,072 No, worse than that. 161 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:56,199 Last fall, a flock of ducks, 162 00:12:56,275 --> 00:13:00,541 40 or 50 of 'em, landed right smack in the middle of it. 163 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,478 This fluke thing happened. 164 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:05,016 The temperature dropped so fast that the whole lake froze... 165 00:13:05,084 --> 00:13:07,075 in three seconds, just like that! 166 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:09,451 Those poor little ducks. Did it kill them? 167 00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:12,719 No, they flew off and took the lake with 'em. 168 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:16,159 To this very day, that lake is somewhere over in Georgia. 169 00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:19,664 Buddy Threadgoode. 170 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:33,976 Come a little closer. I wanna give you something. 171 00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:36,480 Come here. 172 00:13:40,352 --> 00:13:42,582 Whoop! 173 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:46,648 # You'll see a smiling face # 174 00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:50,126 Come back here, hat. Where do you think you're goin'? 175 00:13:52,364 --> 00:13:54,298 Whoa! 176 00:13:54,366 --> 00:13:57,460 I got it. Hold on, Ruth. Hold on, little bit. 177 00:14:01,874 --> 00:14:04,604 It's all right. I got it. 178 00:14:06,745 --> 00:14:10,476 Come here, you damn hat. Got it! 179 00:14:10,549 --> 00:14:13,484 Oh, I meant to do that. 180 00:14:14,553 --> 00:14:18,284 I... got it! 181 00:14:18,357 --> 00:14:20,222 Ta-da! 182 00:14:22,027 --> 00:14:24,552 All right. Damn! 183 00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:26,598 Come on. 184 00:14:33,239 --> 00:14:38,108 Come on. Get out. Get out. 185 00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:40,111 Buddy! 186 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:43,410 - Buddy! - Buddy Threadgoode! 187 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:46,745 Come on, Buddy! 188 00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:48,548 Get out. 189 00:14:50,022 --> 00:14:52,149 Get out of there. 190 00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:57,292 Buddy! 191 00:14:57,363 --> 00:15:00,491 - Come on, Buddy! - Buddy! 192 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:03,160 Buddy! 193 00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:08,298 No-o-o! 194 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:12,208 Buddy! 195 00:15:12,278 --> 00:15:15,679 Buddy, no! No! 196 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:18,512 No! Buddy! No-o-o! 197 00:15:18,584 --> 00:15:21,610 No! Buddy! Let me go! 198 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:26,888 - No! - Buddy! 199 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:30,588 You got to go back to the house. 200 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:33,154 Come on. We're gonna go home. 201 00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:36,065 - Buddy! - You have to be strong. 202 00:15:36,135 --> 00:15:39,036 It'll be okay. Buddy! 203 00:15:39,104 --> 00:15:42,039 "The Lord is my Shepherd, 204 00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:44,302 I shall not want. " 205 00:15:44,376 --> 00:15:47,368 Oh, it like to have killed us all. 206 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:50,108 But nary a one took it as hard as Idgie, 207 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:58,679 everyone thought she'd die right along with him. 208 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:19,607 Night after night, she stayed by the river. 209 00:16:19,678 --> 00:16:23,842 Big George was the only soul she'd let near her, 210 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:27,443 and he watched over her night and day. 211 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:30,317 You know, a heart can be broken, 212 00:16:30,389 --> 00:16:33,449 but it still keeps a-beatin' just the same. 213 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:36,153 Miss Idgie, you'll have to keep this blanket on... 214 00:16:36,228 --> 00:16:39,129 or you'll catch your death of cold, you hear me now? 215 00:16:39,198 --> 00:16:43,601 That's so sad. 216 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:51,602 Ah. 217 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,668 Would you like one of these? 218 00:16:53,746 --> 00:16:55,737 Oh, thank ya, honey. 219 00:16:55,814 --> 00:16:57,679 Evelyn? 220 00:16:57,750 --> 00:16:59,911 Honey, we gotta get goin'. 221 00:16:59,985 --> 00:17:02,385 The Braves' game's fixin' to start... 222 00:17:02,454 --> 00:17:04,081 and you're gonna miss your... thing. 223 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:07,887 Excuse me. That's my husband, Ed. 224 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,019 Hi, ma'am. How you doin'? 225 00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:13,531 Um, 226 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:15,658 I can't believe Buddy died. 227 00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:18,328 Neither could I. 228 00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:21,805 Oh, well, I enjoyed talkin' to you, honey. 229 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,865 What's your name? 230 00:17:23,942 --> 00:17:27,002 Evelyn... Evelyn Couch. 231 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:31,846 I've got to go. You come back and see me, you hear? 232 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:35,819 Okay. Bye-bye. 233 00:17:36,021 --> 00:17:38,285 First of all, I want you... 234 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:40,951 to truly dedicate yourselves... 235 00:17:41,026 --> 00:17:45,053 to finding little ways to putting that magic, that spark... 236 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:47,325 back into your marriage. 237 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:51,335 When we think of romance and marriage, 238 00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:55,430 what is the first thought that comes into your mind? Divorce! 239 00:17:55,507 --> 00:17:59,204 Remember when counselors used to tell you to wrap yourself in cellophane... 240 00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:01,473 to put a little charge into your marriage? 241 00:18:01,547 --> 00:18:04,345 Do we really pay for these lectures? 242 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:07,112 You can see, it is truly up to you... 243 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:10,678 to put romance back into your relationship. 244 00:18:17,729 --> 00:18:20,197 # Oh, yeah # 245 00:18:20,265 --> 00:18:23,462 # Da-na-na da-na-na-na # 246 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:28,598 # As I walk this land of broken dreams # 247 00:18:28,674 --> 00:18:33,111 # I have visions of many things # 248 00:18:33,178 --> 00:18:36,272 # Happiness # Hi, honey. 249 00:18:36,348 --> 00:18:38,316 # Is just an illusion # 250 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:40,351 Evelyn, have you gone insane? 251 00:18:40,419 --> 00:18:42,353 My God, people can see you! 252 00:18:42,421 --> 00:18:44,480 What if I had been the paperboy? 253 00:18:44,556 --> 00:18:46,319 Get in there! 254 00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:49,189 What are you thinking about? 255 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:53,328 Evelyn? 256 00:18:53,398 --> 00:18:55,696 Evelyn! Oh. 257 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:59,726 You know, what we really need instead of this baloney... 258 00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:03,866 is an assertiveness training class for Southern women. 259 00:19:03,942 --> 00:19:07,503 But that's a contradiction in terms, isn't it? 260 00:19:07,579 --> 00:19:10,810 Especially you, sweetheart. You're livin' in the Dark Ages. 261 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:17,884 # The roots of love grow all around # 262 00:19:17,956 --> 00:19:22,791 # But the leaves they come tumblin' down # 263 00:19:22,861 --> 00:19:27,889 # Every day, heartaches grow a little stronger # 264 00:19:27,966 --> 00:19:32,960 # I can't stand this pain much longer # 265 00:19:34,072 --> 00:19:36,666 Hi, honey. I need one of those. Hi! 266 00:19:36,742 --> 00:19:39,506 Mmm, you smell good too. 267 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:41,603 I need one of these. 268 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,615 Oh, this looks good! Uh-huh. 269 00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:46,617 Yes, indeedy. 270 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:51,748 # Always movin' but goin' nowhere # 271 00:19:55,794 --> 00:19:58,763 Ed. 272 00:20:00,465 --> 00:20:02,626 Why don't you come in and sit down at the table... 273 00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:06,637 and have dinner with me? I'm sorry. The game's almost over. 274 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:09,538 I just want to see a little bit of it. Why you so dressed up? 275 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:12,099 Honey, don't get in the way. Scoot over a bit. 276 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:17,806 Ed? 277 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:20,875 If I'd answered the door wearing only cellophane, 278 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:24,252 would you still be watching the baseball game? 279 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:28,054 No, honey. I'd probably be checking you into a looney bin. 280 00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:54,614 Hi, sugar. 281 00:20:54,686 --> 00:20:56,620 How's my dumplin'? Trick or treat! 282 00:20:56,688 --> 00:20:58,622 You're not gonna throw them hissy-fits, are you? 283 00:20:58,690 --> 00:21:01,921 Happy Halloween! Oh, no. No, no, no! 284 00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:04,087 You're meaner than a damn snake. 285 00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:06,153 I'm glad you're feeling better. 286 00:21:06,231 --> 00:21:09,462 Get back in bed. Good thing your eyesight's failing. 287 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:22,239 Hey! Mmm. Oh. 288 00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:25,715 Hey. I was hopin' you'd be here. 289 00:21:25,784 --> 00:21:29,845 My roommate, Mrs. Otis, said I could visit her family, 290 00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:31,855 but I said, "Thank you kindly, 291 00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:34,551 but I think I might have my own visitor." 292 00:21:34,626 --> 00:21:36,617 And here you are. 293 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:38,959 Well, sit down. Thank you. 294 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:42,558 And doughnuts to boot! You can't beat that. 295 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:45,467 Well, help yourself, Mrs. Threadgoode. Thank you. 296 00:21:46,204 --> 00:21:47,228 How's your friend? 297 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:49,297 Mrs. Otis? Uh-huh. 298 00:21:49,374 --> 00:21:52,309 Well, not so good. Oh. 299 00:21:52,377 --> 00:21:55,107 Looks like I won't be gettin' home for quite a while, 300 00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:58,616 and I sure miss it. 301 00:21:58,684 --> 00:22:01,949 Funny what you miss when you're away from home. 302 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:04,420 I miss the smell of coffee... 303 00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:07,287 and bacon fryin'. 304 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,853 Oh, what I wouldn't give for a plate of fried green tomatoes... 305 00:22:11,930 --> 00:22:14,626 like we used to have at the cafe. 306 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:17,100 Ooh! 307 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:23,699 I never told you about the cafe, did I? 308 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:25,709 No, ma'am. 309 00:22:25,777 --> 00:22:30,373 Oh, well... now let me back up a bit. 310 00:22:30,449 --> 00:22:35,682 You see, Idgie never quite got over losing Buddy. 311 00:22:38,023 --> 00:22:41,083 She hardly ever come home. 312 00:22:41,159 --> 00:22:44,026 Only Big George knew how to find her. 313 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:48,829 She just didn't seem to care about anythin' anymore. 314 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:50,834 Then, one summer day, 315 00:22:50,902 --> 00:22:53,871 her mama sent for her. 316 00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:55,873 Like they say, 317 00:22:55,941 --> 00:22:59,433 God never shuts one door without opening another. 318 00:22:59,511 --> 00:23:03,140 That was also the day Idgie met Frank Bennett, Mama! 319 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:05,945 The man whose murder got her arrested. 320 00:23:06,017 --> 00:23:10,044 Well, hello there, miss. And who might you be? 321 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:13,614 Towanda to you. Who are you? 322 00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:17,924 Oh, Frank Bennett's the name, Miss Towanda. 323 00:23:17,996 --> 00:23:21,989 I must say you are lookin' mighty fine today. 324 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:24,058 You a politician... 325 00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:27,333 or does lying just run in your family? 326 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:31,335 Mama! 327 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,275 Well, there you are! 328 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:36,337 Well, it's about time, Idgie. 329 00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:42,052 If you don't look like the wild man of Borneo. 330 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,715 Here you go. Well, thank you. 331 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:48,123 Guess who's here? Who? 332 00:23:48,193 --> 00:23:50,855 Ruth. She's stay in' with us this summer... 333 00:23:50,929 --> 00:23:54,330 and will be in charge of all the young people's activities at the church. 334 00:23:54,399 --> 00:23:59,166 Is that why you wanted to see me? We have so many things planned. 335 00:23:59,237 --> 00:24:01,364 Ruth? 336 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,932 You remember my youngest child? Of course I do. 337 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:06,944 Hi, Idgie. 338 00:24:08,513 --> 00:24:11,004 Hi. 339 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:17,783 Maybe this isn't such a good idea. 340 00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:20,416 Oh, it's got to work. 341 00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:23,984 Somebody's got to help her. I can't. 342 00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:28,359 Are you sure you want to go to this river club, Miss Ruth? 343 00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:30,367 These ain't no churchgoing folks. 344 00:24:30,435 --> 00:24:33,666 I'll do just fine, George, thank you. 345 00:24:33,738 --> 00:24:36,172 Oh, excuse me. 346 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:39,540 Is Idgie Threadgoode here by any chance? 347 00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:42,409 Come on in, honey. She's right down here. 348 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:45,917 Here? Okay. Uh-huh. 349 00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:48,612 I'll see you, Grady Kilgore, 350 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,746 and I'll raise you twenty. 351 00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:53,382 You ain't got nothin'! 352 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:56,757 Maybe I do and maybe I don't. 353 00:24:56,828 --> 00:25:01,060 Put your money where your mouth is, Mr. Sheriff. 354 00:25:05,103 --> 00:25:07,731 Well, look what the cat drug in! 355 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:11,674 I came to talk to you. 356 00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:14,109 You're gonna have to wait. I'm busy. 357 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:16,773 Come on, Grady, this is your big chance. You in or out? 358 00:25:16,848 --> 00:25:19,282 I'll make you a rich man. 359 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:22,343 You just bluffin' again as usual. 360 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:25,412 I'm afraid you're gonna have to excuse Idgie. She's goin' home for dinner. 361 00:25:25,490 --> 00:25:27,651 Say good-bye, Idgie. Where you goin'? 362 00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:32,095 Where the hell you goin' with my money? We're goin' home! 363 00:25:32,163 --> 00:25:36,099 - Who are you to boss me around? - The one holdin' your money! 364 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:38,101 Give it back. 365 00:25:38,169 --> 00:25:40,296 Now, get in the car. 366 00:25:42,173 --> 00:25:45,404 All right, I'll get in the car. 367 00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:47,968 You win! 368 00:25:48,046 --> 00:25:51,015 Come on. 369 00:25:51,082 --> 00:25:52,640 Sucker! 370 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:54,742 I'll leave when I want! 371 00:25:54,819 --> 00:25:58,619 I don't know how you can break your mother's heart like you do. 372 00:25:58,690 --> 00:26:00,851 I'm not doin' anything to my mother. 373 00:26:00,926 --> 00:26:03,486 Oh, no? Why do you think I'm here for the summer? 374 00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:06,929 Your mother was so worried, she thought I might be able to talk some sense into you. 375 00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:09,330 But you're too busy being selfish! 376 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:12,370 What are you talkin' about? 377 00:26:12,437 --> 00:26:16,134 You're not the only one who lost Buddy. 378 00:26:16,207 --> 00:26:18,300 We all miss him... 379 00:26:18,376 --> 00:26:21,243 but turning your back on your family is not gonna help. 380 00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:25,674 What's he got to do with anything? 381 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:29,880 Looks like you're the one with the problem forgetting my brother. 382 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,750 Why, just ten miles away... 383 00:26:36,828 --> 00:26:38,728 down by the river, 384 00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:41,027 there lurks a den of the devil... 385 00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:44,933 where liquor and gamblin'... 386 00:26:45,003 --> 00:26:47,836 and sin abide! 387 00:26:47,906 --> 00:26:51,569 Snakes and serpents - 388 00:26:51,643 --> 00:26:53,804 Hey, Scroggins! 389 00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:57,837 You're finally preachin' about somethin' you're kin to... snakes! 390 00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:01,215 As I said, 391 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:06,417 snakes and serpents take many disguises. 392 00:27:06,491 --> 00:27:09,756 Let's turn to page 53 in our hymnal. 393 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:18,859 Yoo-hoo! 394 00:27:18,937 --> 00:27:23,738 Big George thought I might find you here. 395 00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:31,446 If you give me a chance, a chance to get to know you, 396 00:27:31,516 --> 00:27:35,247 maybe it'll be fun! 397 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,721 Fun? 398 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:42,055 Idgie, just spend some time with me. 399 00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:44,061 Please? 400 00:27:44,129 --> 00:27:46,063 Suit yourself. 401 00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:49,427 You sure you don't wanna back out? 402 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,698 It's not too late. I'm sure. 403 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:55,103 Here, hold this. 404 00:27:57,108 --> 00:27:59,804 Tell me now, you like trains? 405 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:03,678 Yes. Good. 406 00:28:03,748 --> 00:28:07,650 We'll get along just fine! 407 00:28:09,154 --> 00:28:12,646 Boy, did we luck out tonight. 408 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:17,757 Hop in. 409 00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:20,354 Hop? 410 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:23,458 Oh. Give me your hand. 411 00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:26,003 Put your foot up there. 412 00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:37,440 Hold that. 413 00:28:38,349 --> 00:28:41,147 Ooo-ooo! Look at all this! 414 00:28:45,757 --> 00:28:49,318 Don't you think we should get off the train? It's startin' to move. 415 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:53,194 No. The fun just started! 416 00:28:56,534 --> 00:28:58,934 You all right? 417 00:28:59,003 --> 00:29:03,235 Well, sometimes I get a little dizzy lookin' down. 418 00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:06,004 Don't look down. 419 00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:22,656 What are you doin'? Come on. Look. 420 00:29:22,727 --> 00:29:25,628 They're throwin' away food! 421 00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:32,095 You talk about "give unto others." 422 00:29:32,170 --> 00:29:35,230 Yes, but this food isn't yours to give. 423 00:29:35,306 --> 00:29:37,467 That's church talk. 424 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:40,534 I've seen those same people over at church on Sunday... 425 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:43,240 over at the river club every other night of the week, 426 00:29:43,314 --> 00:29:47,182 doin' anything but pray. Come on. 427 00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:04,728 More! Give me some. 428 00:30:30,061 --> 00:30:33,428 Okay, time to get off. 429 00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:36,033 We gotta jump. 430 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,694 Jump? 431 00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:41,830 Yeah, jump. The next stop's five miles down the tracks. 432 00:30:41,906 --> 00:30:43,897 I don't wanna walk that far back. 433 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:46,842 Are you crazy? 434 00:30:46,911 --> 00:30:49,277 You're not kiddin'. 435 00:30:49,347 --> 00:30:53,010 Well... 436 00:30:53,084 --> 00:30:55,552 I give up. Jump. 437 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:58,885 I'll tell Mama I'm not a good influence on you - 438 00:30:58,957 --> 00:31:01,221 You'll never jump, will you? 439 00:31:03,261 --> 00:31:06,389 Don't say "never" to me. 440 00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:21,207 Towanda! 441 00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:36,686 You all right? I'm fine. 442 00:31:36,761 --> 00:31:40,322 I'm all right. 443 00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:42,525 Ow! 444 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,932 Does this hurt? 445 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:47,767 Guess so. 446 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:50,137 We better get you to a doc - Doctor. Shit! 447 00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:52,301 Which way is it? 448 00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:55,972 About two miles down the tracks. 449 00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:58,277 All right, let's go. 450 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:03,576 You'll never be able to carry me that far. 451 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:06,351 I know. Never say never. 452 00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:10,554 I'm not carryin' you. You're walkin'. 453 00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:21,234 Thank you, Julian. I owe you one. 454 00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:35,085 Uh. Ow. 455 00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:38,714 Aren't you ready yet? 456 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:40,883 What? 457 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:46,021 This doesn't have anything to do with trains, does it? 458 00:32:46,931 --> 00:32:49,161 You like honey? 459 00:32:49,233 --> 00:32:51,201 Yeah, I like honey. 460 00:32:51,269 --> 00:32:53,260 Fresh honey? Yeah. 461 00:32:53,338 --> 00:32:56,865 Me too. There it is. 462 00:32:56,941 --> 00:33:01,139 There what... is? 463 00:33:01,212 --> 00:33:05,080 You'll see soon enough. 464 00:33:09,053 --> 00:33:11,283 Now... stay here. 465 00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:14,291 No matter what happens, don't move. 466 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:17,624 What are you gonna do? 467 00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:54,723 Ah. 468 00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:32,928 Here you are, madam. This is for you. 469 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:37,373 Why did you do that? You could have been killed. 470 00:34:37,442 --> 00:34:40,934 I'm sorry. 471 00:34:41,012 --> 00:34:43,708 Don't you want the honey? 472 00:34:43,781 --> 00:34:47,114 I got it just for you. 473 00:34:47,185 --> 00:34:49,653 It's all right. I do it all the time. 474 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:53,486 I never get stung, honest. 475 00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:55,549 Don't be mad at me, Ruth. 476 00:34:55,626 --> 00:34:59,528 Idgie, I'm not mad at you. 477 00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:02,157 No foolin'? 478 00:35:08,973 --> 00:35:11,669 Is it bad, what I did? 479 00:35:11,742 --> 00:35:14,074 No. 480 00:35:14,145 --> 00:35:16,306 I thought I might be crazy or somethin'. 481 00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:19,178 No, no. 482 00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:22,913 I've heard there were people who could charm bees. 483 00:35:22,987 --> 00:35:26,616 I've just never seen it done... before today. 484 00:35:28,526 --> 00:35:32,895 You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. 485 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:37,424 That's what you are, a bee charmer. 486 00:35:37,502 --> 00:35:40,232 Here, you want to taste it? 487 00:35:46,377 --> 00:35:49,107 "Satan started to laugh at Job's devotion. 488 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:54,413 "He bet God that Job would never have so much faith... 489 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:56,578 "if he didn't have so many blessings. 490 00:35:56,654 --> 00:36:00,522 "He went on and on so long and so much that God finally agreed... 491 00:36:00,591 --> 00:36:03,287 "to let Satan put Job to a test. 492 00:36:03,361 --> 00:36:06,489 "Suddenly, from bein' on top of the world, 493 00:36:06,564 --> 00:36:10,193 Job was plunged down into the deepest pits of misery. " 494 00:36:12,236 --> 00:36:14,966 Surprise! 495 00:36:17,241 --> 00:36:19,175 Idgie Threadgoode! 496 00:36:19,243 --> 00:36:21,177 Tonight we're gonna have a real party. 497 00:36:21,245 --> 00:36:23,475 Drink this... and then, we're gonna play some poker. 498 00:36:23,548 --> 00:36:27,416 I don't know how to play poker and I never drink... 499 00:36:27,485 --> 00:36:29,476 but thank you anyway. 500 00:36:29,554 --> 00:36:34,548 # Oh, my darlin' Oh, my darlin' # 501 00:36:34,625 --> 00:36:37,116 Here comes the windup. 502 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:39,527 Burn that ball in here. Burn 'em in here! 503 00:36:39,597 --> 00:36:43,966 Right in the pocket. I don't know how to bat. 504 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,833 And you don't drink, either. 505 00:36:46,904 --> 00:36:49,998 It's gonna be a spitter. Hold the bat and swing. 506 00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:51,803 Spitter? 507 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:55,073 - She gonna spit at me? - She's gonna spit on the ball. 508 00:36:55,146 --> 00:36:58,343 Swing that bat! Take another crack at it. 509 00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:00,577 I'm gonna take another crack at it. 510 00:37:00,651 --> 00:37:03,848 Get 'em in here. 511 00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:14,160 Now run, Ruth. Run! 512 00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:16,223 Come on around the bases! 513 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:18,291 Don't kiss everybody. Run! 514 00:37:18,369 --> 00:37:21,395 I have never had so much fun... 515 00:37:21,472 --> 00:37:23,804 in my whole life. 516 00:37:23,874 --> 00:37:27,173 I even got a home run. 517 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:30,214 A clean one at that! 518 00:37:30,281 --> 00:37:33,478 A straight beats three of a kind. 519 00:37:38,589 --> 00:37:42,821 You know, poker isn't half bad. 520 00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:45,054 What's your mother gonna say... 521 00:37:45,129 --> 00:37:48,496 when she sees us both... drunk? 522 00:37:48,566 --> 00:37:52,468 You gotta stop worrying about what people think. I know. 523 00:37:52,536 --> 00:37:54,527 You've always done the right thing. 524 00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:58,041 You took care of your daddy, the preacher, when he took sick. 525 00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:01,977 You take care of all the kids over at the church school. 526 00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:04,776 You're gonna take care of your mama. 527 00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:08,376 And I'm gonna marry the man I'm supposed to. 528 00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:10,716 You gettin' married? 529 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:15,054 As soon as the summer's over. 530 00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:22,293 Oh, am I gonna miss you. 531 00:38:22,366 --> 00:38:25,494 This is the best birthday... 532 00:38:25,569 --> 00:38:28,538 I ever had. 533 00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:44,680 Ruth invited Idgie to the weddin', 534 00:38:44,755 --> 00:38:47,349 but Idgie never did write back. 535 00:38:47,425 --> 00:38:51,828 No, but she did drive all night to Valdosta, Georgia, 536 00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:53,830 to watch from afar. 537 00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:56,867 Oh, here we go! 538 00:38:56,934 --> 00:39:00,426 And she swore she'd never see Ruth again. 539 00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:03,735 No sir! Whew! 540 00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:08,074 Now, Mama Jamison, you put that down. 541 00:39:08,145 --> 00:39:10,739 Oh, my Lord! 542 00:39:17,254 --> 00:39:19,381 During these next few weeks, 543 00:39:19,457 --> 00:39:23,791 we will be learning to reclaim our own power as women! 544 00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:25,954 Hallelujah! 545 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:30,797 And tonight, we're gonna begin to explore... 546 00:39:30,868 --> 00:39:33,063 our own femaleness... 547 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:37,699 by examining the source of our strength... 548 00:39:37,775 --> 00:39:40,141 and our separateness. 549 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:42,179 Our vaginas. 550 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:46,946 So if y'all will just slip off your panties... 551 00:39:47,017 --> 00:39:50,544 and straddle your mirrors. 552 00:39:50,621 --> 00:39:53,283 Ms. Couch! 553 00:39:53,357 --> 00:39:56,793 Ms. Couch! 554 00:39:56,861 --> 00:40:01,230 Um, I need to be excused for a minute. 555 00:40:01,298 --> 00:40:05,359 Um, Missy, could you come with me to the ladies' room? 556 00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:09,167 - Do you find this threatening? - Uh, well, um - 557 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:13,370 do you have a problem with your sexuality? No, ma'am. 558 00:40:13,444 --> 00:40:16,470 But I do have a problem with my girdle. 559 00:40:28,759 --> 00:40:34,823 # Cherish is the word I use to describe # 560 00:40:37,268 --> 00:40:41,170 Hi, baby. # All the feelings that I have - # 561 00:40:41,238 --> 00:40:44,799 All right, fried chicken! My favorite. 562 00:40:46,677 --> 00:40:50,613 # I don't know how many times I wish that I had told you # 563 00:40:50,681 --> 00:40:52,808 Ed? 564 00:40:52,883 --> 00:40:55,943 Ed? 565 00:40:56,020 --> 00:41:00,514 Those classes I've been taking aren't helpin' us one bit. 566 00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:03,253 Let's go to Florida... 567 00:41:03,327 --> 00:41:05,659 like when we got married. 568 00:41:05,729 --> 00:41:09,062 Kyle's gone, busy with his own life. 569 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,124 It'd be just the two of us. 570 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:14,137 Well, honey, it's just the two of us here now. 571 00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:16,901 Boy, you got a good scald on that chicken! 572 00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:19,966 I'm tellin' you, that's really good. Thank you. 573 00:41:20,044 --> 00:41:21,978 We could rent a boat... 574 00:41:22,046 --> 00:41:25,709 and drift around in the hot sun. 575 00:41:25,783 --> 00:41:27,876 What do you think about it? 576 00:41:27,952 --> 00:41:30,944 I'm just gettin' used to it being quiet around here. 577 00:41:31,021 --> 00:41:34,787 Honey, if those classes aren't doin' you any good, 578 00:41:34,859 --> 00:41:37,828 then don't go to 'em. 579 00:41:37,895 --> 00:41:40,489 Everyone needs a miracle in their life. 580 00:41:40,564 --> 00:41:44,694 Damn, game's blacked out! 581 00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:55,204 Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Threadgoode? 582 00:41:55,279 --> 00:41:58,680 Hey, Evelyn! 583 00:41:58,749 --> 00:42:00,944 Do you like it? 584 00:42:01,018 --> 00:42:04,385 Oooh! Well, 585 00:42:04,455 --> 00:42:07,390 who did it for ya, darlin'? Believe it or not, 586 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:09,392 it was a student, a little bitty thing, 587 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:13,055 no bigger than a midget from the beauty college. 588 00:42:13,130 --> 00:42:16,463 Sometimes they come out here and do our hair for free... 589 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:19,332 just for the practice, you know. 590 00:42:19,403 --> 00:42:23,931 Is Ed with ya? No, ma'am. 591 00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:27,739 His aunt said she didn't want visitors anymore, especially us. 592 00:42:27,811 --> 00:42:32,043 It's a shame. I know he feels bad, 593 00:42:32,116 --> 00:42:35,108 but Lord if he'll talk to me about it. 594 00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:42,287 Oh, thank you. 595 00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:45,328 Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. 596 00:42:46,797 --> 00:42:49,698 Mrs. Threadgoode - 597 00:42:52,970 --> 00:42:56,906 How about tellin' me some more... about Idgie? 598 00:42:56,974 --> 00:42:59,340 Oh, well, now, let me see. 599 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:04,712 Where were we? Ruth had just gotten married to Frank Bennett? 600 00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:07,114 Wasn't that the man Idgie was arrested for murderin'? 601 00:43:07,184 --> 00:43:10,381 That's right. 602 00:43:10,454 --> 00:43:16,017 After Ruth left, Idgie went back to her old ways, 603 00:43:16,093 --> 00:43:20,621 Hangin' out with Grady and the boys at the river club. 604 00:43:20,698 --> 00:43:26,568 But after a few years, temptation got the better of her. 605 00:43:29,473 --> 00:43:33,307 I don't wanna wake you, Miss Idgie, but it's an all-day drive to Valdosta. 606 00:43:33,377 --> 00:43:36,403 Your mama said if you're goin', she wants you to take this pie to Miss Ruth. 607 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:41,417 How does she know where I'm going? I told her. 608 00:43:41,485 --> 00:43:44,921 Don't you go stirrin' up no trouble for Miss Ruth now. 609 00:43:44,989 --> 00:43:47,287 Yes, ma'am. Don't "yes, ma'am" me. 610 00:43:47,358 --> 00:43:49,326 You can stay in my house as long as you want, 611 00:43:49,393 --> 00:43:52,089 but don't treat me like you treat your mama. 612 00:43:52,162 --> 00:43:54,562 Grandma! Yes, ma'am. 613 00:44:21,759 --> 00:44:23,693 Hi there. 614 00:44:23,761 --> 00:44:27,663 Yes? Uh, is Ruth at home? 615 00:44:27,731 --> 00:44:29,858 Who's callin'? 616 00:44:29,933 --> 00:44:34,233 You just tell her it's the bee charmer from Alabama. 617 00:44:34,304 --> 00:44:37,273 Ruth, 618 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:41,141 there's some bee person here to see you. 619 00:44:54,091 --> 00:44:57,720 Idgie. Hi. 620 00:44:57,795 --> 00:45:01,390 You got a real nice home, real nice things and all. 621 00:45:01,465 --> 00:45:03,456 Mm-hmm, thank you. 622 00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:07,994 Mama said to give you this pie. 623 00:45:08,072 --> 00:45:10,836 So - 624 00:45:12,910 --> 00:45:17,904 Idgie Threadgoode, how are ya? 625 00:45:17,981 --> 00:45:22,577 You look so... so grown up. 626 00:45:22,653 --> 00:45:27,215 All the guys must be wild about you. 627 00:45:27,291 --> 00:45:31,057 Tell me, do you have a fella yet? 628 00:45:31,128 --> 00:45:35,565 A... couple. 629 00:45:35,632 --> 00:45:37,998 I haven't decided on any. 630 00:45:38,068 --> 00:45:40,002 Grady's the most persistent, but - 631 00:45:40,070 --> 00:45:42,971 Grady Kilgore? Don't say it so loud. 632 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,702 Ruth, honey, who's down there? 633 00:45:46,844 --> 00:45:48,812 Hey - Well - 634 00:45:48,879 --> 00:45:51,347 What happened to you? Nothin'. 635 00:45:51,415 --> 00:45:53,542 Nothin'! Where'd you get the shiner? 636 00:45:53,617 --> 00:45:55,551 Well, I - Who's down there? 637 00:45:55,619 --> 00:45:58,782 You'd better leave now. Did he hit you? 638 00:45:58,856 --> 00:46:02,553 Did he beat you? Somebody's got to talk to him. Idgie. 639 00:46:02,626 --> 00:46:04,753 You're not gonna do anything. I'm gonna kill him. 640 00:46:04,828 --> 00:46:06,887 I'm gonna have a conversation with him about... 641 00:46:06,964 --> 00:46:09,728 You're not gonna do anything. ... pickin' on somebody his own size. 642 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,268 You're not gonna do anything, understand? 643 00:46:12,336 --> 00:46:14,531 If you care about me, if you really do, 644 00:46:14,605 --> 00:46:18,507 you'll turn around and leave this minute. You understand? 645 00:46:31,522 --> 00:46:35,185 Well, what'd she want? 646 00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:40,525 Nothin'. 647 00:46:50,374 --> 00:46:54,936 Ruth's a grown woman, and she knows what's best for her. 648 00:46:55,012 --> 00:46:58,504 Mmm, I'm not so sure about that. 649 00:46:59,016 --> 00:47:01,041 Idgie? 650 00:47:01,118 --> 00:47:03,416 Grady. Hi. 651 00:47:03,487 --> 00:47:07,116 Idgie, will you dance with me? No. 652 00:47:07,191 --> 00:47:09,819 Come on. It's only a dance. 653 00:47:13,664 --> 00:47:16,724 Miss Idgie Threadgoode... Get your butt off the floor. 654 00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:20,031 Will you dance with me? 655 00:47:22,272 --> 00:47:27,005 I will not dance with you, and I will not marry you. 656 00:47:27,077 --> 00:47:30,240 Go marry Gladys Moats. She just adores you. 657 00:47:30,314 --> 00:47:34,273 But she did fall on her head when she was a child. 658 00:47:35,485 --> 00:47:38,784 You're just a goofy girl, Idgie, a goofy girl. 659 00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:40,847 Who're you callin' a goof? Ow-ow-ow! 660 00:47:40,924 --> 00:47:44,087 Who you callin' a goof? Stop that before I get mad and hurt ya. 661 00:47:44,161 --> 00:47:46,322 Oh, yeah. You try it. 662 00:47:46,396 --> 00:47:49,923 Grady! There now, you give up? 663 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,968 No, I'll never give up! 664 00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:56,563 Grady finally got dizzy and give up. 665 00:47:56,640 --> 00:48:01,270 Try as they might, none of them fellas could tame Idgie. 666 00:48:01,979 --> 00:48:04,174 Now, a little while later, 667 00:48:04,248 --> 00:48:08,014 a letter come from Ruth. 668 00:48:12,589 --> 00:48:15,285 Oh, it's an obituary. 669 00:48:15,359 --> 00:48:18,795 Oh, no, honey, Ruth's mother died. 670 00:48:18,862 --> 00:48:20,796 Oh. 671 00:48:20,864 --> 00:48:22,957 And this is from the Bible. 672 00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:25,593 It's from the book of Ruth. 673 00:48:25,669 --> 00:48:30,902 "And Ruth said, whither thou goest, I will go; 674 00:48:30,974 --> 00:48:33,306 "where thou lodgest, I will lodge; 675 00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:37,074 thy people shall be my people." 676 00:48:54,932 --> 00:48:59,028 All right, Julian, you and Big George wait here. 677 00:49:10,580 --> 00:49:14,243 Mama died. I know. 678 00:49:16,853 --> 00:49:20,755 And I'm pregnant. 679 00:49:38,075 --> 00:49:41,670 Julian, I got another box here when you're done! 680 00:49:52,422 --> 00:49:54,447 I never seen anybody with so many hats. 681 00:49:54,524 --> 00:49:56,685 Why don't we put three in one box? 682 00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:59,695 I don't think we can fit all these in the car. 683 00:49:59,763 --> 00:50:02,857 We're gonna need a separate truck for all your stuff. 684 00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:04,867 What the hell is going on here? 685 00:50:04,935 --> 00:50:06,869 Looks like your wife's leavin' you, mister. 686 00:50:06,937 --> 00:50:11,772 Sure she is. Don't you touch her! Let go. 687 00:50:11,842 --> 00:50:15,437 You bastard! 688 00:50:15,512 --> 00:50:17,446 Put her down! 689 00:50:17,514 --> 00:50:19,744 Bastard! Whoooo! 690 00:50:19,816 --> 00:50:21,943 Stop it! 691 00:50:24,755 --> 00:50:26,416 Don't you hurt her! 692 00:50:26,490 --> 00:50:29,391 Frank! 693 00:50:32,696 --> 00:50:36,063 I wouldn't do that if I was you, mister. 694 00:50:38,635 --> 00:50:42,435 See, the thing is, you might upset Big George. 695 00:50:42,506 --> 00:50:44,906 And he's crazy. 696 00:50:44,975 --> 00:50:49,071 There's no tellin' what he might do. 697 00:51:09,866 --> 00:51:13,233 Go on, get outta here. 698 00:51:23,346 --> 00:51:25,974 Hey! 699 00:51:26,049 --> 00:51:29,348 Come on! Hey, hey! Come on now! 700 00:51:29,419 --> 00:51:32,411 Let's go. Come on. You okay? 701 00:51:32,489 --> 00:51:35,083 Let's get Miss Ruth and get outta here. 702 00:51:35,158 --> 00:51:38,855 Come on, Miss Ruth. Come on. 703 00:51:40,397 --> 00:51:44,356 If you ever touch her again, I'll kill you. 704 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:53,271 Well, I sure as hell scared him, didn't I? 705 00:51:53,343 --> 00:51:55,971 Yeah, you sure scared him. 706 00:51:56,046 --> 00:51:59,015 Towanda, the amazing Amazon woman! 707 00:51:59,082 --> 00:52:01,073 Towanda? 708 00:52:01,151 --> 00:52:03,949 Towanda! Towanda! 709 00:52:06,857 --> 00:52:09,792 Evelyn? Evelyn! 710 00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:12,021 Oh! I'm sorry. 711 00:52:12,095 --> 00:52:14,154 I was just lookin' at the pictures, Missy. 712 00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:17,564 They have the greatest stories in that magazine, don't they? 713 00:52:17,634 --> 00:52:20,000 Will I see you in group tonight? 714 00:52:20,070 --> 00:52:22,595 We'll be talking about masturbation. 715 00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:26,768 No, I don't think so. I think I've had enough learnin' for the time bein'. 716 00:52:26,843 --> 00:52:30,609 Thank you. Thank you. 717 00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,410 Oh! Excuse me. 718 00:52:33,483 --> 00:52:36,475 Screw you! 719 00:52:43,226 --> 00:52:45,251 Excuse me, young man. 720 00:52:45,328 --> 00:52:49,128 There was no reason for you to be so rude to me. 721 00:52:49,199 --> 00:52:51,759 Get away from me, you fat cow. What did you call me? 722 00:52:51,835 --> 00:52:54,326 Beat it, you old bitch. 723 00:52:54,404 --> 00:52:57,373 Why are you being so mean to me? 724 00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:00,603 What did I ever do to you - 725 00:53:00,677 --> 00:53:04,135 I don't understand! 726 00:53:12,489 --> 00:53:15,549 Look at my Stove Top! 727 00:53:22,032 --> 00:53:24,865 Boo! 728 00:53:24,935 --> 00:53:29,531 Oh, honey, what in the world is the matter? 729 00:53:29,606 --> 00:53:32,336 I don't know. 730 00:53:34,110 --> 00:53:37,477 Come on. 731 00:53:37,547 --> 00:53:40,539 Come on. I need some exercise. 732 00:53:48,592 --> 00:53:54,462 Now, you tell me what's botherin' you, sugar. 733 00:53:54,531 --> 00:53:59,093 I just - I just feel so useless. 734 00:53:59,169 --> 00:54:03,003 So - So powerless. 735 00:54:03,073 --> 00:54:08,010 Everybody goes through that. But I can't stop eatin'. 736 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:13,015 Every day I try and try and every day I go off. 737 00:54:16,052 --> 00:54:19,078 I hide candy bars all over the house. 738 00:54:19,155 --> 00:54:22,124 A candy bar ain't gonna hurt ya none. 739 00:54:22,192 --> 00:54:26,526 One, no. But 10 or 11? 740 00:54:27,931 --> 00:54:31,298 I can't even look at my own vagina. 741 00:54:31,368 --> 00:54:34,826 I can't help ya on that one. 742 00:54:34,904 --> 00:54:39,307 I wish I had the courage to get it over with and get really fat. 743 00:54:43,246 --> 00:54:47,683 Oh, Mrs. Threadgoode, I just - 744 00:54:47,751 --> 00:54:52,245 I'm too young to be old and I'm too old to be young. 745 00:54:54,157 --> 00:54:56,990 Maybe I'm just goin' crazy. 746 00:54:58,595 --> 00:55:01,792 You get hot flashes? 747 00:55:01,865 --> 00:55:03,799 Sometimes. 748 00:55:03,867 --> 00:55:07,894 You get the sweats and your hearts starts a-poundin'? 749 00:55:07,971 --> 00:55:10,303 - How did you know? - Simple, honey. 750 00:55:10,373 --> 00:55:14,070 You're going through the change. 751 00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:18,638 I used to burst into tears for no reason at all. 752 00:55:20,317 --> 00:55:22,615 You need some hormones. Hmm? 753 00:55:22,686 --> 00:55:26,281 Maybe some Stresstabs number 4 for good measure. 754 00:55:26,356 --> 00:55:29,814 - Really? Is that all? - Sure, honey. 755 00:55:29,893 --> 00:55:32,225 You get yourself some hormones. 756 00:55:32,295 --> 00:55:35,787 Then you get outta the house and get a job. 757 00:55:37,167 --> 00:55:39,601 With your pretty complexion... 758 00:55:39,669 --> 00:55:43,435 I'll bet you'll be great with cosmetics. 759 00:55:44,841 --> 00:55:48,402 I know how you feel. 760 00:55:48,478 --> 00:55:51,914 I was about your age when I had my child. 761 00:55:51,981 --> 00:55:54,472 Then I went through the change of life. 762 00:55:54,551 --> 00:55:59,181 I didn't know you had a child. Yes, I did. 763 00:55:59,255 --> 00:56:02,224 Albert. 764 00:56:02,292 --> 00:56:06,888 When he was born, the doctor said it would be best if I didn't see him. 765 00:56:06,963 --> 00:56:11,059 He said his mind would never develop past the age of five, 766 00:56:11,134 --> 00:56:14,103 and I should just put him in an institution... 767 00:56:14,170 --> 00:56:18,834 because the burden of raisin' a child like that would be too great. 768 00:56:20,043 --> 00:56:24,878 Well, I thought about Ruth. 769 00:56:26,449 --> 00:56:28,781 She always said... 770 00:56:28,852 --> 00:56:32,288 there was a separate God for children. 771 00:56:32,355 --> 00:56:37,258 So I smiled at him and I asked for the baby. 772 00:56:37,327 --> 00:56:42,026 Oh, how could anybody think that sweet, precious baby... 773 00:56:42,098 --> 00:56:44,328 could ever be a burden? 774 00:56:44,401 --> 00:56:48,701 Why, from the minute he was born, Albert was the joy of my life, 775 00:56:48,772 --> 00:56:51,798 the Lord's greatest gift. 776 00:56:51,875 --> 00:56:56,437 I don't believe there was a purer soul ever lived on this earth. 777 00:56:56,513 --> 00:56:59,482 I had him with me till he was 30. 778 00:56:59,549 --> 00:57:03,815 Then he went to sleep and didn't wake up. 779 00:57:05,221 --> 00:57:07,951 Sometimes I can't wait to get to heaven to see him again. 780 00:57:11,594 --> 00:57:13,528 Whoo! 781 00:57:13,596 --> 00:57:16,861 Shit! It's a boy! 782 00:57:19,068 --> 00:57:22,765 I think a prayer of thanksgivin' would be in order. 783 00:57:22,839 --> 00:57:26,832 Goddamn it to hell, son-of-a-bitch, she did it! Here's to Ruth! 784 00:57:26,910 --> 00:57:31,176 Idgie always did have a way with words around the reverend. 785 00:57:31,881 --> 00:57:35,373 Well, Ruth had a baby. 786 00:57:35,452 --> 00:57:38,182 She named him Buddy - Buddy Junior. 787 00:57:38,254 --> 00:57:43,385 Papa went out and borrowed money so Ruth and Idgie could start a cafe, 788 00:57:43,460 --> 00:57:45,690 the Whistle Stop Cafe. 789 00:57:50,433 --> 00:57:55,700 # When you come by my house come down behind the jail # 790 00:57:55,772 --> 00:57:58,366 # I've got a sign on my door # 791 00:57:58,441 --> 00:58:00,705 # Barbecue for sale # 792 00:58:00,777 --> 00:58:03,541 # I'm talkin' about barbecue # 793 00:58:03,613 --> 00:58:08,550 # Only thing I crave # 794 00:58:08,618 --> 00:58:11,678 # And a good-doin' meat # 795 00:58:11,754 --> 00:58:17,021 # Will carry me to my grave # 796 00:58:17,093 --> 00:58:21,860 # I'm sellin' it for cheap 'cause I got good stuff # 797 00:58:21,931 --> 00:58:24,195 Miss Idgie, can you get the door? 798 00:58:24,267 --> 00:58:27,862 Yes. Big George. 799 00:58:27,937 --> 00:58:31,236 Miss Ruth, me and the missus want to thank you... 800 00:58:31,307 --> 00:58:33,468 for sendin' that soup over last night. 801 00:58:33,543 --> 00:58:37,775 I'll pay you when I get ahead. You don't owe me, Ocie. 802 00:58:37,847 --> 00:58:40,509 Thank you. I'm just glad they're better. 803 00:58:40,583 --> 00:58:44,246 How is this, by the way? It's good, very good. 804 00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:47,778 I'm not happy till I see clean plates. 805 00:58:50,460 --> 00:58:52,985 Can't go on, Idgie. 806 00:58:53,062 --> 00:58:55,360 I'm talking to you as a friend. 807 00:58:55,431 --> 00:58:59,891 There's people in this town, paying customers too - There you go. 808 00:58:59,969 --> 00:59:03,598 But some people don't like you... 809 00:59:03,673 --> 00:59:05,834 sellin' to coloreds. 810 00:59:05,909 --> 00:59:07,877 Here you go. 811 00:59:07,944 --> 00:59:11,846 Tell you what. Next time those "some people" come here, 812 00:59:11,915 --> 00:59:14,349 I'm gonna ask if they don't want anybody to know... 813 00:59:14,417 --> 00:59:16,578 who they are under those sheets... 814 00:59:16,653 --> 00:59:20,749 when they go marchin' in those stupid parades, 815 00:59:20,823 --> 00:59:23,656 how come they don't have sense to change their shoes?