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Overview

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Director:
Ridley Scott
Writer (WGA):
Callie Khouri (written by)
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Release Date:
24 May 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
Somebody said get a life... so they did.
Plot:
An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 12 wins & 21 nominations more
User Comments:
car emptiness... more (223 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Susan Sarandon ... Louise

Geena Davis ... Thelma

Harvey Keitel ... Hal

Michael Madsen ... Jimmy

Christopher McDonald ... Darryl

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Max

Brad Pitt ... J.D.

Timothy Carhart ... Harlan
Lucinda Jenney ... Lena, the Waitress

Jason Beghe ... State Trooper
Sonny Carl Davis ... Albert
Ken Swofford ... Major

Shelly Desai ... East Indian Motel Clerk (as Shelly De Sai)

Carol Mansell ... Waitress

Stephen Polk ... Surveillance Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Thelma & Louise (France)
Thelma and Louise (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong language, and for some violence and sensuality.
Runtime:
129 min
Country:
USA | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Trivia:
In the scene where the tanker truck is shot and blown up, the reactions of Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis were supposed to be genuine. Rather than filming separate reaction shots, director Ridley Scott rigged the tanker to blow up during the take, in order to get authentic expressions of surprise from the two leads. Despite this, they were so astonished while watching it that they forgot to actually react, so Scott had to film their reactions again. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Louise threatens to shoot the man raping Thelma, you can hear her draw back the hammer on the revolver. When you see the gun she is holding, the hammer is at rest. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Louise Sawyer: Decaf or regular?
Girl in diner: Uh, regular, please.
Louise Sawyer: You girls are kinda young to be smokin', dontcha think? Ruins your sex drive.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
I Can See Clearly Now more

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A Note Regarding Spoilers
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Is this movie based on a novel?
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31 out of 49 people found the following comment useful.
car emptiness..., 13 March 2003
Author: dbdumonteil

Through his career, Ridley Scott was an eclectic film-maker because he broached (with success) several cinema styles: science-fiction with "Alien", historical film with "1492: Christopher Colombus". Here, he succeeded very well his way to the road-movie and this one is listed among the best road-movies ever made. At first look, the story looks simple and without too many claims: two young women, Thelma and Louise are going out for the week-end with the firm intention of having a ball. But what they don't know is that this drive will soon become a descent into hell... The movie is worth seeing for its two main actresses: Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, both outstanding and what interests Ridley Scott, is their temperament and their evolution during the movie. At the beginning, a sensitive and fragile Thelma is next to a energetic and realistic Louise but in the second part of the movie, more precisely, after Thelma burglarized a shop (probably the best sequence in the whole movie) in order to grab money, roles are reversed. This is an occasion to make out Louise's wounds and weaknesses. So, don't rely too much on appearances... "Thelma and Louise" is also a movie where Scott takes a lucid look on the hidden side of the American society and especially on men. Scott introduces them to us with their worst faults: either they're macho (Darryl), obscene (the truck driver), perverse (the rapist) or coward (the cop). The only one saved is Harvey Keitel who never falls into the caricature of the American cop usually described to us as merciless or obsequious. Here, he shows understanding and even compassion towards the two runaways, notably Louise because he knows that she hides a terrible secret. A dynamic and panting movie where laugh and sorrow are skillfully married.

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