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Arkansas State Police Investigator Hal Slocumb, leading the investigation, questions both J.D. (who was caught) and Jimmy, and taps into the phone line at Darryl's house. He sympathizes with the pair's situation, and understands why they did not report Harlan's killing (partly due to Louise's own experience in Texas). During a few brief phone conversations with Louise, Hal expresses his sympathy but is unsuccessful in persuading her to surrender. They have adventures along the way, some sweet, some tragic, including a meeting with a shifty but sexy young man named J.D. ( Brad Pitt), who is able, like the dead saloon cowboy, to exploit Thelma’s sexual hungers, left untouched by the rug salesman. They also meet old men with deep lines on their faces, and harbingers of doom, and state troopers, and all the other inhabitants of the road. One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features Gibson, Caitlin (April 20, 2016). "25 years ago, 'Thelma & Louise' was a radical statement. Sadly, it still is". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 19, 2020 . Retrieved July 19, 2020.

It sounds like a depressing ride on paper, but Thelma & Louise comes alive on screen as an exhilarating story of female friends discovering their potential – sexual, physical, human ­– in the most desperate of circumstances. Hailed at the time for its bold embrace of third-wave feminism – and criticised, depending on which side of the fence you were on, for its “male-bashing” tone or “betrayal” of the feminist cause – Khouri’s script wound up winning the best screenplay award at the 1991 Oscars, an occasion she used to declare that, “for everyone who wanted to see a happy ending for Thelma and Louise, to me this is it”. Meyer, Dan (January 23, 2021). "Thelma and Louise Musical in the Works From Screenwriter Callie Khouri". Playbill . Retrieved October 22, 2023. Lang, Brent (October 10, 2017). "Michelle Pfeiffer on Her Hollywood Hiatus and Return to Superhero Films". Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis both received accolades for their performances, including nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. When Callie Khouri, a 30-something Texas native and jobbing production assistant, sat down to write her screenplay for the film, she had no idea she would end up spawning a pop-cultural phenomenon. Having studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in LA, Khouri was grindingly familiar with the two-dimensional roles typically offered to women in Hollywood, and, feeling that “I wasn’t seeing women represented in a way that made me want to be one”, set about writing the film she wanted to see.

Award Winner Archives". Chicago Film Critics Association. January 2013 . Retrieved August 24, 2021. Roger Ebert also praised the film but withheld a perfect score on the basis of "the last shot before the titles begin. It's a freeze frame that fades to white, which is fine, except it does so with unseemly haste .... It's unsettling to get involved in a movie that takes 128 minutes to bring you to a payoff that the filmmakers seem to fear." [21] Malkin, Michael Schneider,Marc; Schneider, Michael; Malkin, Marc (January 13, 2023). "Amanda Seyfried and Evan Rachel Wood Workshopping a 'Thelma & Louise' Musical Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved October 22, 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) Valentine, Genevieve (July 2, 2017). "How Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood 'Off The Cliff' ". NPR. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018 . Retrieved August 25, 2018. After watching the film, singer-songwriter Tori Amos wrote " Me and a Gun", the story of her rape several years earlier. [22] [23]

Benson, Sheila (May 31, 1991). "True or False: Thelma & Louise Just Good Ol' Boys?: For all its craftsmanship, the Ridley Scott film is just a high-toned 'Smokey and the Bandit' with a downbeat ending and a woman at the wheel". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 29, 2022. The film placed second to The Silence of the Lambs as the best film of 1991 in a poll of 81 critics. [35] Feminism [ edit ] Sturken, Marita (2000). Thelma and Louise. London: British Film Institute. p.11. ISBN 0-85170-809-9. Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri. The film has elements of multiple genres and has been described as a drama, adventure or road movie [1] with elements of a romantic comedy. [3]Couple die in 'Thelma & Louise suicide' off 350ft cliff". The Daily Mirror. February 7, 2012. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018 . Retrieved August 25, 2018. Enevold, Jessica (2004). "The Daughters of Thelma and Louise". Gender, Genre & Identity in Women's Travel Writing. New York. pp.73–95. ISBN 0-8204-4905-9. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) a b c "Thelma & Louise". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021 . Retrieved May 1, 2021. Ebert, Roger (1991). "Thelma & Louise". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015 . Retrieved July 7, 2018.

Sawyers, June (July 7, 1991). "Callie Khouri Answers Critics of 'Thelma and Louise' ". Features. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012 . Retrieved July 7, 2018. Two audio commentaries, featuring Scott, screenwriter Callie Khouri, and actors Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon I’m surprised at how the film has stayed in the conversation – I mean, the moniker ‘Thelma and Louise’ has become a shortcut for describing any number of events from ‘two-headed snake’ to people who are seemingly committing some kind of political suicide or otherwise. Audiences still seem to respond very positively, and I don’t how I can be anything other than grateful for the fact that it’s still in the consciousness. When they see it people say, ‘Wow, it’s amazing how relevant it still is,’ which is kind of a sad statement on the one hand, but I’m glad that they feel that way. I just wish I could say I felt things had changed in a more positive direction as far as women making strides in film and television, and in the political arena. The numbers are absolutely so unbalanced, it’s hard to imagine that this could be considered progress.” Perry, Kevin (October 22, 2022). " 'I was screwing up his audition': Geena Davis on the moment she knew Brad Pitt was perfect for Thelma & Louise". The Independent . Retrieved October 22, 2022. It stars Susan Sarandon as Louise and Geena Davis as Thelma, two friends who embark on a road trip that ends up in unforeseen circumstances. Filming took place in California and Utah from June to August 1990. The supporting cast includes Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, and a then-unknown Brad Pitt in one of his first major film roles.The film was made by MGM, and I just cannot imagine any studio making that movie now. If it had Ridley Scott as the director, which it did, maybe it would have a shot, but I don’t think any studio would be chomping at the bit to make it. Not that that many were at the time anyway.” AND THE WINNER IS... - the Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020 . Retrieved May 9, 2020. Hutchinson, Pamela (May 24, 2021). "Thelma & Louise: The film that gave women firepower, desire and complex inner lives". The Independent . Retrieved January 29, 2023.

The following morning, they discover J.D. has stolen Louise's savings and fled. Louise is distraught, so a guilty Thelma takes charge and later robs a nearby convenience store using tactics she learned from J.D. Meanwhile, the FBI closes in on them after witnesses at the bar identify Louise's 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible. Their whereabouts are also questioned by the owner of the fishing cabin after they fail to arrive. The film received critical acclaim. Janet Maslin of The New York Times had only praise for the film in her review: Rich, B. Ruby (February 18, 2003). "Two for the Road". The Advocate. pp.48–49. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020 . Retrieved July 7, 2018. a b c d e f Weller, Sheila (February 11, 2012). "The Ride of a Lifetime". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020 . Retrieved July 19, 2020. Ouzounian, Richard (June 6, 2011). "Driving off a cliff into movie lore". The Star. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018 . Retrieved August 25, 2018.In his review for the New York Post, film critic Kyle Smith describes the film as "a misogynist tale about unbelievably ditzy women who lose what remains of their reason under pressure and suffer the ultimate punishment." [40] Smith's review focused on the terrible decisions these female characters make throughout the entire film. [40] The pair stop off for drinks at a roadhouse where Thelma dances and then goes outside with a creep who tries to rape her. Louise pulls a gun on him in the parking lot, and the chilling ruthlessness of the result, still startling even now, turns the two women into fugitives from the law. But the experience makes them more alive and wide-awake than they have been in their lives. Harvey Keitel is the kindly state cop who tries to get Thelma and Louise to turn themselves in peaceably, and Brad Pitt made his debut as the sweet-talking young rascal for whom Thelma briefly falls, but who turns out to be (almost) as bad as the rest of the menfolk. Carlson, Margaret (June 24, 1991). "Is This What Feminism Is All About?". Time. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018 . Retrieved July 7, 2018. Then there are the reams of statistics about female talent either side of the cameras, which never fail to depress despite increasing clamour for change in the industry. In 2014, just seven per cent of the top-grossing films in the US were directed by women, while 12 per cent of the protagonists in those films were female – four percentage points lower than in 2002.