| | | Somebody Said Get a Life...So They Did.
Features: DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Fasten your seat belts for this "exhilarating" (The Washington Post) and groundbreaking adventure from the director of Hannibal, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. Starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in Oscar-nominated performances, as well as Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen and Brad Pitt in his breakthrough role, this "high-energy, high-octane joy ride" (LA Daily News) is "provocative, poignant" (Los Angeles Times) and "a triumph" (Variety) of moviemaking.Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis star as accidental outlaws on a desperate flight across the Southwest after a tragic incident at a roadside bar. With a determined detective (Harvey Keitel) on their trail, a sweet-talking hitchhiker (Brad Pitt) in their path and a string of crimes in their wake, their journey alternates between hilarious, high-speed thrill ride and empowering personal odyssey...even as the law closes in.
"A triumph." Variety
"Funny, sexy, quick-witted, thrilling!" The New York Times
"Unabashed, streamlined entertainment, and you won't hate yourself in the morning for liking it." Desson Thomson, The Washington Post
"Sarandon and Davis give superb, wonderfully interactive performances: funky, fierce, funny and poignant." Jack Kroll, Newsweek
"This is a movie to love, that touches you in places you never suspected, that shows you that the road less traveled is the road to your dreams." Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"Begins like an episode of "I Love Lucy" and ends with the impact of "Easy Rider."" Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Editor's Note
Fed up with her boyfriend (Michael Madsen), live-wire Arkansas waitress Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) persuades her friend Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis), a naive housewife burdened with a negligent, sexist husband (Christopher McDonald), to hit the road with her for a weekend of freedom. One of their first stops is a bar where the women relax, dance, and flirt with some of the locals. But the situation turns ugly when one man (Timothy Carhart) follows Thelma to the parking lot and attempts to rape her, causing Louise to shoot and accidentally kill him. Convinced that the police will never believe their version of the incident, the women take off, now fugitives from the law. Emboldened by recent events, Thelma picks up studly young cowboy J.D. (Brad Pitt) in Oklahoma and enjoys a one-night stand that leads to even more trouble. Director Ridley Scott's infamous feminist road movie ranks among the best films of the 1990s. Along with BLADE RUNNER and ALIEN, the film is one of Scott's finest works, largely because of Callie Khourie's vivid, brilliantly idiosyncratic script, wonderful performances from the two leads, and Adrian's Biddle's crisp photography of the American Southwest.
Plot Summary
In Ridley Scott's THELMA & LOUISE, two Arkansas women take off for a simple weekend free of men and wind up outlaws blazing a cathartic trail across America.
| Features | "Part Of Me, Part Of You" Music Video | | 30 Minutes of Newly Found Deleted Scenes | | Alternate Ending with Director's Commentary | | "The Final Chase" Multi-Angle Storyboards | | 4 Documentaries | | Audio Commentary with Director Ridley Scott | | Audio Commentary with Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis and Writer Callie Khouri |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 4/15/2008 |
| Running Time: 129 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 113713 | | UPC: 00027616873958 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1991) |  | Callie Khouri, Winner, Best Writing, Original Screenplay | | | Ridley Scott, Nominee, Best Director | | | Adrian Biddle, Nominee, Best Cinematography | | | Geena Davis, Nominee, Best Actress | | | Susan Sarandon, Nominee, Best Actress | |
Oscar (1992) | | | Adrian Biddle, Nominee, Best Cinematography | | Callie Khouri, Winner, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | |
Golden Globe (1992) | | Callie Khouri, Winner, Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | | | Geena Davis, Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | |
MTV Award (1992) | | | Geena Davis, Nominee, Best Female Performance | |
Oscar (1992) | | | Geena Davis, Nominee, Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
MTV Award (1992) | | | Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Nominee, Best On-Screen Duo | |
Oscar (1992) | | | Ridley Scott, Nominee, Best Director | |
Golden Globe (1992) | | | Thelma & Louise, Nominee, Best Motion Picture - Drama | |
Oscar (1992) | | | Thom Noble, Nominee, Best Film Editing |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Movie dynamite, detonated by award-caliber performances from Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon....This wincingly funny, pertinent and heartbreaking road movie means to get under your skin, and it does..." 04/18/1991 p.97-8Sight and Sound
"...Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon get good mileage out of their roles..." 07/01/1991 p.55-6 USA Today
"...THELMA & LOUISE is a funny, provocative, on-the-road buddy pic about some existential choices..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 05/24/1991 p.1D Los Angeles Times
"...Provocative, poignant and heartbreakingly funny....It manages its success almost offhandedly, with a casual grace..." 05/24/1991 p.F1 Entertainment Weekly
"...A buddy flick about two fully realized female characters....Personal vision and Hollywood rules can combine to surprising effect..." 02/07/2003 p.59 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
"Thelma & Louise" is in the expansive, visionary tradition of the American road picture. It celebrates the myth of two carefree souls piling into a 1956 T-Bird and driving out of town to have some fun and raise some hell. We know the road better than that, however, and we know the toll it exacts: Before their journey is done, these characters with have undergone a rite of passage, and will have discovered themselves...What sets "Thelma & Louise" aside from the great central tradition of the road picture -- a tradition roomy enough to accommodate "Easy Rider," "Bonnie and Clyde," "Badlands," "Midnight Run" and "Rain Man" -- is that the heroes are women this time: Working-class girlfriends from a small Arkansas town, one a waitress, the other a housewife, both probably ready to describe themselves as utterly ordinary, both containing unexpected resources..."Thelma & Louise" was directed by Ridley Scott, from Britain, whose previous credits ("Blade Runner," "Black Rain," "Legend") show complete technical mastery but are sometimes not very interested in psychological questions. This film shows a great sympathy for human comedy, however, and it's intriguing the way he helps us to understand what's going on inside the hearts of these two women...I would have rated the movie at four stars, instead of three and a half, except for one shot, the last shot before the titles begin. This is the catharsis shot, the payoff, the moment when Thelma and Louise arrive at the truth that their whole journey has been pointed toward, and Scott and his editor, Thom Noble, botch it...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. If Scott and Mount had let the last shot run an additional seven to ten seconds, and then held the fade to white for a decent interval, they would have gotten the payoff they deserved. Can one shot make that big of a difference? This one does. - Roger Ebert
The Washington Post 9 of 10
In the mythology of movies, "Thelma & Louise" is off the shoulder and ahead of the curve. An exhilarating vehicle for Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, it spins its wheels in a giddy sort of way, then puts the pedal to the mettle, lays rubber and fairly takes wing. It's lucky they're driving a T-Bird...Thelma (Davis) is a bored housewife with a sexist carpet salesman husband, and Louise (Sarandon) is an overworked waitress with a boyfriend who can't commit. They are fairly choking on the limitations of their female roles when the pair set out on a weekend fishing vacation that turns into a National Lampoon seminar on empowerment. The ladies run into many men along the way -- none of them is Mr. Goodwrench exactly -- and they just get mad as Max...That's not to say that Thelma and Louise are male-bashers or that the movie is a load of spiteful feminism. A first screenplay by Callie Khouri, this liberating adventure has a woman's perspective, yes, but one that aims to give moviegoers of both sexes an ungirdled good time. This is one chick movie that isn't about to whine, bitch or back-seat-drive. Ridley Scott, the director who gave us Ripley in "Alien," wouldn't allow it, and for that matter, neither would Davis or Sarandon...Anyhow, this is Scott's best film since "Blade Runner." Known for his artistry, he turns a movie into a symphony for the eye. But here, the red dirt and wide expanses of the American West serve less as a canvas for the director than a backdrop for these richly realized desperadoes. Davis is as dazzling as high beams on a dark night, and Sarandon fiercely hard-boiled as her ever-ready foil...If "The Witches of Eastwick" marked a turn against faltering feminism, "Thelma & Louise" signals the end of the detour. Bumper-sticker sassy and welcome as a rest stop, this is one sweet ragtop ride, worth hitching if you don't mind getting your hair blown. - Rita Kempley
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