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Thelma & Louise

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 10m
  • 88

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Ridley Scott

Producer:

Mimi Polk Gitlin, Callie Khouri, Dean O'Brien

Writer:

Callie Khouri

Release Date:

May 24, 1991

Runtime:

2hr 10m

Synopsis

An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird.

Cast

  • Susan Sarandon
  • Geena Davis
  • Harvey Keitel
  • Michael Madsen
  • Christopher McDonald
  • Stephen Tobolowsky
  • Brad Pitt
  • Timothy Carhart
  • Lucinda Jenney
  • Jason Beghe

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • It took producers so long to find someone for the role of Louise, that Geena Davis had to sign a contract stating that the producers could cast her in either role if need be.
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Goofs

  • In the wide shot of the state police cruiser, in whose trunk Thelma and Louise have locked a state trooper, just before the Rastafarian cyclist approaches the car it is just in the shadow of the mountain on the left. In the close-up shots of the cyclist approaching the car, the car is completely in sunlight.
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Quotes

    • J.D.: Well, now, I've always believed that done properly, armed robbery doesn't have to be a totally unpleasant experience.
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Universal acclaim based on 161 Reviews
80

Grade A propaganda of the first order.

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Metacritic review by Brad Laidman
Brad Laidman
Film Threat
100

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.

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Metacritic review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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