Thelma & Louise Page #2

Synopsis: Louise is working in a diner as a waitress and has some problems with her boyfriend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police.
Director(s): Ridley Scott
Production: MGM
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 40 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
88
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
R
Year:
1991
130 min
3,695 Views


You do?

Uh-huh.

Is he a funny uncle?

'Cause if he is,

then he and I got

something in common.

I don't mean

to be rude,

but I got something

I got to talk to my friend

about in private.

I... I understand.

I didn't mean

to bother you.

It's just hard not to

notice two such pretty

ladies as yourselves.

You better dance with me

before you leave,

or I will never forgive you.

Sure, that'd be fun.

Jeez, Louise,

that wasn't very nice.

Can't you tell

when somebody's

hitting on you?

So what if he was?

It's all your years of

waiting tables has made

you jaded, that's all.

Maybe.

Well, just relax, will you?

You're making me nervous.

All right!

I woke up in a hotel

I didn't know what to do

I turned the TV on

and wrote a letter to you

That's a good band.

The news was talking

about a dragnet

up on the interstate

Seems they were looking

for a Cadillac

with Tennessee plates

Wonder if Darryl's home yet.

Wonder if Jimmy's

got back.

Why don't you just

tell him to get lost

once and for all?

Why don't you ditch that

no-good husband of yours?

Huh? Huh?

This one's on Harlan.

Thanks.

Well, look, Jimmy'll

come in off the road

and you won't be there.

He'll freak out

and call you

Sunday night,

you'll call him back,

and by Monday,

he'll be kissing

the ground you walk on.

Exactly.

In the meantime,

you said we was

gonna have some fun,

so let's have some!

All right.

Okay.

If they knew

what we were up to,

they wouldn't let us in

Landed in Memphis

like original sin

Up Elvis Presley Boulevard

to the Graceland gates

Yeah, see, we were

looking for a Cadillac

with Tennessee plates

Let's dance.

All right!

I woke up in a hotel

I didn't know what to do

I turned the TV on

and wrote a letter to you

The news was talking

about a dragnet

up on the interstate

Thelma.

That's your name? Thelma?

That's a lovely name.

I don't know

what I'm doing.

Just follow me, Thelma.

I don't know what...

Ma'am, you wanna

dance a little?

Sure.

Since I left California, baby

Things have gotten worse

Seems the land of opportunity

for me is just a curse

Tell that judge in Bakersfield

my trial will have to wait

Down here, they're

looking for a Cadillac

with Tennessee plates

She saw him singing once

when she was 17

And ever since that day

she's been living in between

You got some

great moves, honey.

I was never king of nothing

but this wild weekend

Anyway, he wouldn't care

Hell, he gave them

to his friends

All right! Here we go!

Here we go! Here we go!

Hey, hey, Thelma!

Oh, Louise.

I'm hitting the little

girls' room and then

we're out of here.

I'm ready

when you are.

Wait, Louise,

I want to come

with you.

Turn around.

I don't feel so good.

What's wrong? Come on.

Sh*t. Stop!

What's wrong?

I'm spinning.

Oopsy-doopsy.

We need to get you

some fresh air,

little lady.

Uh-huh.

Look, have you

seen my friend?

Your friend?

Uh... Yeah. Yeah.

She was out there

dancing. Dancing.

How you

feeling now, darling?

Oh. Thanks.

I think I'm starting

to feel a little better.

You're starting to feel

pretty good to me, too.

You know that?

I think I need

to keep walking.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Where do you think

you're going, huh?

I'm going back inside.

Oh, no, no.

Harlan.

What?

Hey, quit it.

Stop it. Stop it.

Thelma, Thelma,

listen to me.

Listen to me.

I'm not gonna hurt you, okay?

I just wanna kiss you.

All right?

No. No.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Goddamn, you are gorgeous.

All right, let me

go now. Come on.

Let me go!

I mean, I'm married!

Come on.

That's okay,

I'm married, too.

I don't feel good.

I've been sick.

Aw.

Listen to me,

I said I'm not gonna

hurt you. All right?

Relax.

Harlan, stop it,

please! I mean it!

Wait, don't! I mean it!

Louise is gonna wonder

where I am!

F*** Louise! F***...

Hey!

Don't ever

f***ing hit me!

F***ing b*tch!

Harlan, please!

Harlan, please!

Do you hear me?

Don't hurt me,

Harlan, please!

Shut up!

Shut the f*** up!

You hear me?

Shut up!

Please.

Please don't

hurt me, Harlan!

Goddamn b*tch!

Don't hurt me, Harlan!

Let her go!

Louise!

Get the f***

out of here.

Louise!

You let her go,

you f***ing a**hole,

or I'm gonna

splatter your ugly face

all over this nice car.

All right, hey, hey,

hey, just calm down.

We were just having

a little fun, that's all.

Looks like you got

a real f***ed-up

idea of fun.

Come on.

Come on.

Turn around.

In the future,

when a woman's

crying like that,

she isn't having any fun!

B*tch!

I should've gone ahead

and f***ed her!

What did you say?

I said,

"Suck my cock."

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Get the car.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

Louise, you shot him.

Oh, my God.

Get the car.

You watch your mouth, buddy.

Louise, come on!

Watch it,

you f***ing a**hole!

Louise?

Louise, where

are we going?

I don't know. I don't know.

Just shut up so I can think.

Shouldn't we go

to the cops?

I mean, I think

we ought to tell

the police.

Tell them what, Thelma?

Just what do you think

we should tell them, huh?

I don't know.

Just tell them

what happened.

Which part?

All of it. That... That...

That he was raping me.

Jeez, about a hundred

goddamn people

saw you dancing

cheek to cheek

with him all night!

Who's gonna believe that?

We don't live in

that kind of a world,

Thelma.

God damn it, pull over!

All right.

Thelma?

Thelma.

Huh?

Thelma, I'm gonna...

I'm gonna...

I'm gonna stop someplace

for a cup of coffee

and then...

Just for a second,

and then I'm gonna

get it together.

And we'll figure out

then what to do.

And everything's gonna

be fine, all right?

Everything's gonna be...

All right?

Uh-huh.

Now is not

the time to panic.

If we panic now,

we're done for.

Nobody saw it.

Nobody knows it was us.

Okay.

So we're still okay.

We just have to figure out

what we're gonna do next.

We just have to figure out

what we're gonna do.

I'll say one thing.

This is some vacation.

I sure am

having a good time.

This is real fun.

If you weren't concerned

with having so much fun,

we wouldn't be here right now.

Just what is that

supposed to mean?

It just means

shut up, Thelma.

So this is all

my fault, is it?

I don't wanna play house

I know it can't be fun

I have to go

to the bathroom.

Sorry.

Can I get you

anything else?

Just the check, please.

Thanks,

I'll try again later.

Move back,

people.

Stand away from

the line, please.

No, it's secured

until further notice.

Could you identify them

if you saw them again?

Hell, I told you 50 times.

Yeah, I could identify them,

but neither one of those two

was the type to pull

something like this.

Well, you're not

exactly an expert witness,

but what makes you so sure?

If waiting tables in a bar

don't make you an expert

on human nature,

nothing will.

I could've told you

Harlan Puckett was

gonna end up

buying it in

a parking lot.

I'm just surprised

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Callie Khouri

Carolyn Ann "Callie" Khouri (born November 27, 1957) is a Lebanese American film and television screenwriter, producer, feminist, and director. In 1992 she won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for the film Thelma & Louise, which was controversial upon its release because of its progressive representation of gender politics, but which subsequently became a classic. more…

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