Thelma & Louise Page #7

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
3,745 Views


he met a man.

He identified you

through a series

of mug shots.

He also told us that

you and Mrs. Dickinson

seemed close.

Is that true?

Well, sir,

you might say

we had a meeting of

the minds, yeah.

Are you aware

that Mrs. Dickinson

and Ms. Sawyer

are wanted

in connection

with a murder?

Murder? What,

Thelma? Damn!

Did they ever indicate

that they might be

on the run from the law?

You know, sir,

now that you mention it,

they might have

seemed a little bit jumpy.

You know what?

What?

You're starting

to irritate me.

Yeah, me, too.

That'll happen.

Say, you two boys

have a lot in common.

Maybe I should

just step out

of the room for a sec.

I got a better idea.

Do you mind if

I speak to him alone

for a minute?

What? What'd I do?

Nothing, that's what.

Tell you something,

this is a crock of sh*t,

Mr. John f***ing Law.

Son, I got a feeling

about something and...

Yeah?

...I just wanna

ask your opinion.

Do you think Thelma Dickinson

would have committed

armed robbery

if you hadn't taken

all their money?

Get your foot

off that table.

Cat got your tongue?

No.

Well, how... How do

you know I took it?

How do you know

they didn't...

Don't you f***ing

lie to me!

There's two girls out there

that had a chance.

They had a chance.

And now you've

screwed it up for them.

No.

And now they're in

some serious trouble.

And I'm gonna hold you

personally responsible

for at least part of it

if anything happens to them.

I got no feeling for you.

Now, you're either

gonna tell me every

damn thing you know,

so there's a small chance

that I can actually

do them some good,

or I'm gonna be all over you

like a fly on sh*t for the

rest of your natural life.

Your miseries will be

my goddamn mission in life.

Yes, sir.

Okay?

Yeah. Yeah.

That's right.

We understand each other?

Yeah.

Okay.

Mr. Dickinson?

Yeah?

If you'd just hang on,

I want a word with you.

I like your wife.

Come back here!

Hey, hey!

Come back here,

you little sh*t!

Come here! Come here!

All right, all right,

all right.

Come here!

Come here!

Come on!

Come on, now.

I'll kill him!

Let's

go home now.

I'll kill you!

What will it be,

ladies?

Fill her up.

There you go.

Um...

Excuse me,

do you have a phone?

Thank you.

Thelma,

listen up, now.

If you even think

he knows, I mean,

even if you're not sure,

I want you to hang up,

you understand?

Yeah.

Hello.

Darryl, it's me.

Thelma, hello!

He knows.

Sh*t.

I need more time.

What? All I said

was "hello."

Yep?

Darryl,

this is Louise.

Let me talk to the police.

Hey, Louise.

Hi.

Let me talk to the police.

What do you mean?

There's no police here.

Hey, where

are you girls anyway?

Just wait... Darryl,

will you let me talk to

whoever's in charge there?

How do you know

there's...

Hello, Ms. Sawyer?

I'm Investigator Hal Slocumb,

Arkansas State Police.

How are you?

Well, I've been better.

Be careful with that gun.

Yes, I know.

You girls are in

some hot water.

You both okay?

Neither one of you hurt?

Yes, sir, we're...

We're fine.

We're both fine.

Good.

You want to tell me

what happened?

Sure, over coffee,

sometime. I'll buy.

I want you to know

neither one of you are

charged with murder yet.

You're just still

wanted for questioning.

Although now,

Mrs. Dickinson's wanted in

Oklahoma for armed robbery.

No kidding? Look,

we gotta go. I'll

call you back, all right?

Ms. Sawyer,

I don't think you all are

gonna make it to Mexico.

We should talk. Please,

I want to help you.

Sh*t.

God, that J. D. Kid

is a little sh*t.

What? What?

Thelma, how did they know

we're going to Mexico, huh?

How did they know that?

You told that

thieving little sh*t

where we were going?

Oh.

I just... I just told him

if he ever got to Mexico,

he should look us up.

But I... I asked him

not to tell.

I mean, I...

I thought he would

not tell anybody,

you know.

Why?

I didn't think

he'd tell anybody.

Why? What's he got to lose?

Except my life savings,

of course.

Oh, sh*t!

Thelma, God damn it!

Look, I'm sorry.

I mean...

Oh, God damn it, Thelma!

Look, up until now,

we had only two things

going for us,

one, nobody knew

where we were,

and two,

no one knew where

we were going.

Now one of the things

we had going for us is gone!

Look, Thelma,

you just gotta stop

talking to people.

You gotta stop

being so open.

We're fugitives now,

all right?

Let's start

behaving like that.

You're right.

Thank you.

Okay.

I was wondering...

Listen, little boy,

of course I want you to go.

If that's

what's worrying you,

please don't think...

No, I wasn't

worrying about that.

I knew you'd want me

to take the job, sure,

but...

Sorry.

Judy,

let's get married.

My God,

this is beautiful.

It surely is.

I always wanted to travel,

I just never got

the opportunity.

You got it now.

The morning sun

Touched lightly on

the eyes of Lucy Jordan

In a white suburban bedroom

In a white suburban town

As she lay there

beneath the covers

Dreaming of

a thousand lovers

Till the world

turned to orange

And the room

went spinning round

At the age of thirty-seven

She realized

She'd never ride through

Paris in a sports car

With the warm wind

in her hair

So she let

the phone keep ringing

And she sat there

softly singing

Little nursery rhymes

She'd memorized in

her daddy's easy chair

At the age of thirty-seven

She knew she'd found forever

As she rode along

through Paris

With the warm wind

in her hair

What's going on?

Nothing.

Sh*t. Well, we don't need

the East Coast anymore.

Hey, look!

Look who it is,

it's that guy.

I'll be darned.

Just ignore him.

Hey, baby!

I'm your Captain

Muff-Diver!

Your storm trooper

of love!

I ignored him.

What?

What?

Harlan.

What about it?

Nothing.

Just...

Just the look

on his face when...

What?

He sure wasn't

expecting that.

"Suck my dick."

Thelma, it's not funny.

I know.

It happened to you,

didn't it?

What? What are you

talking about?

In Texas.

I mean, that's what...

That's what happened,

isn't it?

You was raped.

Hey, now, look.

I'm warning you.

Just drop it.

I'm not gonna

talk about that.

You understand?

Yeah.

I'm not talking about it.

Okay.

You understand?

Yeah.

Okay, Louise.

It's okay.

Oh, sh*t!

Thelma, we're getting

pulled over.

All right.

Sh*t! Sh*t!

What'd you wanna do?

What should we do?

I don't know.

I don't know.

All right, we'll just

go play it by ear.

Maybe he doesn't know.

Maybe he's just gonna

give me a ticket.

Oh, God.

Oh, God, please don't

let us get caught.

God, please, please, God.

Don't let us get caught.

All right, I'm just

gonna pull over.

Turn off your engine.

He's putting on his hat.

Oh, my God,

he's a Nazi.

What's he doing?

He's kind of

walking this way.

Hello, Officer.

Is there a problem?

You want to let me

see your license, please?

Right.

Here it is.

You wanna take it

out of your wallet,

please?

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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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