Thelma and Louise Page #17

THELMA:

It's in here somewhere.

Louise is rubbing her face. She looks pretty bad. Her hands

are shaking.

LOUISE:

Sh*t. I'm gettin' tired.

THELMA:

Are you alright?

Louise does not really seem alright.

LOUISE:

I think I've really f***ed up. I

think I've got us in a situation

where we could both get killed. Why

didn't we just go straight to the

police.

THELMA:

You know why. You already said.

LOUISE:

What'd I say again?

THELMA:

Nobody would believe us. We'd still

get in trouble. We'd still have our

lives ruined. And you know what

else?

LOUISE:

What?

THELMA:

That guy was hurtin' me. And if you

hadn't come out when you did, he'd a

hurt me a lot worse. And probably

nothin' woulda happened to him. 'Cause

everybody did see me dancin' with

him all night. And they woulda made

out like I asked for it. And my

life woulda been ruined a whole lot

worse than it is now. At least now

I'm havin' fun. And I'm not sorry

the son of a b*tch is dead. I'm

only sorry that it was you that did

it and not me. And if I haven't, I

wanna take this time to thank you,

Louise. Thank you for savin' my

ass.

LOUISE:

I said all that?

THELMA:

No, Louise, you said the first part.

I said all the rest.

LOUISE:

(tired)

Whatever.

EXT. ROADSIDE REST STATION - MORNING

Louise is at a pay phone as the sky is just starting to get

light. Thelma is in the bathroom nearby. Louise has already

dialed and the phone is RINGING.

INT. THELMA'S HOUSE - MORNING

The TV DRONES on in the b.g. as the phone RINGS there,

everyone leaps into action again. Max picks up the phone.

MAX:

Hello.

LOUISE (V.O.)

Let me speak to... Slocumbe.

MAX:

(to Hal)

She wants to talk to you.

HAL:

Hello, Louise.

EXT. PAY PHONE - MORNING

LOUISE:

Hey.

HAL (V.O.)

How are things goin' out there?

LOUISE:

Weird. Got some kind of snowball

effect goin' here or somethin'.

HAL (V.O.)

You're still with us though. You're

somewhere on the face of the earth?

LOUISE:

Well, we're not in the middle of

nowhere, but we can see it from here.

INT. THELMA'S HOUSE - MORNING

Hal smiles.

HAL:

I swear. Louise, I almost feel like

I know you.

LOUISE (V.O.)

Well. You don't.

HAL:

You're gettin' in deeper every moment

you're gone.

LOUISE (V.O.)

Would you believe me if I told you

this whole thing is an accident?

HAL:

I do believe you. That's what I

want everybody to believe. Trouble

is, it doesn't look like an accident

and you're not here to tell me about

it... I need you to help me here.

EXT. PAY PHONE - MORNING

Louise does not answer.

HAL (V.O.)

Did Harlan Puckett...

Through clenched teeth, repulsed:

LOUISE:

(interrupting)

No!

HAL (V.O.)

You want to come on in?

Louise thinks for a minute.

LOUISE:

I don't think so.

INT. THELMA'S HOUSE - DAY

HAL:

Then I'm sorry. We're gonna have to

charge you with murder. Now, do you

want to come out of this alive?

The surveillance man motions to Hal to keep it going.

Darryl comes in and immediately realizes Hal is talking to

Louise. Darryl looks attentively at Hal.

EXT. PAY PHONE - DAY

LOUISE:

You know, certain words and phrases

just keep floating through my mind,

things like incarceration, cavity

search, life imprisonment, death by

electrocution, that sort of thing.

So, come out alive? I don't know.

Let us think about that.

HAL (V.O.)

Louise, I'll do anything. I know

what's makin' you run. I know what

happened to you in Texas.

Louise's eyes get wide as she hears this.

A FINGER reaches up and presses down the lever and hangs up

the phone.

ANGLE OF THELMA:

She has her finger on the lever.

THELMA:

Come on, Louise. Don't blow it.

Let's go.

She walks away towards the car. Louise is still standing

there holding the phone. Thelma stops and looks at her.

THELMA:

Come on.

Louise doesn't move.

INT. THELMA'S HOUSE - DAY

Frustrated, Hal slams down the phone. He looks over at the

surveillance man who nods to say "we got it." The whole

room reacts excitedly. Everyone in the room springs into

action. Max immediately picks up the phone and Hal watches

him intently. He mouths the words to Max -- "I wanna go"

emphatically. Max slightly shakes his head, still of the

phone. Hal goes charging over to Max.

HAL:

Max. You gotta take me there! I'm...

I'm the only one she's ever talked

to. I don't want anybody losin'

their heads. You know what happens.

The volume gets turned way up and

the next thing you know those girls

are gonna get shot.

Max, still holding the phone, is surprised by this outburst.

MAX:

(calmly)

Okay, Hal, okay.

EXT. PAY PHONE - DAY

Louise is still standing there.

THELMA:

Louise?

LOUISE:

Yes, Thelma?

THELMA:

You're not gonna give up on me, are

ya?

LOUISE:

What do you mean?

THELMA:

You're not gonna make some deal with

that guy, are you? I mean, I just

wanna know.

LOUISE:

No, Thelma. I'm not gonna make any

deals.

THELMA:

I can understand if you're thinkin'

about it. I mean, in a way, you've

got something to go back for. I

mean Jimmy and everything.

Louise is surprised to be hearing this from Thelma.

LOUISE:

Thelma, that is not an option.

THELMA:

But I don't know... something's

crossed over in me and I can't go

back. I mean, I just couldn't live...

LOUISE:

I know. I know what you mean. I

don't wanna end up on the damn Geraldo

Show.

They are both quiet for a moment.

LOUISE:

He said they're charging us with

murder.

THELMA:

(making a face)

Eeuww.

LOUISE:

And we have to decide whether we

want to come out of this dead or

alive.

THELMA:

Gosh, didn't he say anything positive

at all?

Louise STARTS the car. They lurch into reverse then SCREECH

forward as they tear off down the road.

WIDE SHOT OF CAR

as they fly down the road.

THELMA:

Louise, do you think we should change

cars, get another car?

LOUISE:

Sure... You know how to hotwire a

car?

THELMA:

No.

LOUISE:

Well, let me know when you figure it

out.

EXT. AIRSTRIP - DAY

A car pulls up on an airstrip and stops next to a small jet.

Hal and Max get out of the car and board the plane.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

MONTAGE of driving shots as Louise and Thelma drive through

the intense beauty of the Arizona desert.

INT. CAR - DAY

THELMA:

You awake?

LOUISE:

You could call it that. My eyes are

open.

THELMA:

Me too. I feel awake.

LOUISE:

Good.

THELMA:

Wide awake. I don't remember ever

feelin' this awake. Everything looks

different. You know what I mean. I

know you know what I mean. Everything

looks new. Do you feel like that?

Like you've got something to look

forward to?

Louise and Thelma both get quiet for a second.

LOUISE:

We'll be drinkin' margaritas by the

sea, Mamasita.

THELMA:

We can change our names.

LOUISE:

We can live in a hacienda.

THELMA:

I wanna get a job. I wanna work at

Club Med.

LOUISE:

Yes! Yes! Now what kind of deal do

you think that cop can come up with

to beat that?

THELMA:

It'd have to be pretty good.

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