Director
Ridley Scott
Leading Actors/Actresses
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, and Brad Pitt
Genre
Buddy Road Film
Language
English
Awards
Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Both Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon nominated for the Academy Award for Best Leading Actress. As well as that, Ridley Scott was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, Thom Noble for Best Film Editing, and Adrian Bittle for Best Cinematography.
Date of Release
May 24th, 1991
Producer
Ridley Scott and Mimi Polk Gitlin
Setting and Context
Across the Southern half of America
Narrator and Point of View
Told from a third-person point of view
Tone and Mood
Solemn, Violent, Chaotic, Friendly, Fun, Energetic,
Protagonist and Antagonist
Thelma and Louise (Protagonists) vs. the Police and the laws they represent and fight to enforce (Antagonist)
Major Conflict
Thelma and Louise's struggle to escape from - and ultimately, evade - the law
Climax
When Thelma and Louise are finally found by the cops and trapped near the Grand Canyon
Foreshadowing
Thelma and Louise's deaths are foreshadowed early on in the film
Understatement
The severity of Thelma and Louise's crimes are understated throughout much of the film
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The Wizard of Oz (the film and the book), You Bet Your Life, The Geraldo Rivera Show, the geography of the United States, feminist authors (ex: Simone de Beauvoir), and popular culture.
Paradox
At first, it seems paradoxical that Thelma and Louise, two seemingly fun-loving young women, would kill themselves.
Parallelism
Thelma and Louise's stories are often paralleled in the film
