Thelma and Louise

Thelma and Louise is a road movie from 1991 conceived and written by Callie Khouri, co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Geena Davis as Thelma, Susan Sarandon as Louise, and Harvey Keitel as a sympathetic detective trying to solve crimes that the two women find it easier and easier to commit. Michael Madsen plays Louise's boyfriend and Christopher McDonald plays Thelma's controlling husband. Brad Pitt (in his first significant role in a major Hollywood film) plays a robber on parole who befriends Thelma on the road. The film was released on May 24, 1991.

Trivia

• Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn wanted to make a movie together and one of the scripts they considered was Thelma & Louise but they decided on Death Becomes Her.
• A then struggling actor George Clooney auditioned five times for Ridley Scott for the part of J.D. that part went to Brad Pitt.
• The parts of Thelma & Louise were to be played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Jodie Foster but pitching took so long that Pfeiffer and Foster were no longer available.
• Cher was offered the part of Louise but turned it down.
• In the sequence where Darryl slips and falls over the builder's supplies as he was leaving for work was unscripted, as Christopher McDonald genuinely lost his footing. Despite this he remained in character and yelled at the workmen and drove away. Ridley Scott apparently liked the result, and so it remains in the film.