Thelma tells the story of a sheltered young woman who discovers she has an inexplicable power that materializes when she feels desire for a female. Thelma and louise 1991 adventure, crime, drama bluray. Its is an updated, feminized version of an outlaw road movie. What i got was sharing the road with two of the most memorable women on film. I remember watching this years ago with no expectations. Thelma and louise 1991 adventure, crime, drama bluray susan sarandon, geena davis, harvey keitel. Relive all of your favorite moments from thelma and louise. The film stars eili harboe, kaya wilkins, henrik rafaelsen, and ellen dorrit petersen. Thelma, a shy young student, has just left her religious family in a small town on the west coast of norway to study at a university in oslo. We know the road better than that, however, and we know the toll it exacts.
Thelma and louise is a 1991 film about two good friends who set out on a road trip to relax from their hectic lives, but find themselves anything than relaxed. It stars geena davis as thelma and susan sarandon as louise, two friends who embark on a road trip which ends up in unforeseen circumstances. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities. At the start of this film i was somewhat skeptical, because i thought it was going to be boring through the entire feature. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Like many other 25yearolds, it has much to be embarrassed about. Geena davis and susan sarandon play thelma and louise, two workingclass friends who together have planned a weekend getaway from the men in their lives. The supporting cast include harvey keitel, michael madsen, and brad pitt in one of his first major film roles. After louise saves thelma from being sexually assaulted the movie did get more interesting and had my attention for the time remaining. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and selfstrengths. This is the film in which the lead character, geoff carter cary grant, was famously misquoted to have said judy, judy, judy. Thelma is a 2017 norwegian supernatural thriller drama film directed by joachim trier. Whilst on a short weekend getaway, louise shoots a man who had tried to rape thelma.
Before their journey is done, these characters with have undergone a rite of passage. Arkansas gals susan sarandon, geena davis shoot rapist, flee in 66 tbird. Even on its own terms, as a bluntly obvious feminist parable, the movie. Geena davis and susan sarandon play thelma and louise, two workingclass friends. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and.
It celebrates the myth of two carefree souls piling into a 1956 tbird and driving out of town to have some fun and raise some hell. Celebrity movie news star interview classics brad pitt wearing the worst possible wig. Louise decides to flee to mexico, and thelma joins her. In ridley scotts adventurous road picture, two friendsunhappy housewife thelma geena davis and strongwilled waitress louise susan sarandonleave responsibilities behind to take a weekend. Two women embark on a road trip across the american southwest to escape the law, after one kills a man to save the other from a brutal attack. Well, that is perhaps where thelma tries to become a much more conventional scary movie, while keeping intact its more studied calm and detachment. An arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a 66 thunderbird. Meek housewife thelma geena davis joins her friend louise susan sarandon, an independent waitress, on a short fishing trip. Really, thelma is a modern look at witchcraft, and an attempt to solve the mystery of whether she will choose to be a good witch or a bad one. Deleted scene the end 1991 susan sarandon, brad pitt movie hd. Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed. As the film opens, we meet louise susan sarandon, a waitress in a dinerstyle restaurant. Why thelma and louise is a historically significant film. With susan sarandon, geena davis, harvey keitel, michael madsen.
Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Thelma and louise movie analysis essay example graduateway. It stars geena davis as thelma and susan sarandon as louise. Thelma s husband, darryl chris mcdonald, is an overbearing oaf, and louise s boyfriend, jimmy more.
However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape thelma at a bar. Maria full of grace 2004, easy rider 1969, dead man walking 1995, a perfect world 1993, three burials 2005. It was the movie that catapulted brad pitt to rockstar status, and true. The chemistry, the bonding, and their adventure will. This movie won an oscar for best original screenplay. Chock full of great performances and dramatic scenes, this is one truly amazing film that crystallizes a moment in feminist social history for all time. In one of the greatest road movies of all time, geena davis and susan sarandon ride to everlasting fame as two. However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when louise.
The screenplay was written by trier and eskil vogt. Post, fullthrottle adventure hailed as one of the best road movies of all time. Thelma geena davis tells louise susan sarandon to slow down in order to avoid getting pulled over. Didnt end as smoothly as i expected, but sometimes thats just how things play out.
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