Thelma & Louise

A 1991 road film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as two friends whose escape from violence becomes a flight from the law.

Road movie: A film genre in which travel and the road structure the story. The journey across the American Southwest gives the film its episodic structure.
Callie Khouri: An American screenwriter whose first feature screenplay was Thelma & Louise. Her script supplied the film’s characters, plot, and feminist perspective.
Geena Davis: An American actor who played Thelma Dickinson in Thelma & Louise. Her performance traces Thelma’s shift from dependence to self-assertion.
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay: An annual Academy Award honoring an original screenplay written directly for the screen. Callie Khouri won the award for Thelma & Louise.
Thelma Dickinson: A bored Arkansas housewife who joins Louise on a weekend trip that becomes a flight from the law. Her changing confidence drives the story’s transformation from escape to resistance.
Ridley Scott: An English film director known for visually distinctive feature films. He directed Thelma & Louise and shaped its expansive road imagery.
Susan Sarandon: An American actor who played Louise Sawyer in Thelma & Louise. She gives Louise the guarded resolve that anchors the pair’s escape.
Feminist film theory: The study of how cinema represents gender, power, and sexuality. The film prompted discussion of female agency, violence, and the male gaze.
Louise Sawyer: A waitress who takes her friend Thelma on a trip that turns into a flight from the law. Her guarded past and decisive actions set the journey’s course.
Mimi Polk Gitlin: An American film producer whose credits include Thelma & Louise. She helped bring Khouri’s screenplay into production.

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Road tripRelated: The film turned the road trip into a story of friendship, freedom, and rebellion.