Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8687 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-02-01
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English, German
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish
• Dubbed in: French, Italian, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 124 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Thelma & Louise is a feminist manifesto writ large on the big screen, a smart and funny gender reversal of the standard Hollywood buddy formula, a road movie extraordinaire, with characters who became instant cultural icons. No matter how you define it, Ridley Scott's 1991 box-office hit pinched a nerve and made the cover of national news magazines for tweaking gender politics like no movie before or since. Callie Khouri's screenplay overhauls the buddy formula with its story about two best friends (Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis) who embark on a liberating adventure that turns into an interstate police chase after a traumatic incident makes both women into fugitives; they are en route to a destiny they could never have imagined. The perfect casting of Sarandon and Davis makes Thelma & Louise a movie for the ages and Brad Pitt became an overnight star after his appearance as the con-artist cowboy who gives Davis a memorable (but costly) night in a roadside motel. --Jeff Shannon

Video Description
DVD Special Features

Alternative ending!
Feature-length commentary by Ridley Scott, Director
8 page booklet revealing an insight into the making of the film
Chapter Search
Original Theatrical Trailer
Soundtrack: English/German/Spanish/French/Italian
Subtitles: English/German/Spanish/Dutch/Finnish/Swedish/Norwegian/Danish/Portuguese/French/Italian/Hard of Hearing - English

Synopsis
Fed up with her boyfriend (Michael Madsen), live-wire Arkansas waitress Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) persuades her friend Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis), a naive housewife burdened with a negligent, sexist husband (Christopher McDonald), to hit the road with her for a weekend of freedom. One of their first stops is a bar where the women relax, dance, and flirt with some of the locals. But the situation turns ugly when one man (Timothy Carhart) follows Thelma to the parking lot and attempts to rape her, causing Louise to shoot and accidentally kill him. Convinced that the police will never believe their version of the incident, the women take off, now fugitives from the law. Emboldened by recent events, Thelma picks up studly young cowboy J.D. (Brad Pitt) in Oklahoma and enjoys a one-night stand that leads to even more trouble.
Director Ridley Scott's infamous feminist road movie ranks among the best films of the 1990s. Along with BLADE RUNNER and ALIEN, the film is one of Scott's finest works, largely because of Callie Khourie's vivid, brilliantly idiosyncratic script, wonderful performances from the two leads, and Adrian's Biddle's crisp photography of the American Southwest.

Customer Reviews

my fav film
My favourite film of all time! A real girlie movie. Funny and sad. Do not miss the experience of watching it!

My favourite all time movie
This is the most brilliant movie ever!!! I saw it twice at the cinema, and now own the dvd, video, CD and book. I cannot get enough of it. I watch it every week and never tire of it. What starts out as quite chick lit soon develops into something a lot deeper. What a movIe - great music, great acting and fab scenery. SUSAN SARANDON AND GEENA DAVIS - FABULOUS....

outstanding road movie
It's a film containing passion all the way through, a fantastic road movie.

Geena Davis is juxtaposed with Susan Sarandon and the two perform brilliantly as the `up for a good time, do what we want' pair of girls.

The narrative is outstanding. A battle against law, men and a thrill to survive a difficult vacation. A truly gripping Oscar nominated thriller with action and suspense including many twists right from the word go.

Had it not been for an amazing portrayal by Jodie Foster in silence of the lambs Davis or Sarandon would have been favourites for best actress in a leading role.

The setting is terrific. A beautiful view of America is encoded into a gripping story to emphasise freedom and beauty, a contrasts to the main plot.

It's a battle for survival, a truly energetic storyline which is simply, regardless of your personal interests, an essential watch.

9/10