Thelma & Louise | film by Scott [1991] | Britannica (original) (raw)

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    In Ridley Scott
    While Scott’s settings in Thelma & Louise (1991) were no less notable, the film’s lead characters (played by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon) and feminist theme were the focus of critical attention, and he received an Academy Award nomination for his work. After three critical and commercial failures, he…
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• Oscar to Khouri for best original screenplay, 1991

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• Davis
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    In Geena Davis
    …in the feminist road movie Thelma & Louise (1991; with Susan Sarandon). Both Davis and Sarandon were nominated for the best actress Oscar for their work. Davis also won notice for her turn as catcher Dottie Hinson in Penny Marshall’s A League of Their Own (1992). Davis’s subsequent movies were…
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• Keitel
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    In Harvey Keitel
    …his performance as Mickey Cohen; Thelma and Louise (1991); Reservoir Dogs (1991), Quentin Tarantino’s violent film about a botched robbery; Bad Lieutenant (1992), an NC-17 crime drama about a corrupt police officer; and Jane Campion’s The Piano (1993).
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• Pitt
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    In Brad Pitt: Early life and work
    …charming scoundrel in the film Thelma & Louise. He followed up with such movies as A River Runs Through It, Interview with the Vampire, and Legends of the Fall (1994). Pitt then starred as a police detective in the gritty thriller Se7en (1995) and as a demented malcontent in the…
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• Sarandon
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    In Susan Sarandon
    …as the worldly waitress-turned-outlaw in Thelma & Louise (1991), a mother searching for a cure for her son’s disease in Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), a novice lawyer in The Client (1994), and Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, which was written and directed by Robbins. Sarandon again worked with Robbins…
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