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China film title

Selma and Louise

English movie names

Selma & Louise

More Chinese titles

Go the wrong way.

More foreign movie names

Thelma and Louise (USA) (alternative spelling)

Film genre

Action/horror/plot/adventure/crime

The length of a movie (according to the screening time)

129 minutes

Country/region

United States of America

conversational language

English

colour

Match to the original tape

Old Dolby

grade

Australia: m Germany: 16 Netherlands: 12 Norway: 15 Sweden: 15 Britain: 15 France: u Spain: 13 USA: r Korea:15.

cost of production

500,000 (estimated)

Property in copyright

Pathe entertainment company.

Premiere date

1991May 24th

[Edit this paragraph] Credit

be in charge of/supervisor

Ridley scott ridley scott

dramatist

Callie khouri ... (Author)

executant

Susan sarandon Susan Sarandon ... Louise Elizabeth Sawyer

Geena davis geena davis Selma yvonne Dickinson

Brad Pitt ... Doctor of Law.

Harvey keitel harvey keitel ... investigator Hal Slocumb.

Michael madsen michael madsen ... Jimmy lenox.

Christopher mcdonald christopher mcdonald ... Daryl Dickinson

producer

Mimi Polk gitlin ... producer (such as Mimi Polk).

Callie khouri ... Co-producer

Dean O 'Brien ... Co-producer.

Ridley scott ridley scott ... producer.

[Edit this paragraph] Production and distribution

press

high-level

Shooting format

35 mm

Manufacturing and processing method

Panorama (deformation)

layout

35 mm

Film length

3544 m (Sweden)

width

35 mm film deformation

Production company

MGM MGM [USA]

Pathé entertainment

Percy main

Issuing company

20th Century Fox Family Entertainment [Brazil] ... (Brazil) (DVD)

Alamod Film [Germany ]...(2003) (Germany) (Drama) (reissued)

Argentina Video Home (AVH)[ Argentina] ... (Argentina) (Video)

Columbia Home Video [USA] ... (USA) (VHS)

Columbus Film AG [Switzerland] ... (Switzerland) (Dramatic)

MGM Home Entertainment Company (USA) ... (Global) (DVD)

MGM /UA Home Entertainment Company [USA] ... (USA) (CD-ROM)

Tobies Farm Kunst [Germany ]...( 199 1) (Germany) (dramatic)

United International Pictures (UIP)[ Argentina ]...(2006) (Argentina) (dramatic)

United International Film Company [Spain] ... (Spain)

Warner Home Video [USA] ... (CD)

Warner Home Video [Brazil] ... (Brazil) (VHS)

Other companies

Gala catering company [USA] ...

Lillie Yard Studio ... Music recorded in

MCA Records Company [USA] ... track

Pacific Title [United States] ..................................

Cast ... extras.

Warner Hollywood Studio [USA] ... extra re-recorded on

Release date?

France

199 1 May ... (Cannes Film Festival)

United States of America

1991May 24th

France

1991May 29th

Australia

1991August 22nd

Hong Kong

1991September19.

Spain

199 1 year1October ... (valladolid International Film Festival)

Germany

199 1 year1October 24th 10

the Netherlands

199 1 year1October 25th 10

Finland

199 1 year 1 month1day.

Sweden

199 1 year1month15th.

Spain

199 1 year165438+1October 22nd.

Argentina

1February 20, 992

Peru

1February 27, 992

Germany

June 2003 12 ..... (reissued)

[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to the plot

Selma and Louise are close friends. Selma is a little woman, an ordinary housewife, and Louise is an ordinary-looking and somewhat masculine restaurant waitress. They drive together. What was supposed to be a simple and pleasant trip turned into a struggle between two women against the oppression of male society.

In a bar, a man accosted Selma for simple entertainment, but the man further attempted to rape her. In desperation, Louis arrived and shot the man. Originally it was a simple self-defense killing, but there were no other witnesses at the scene. Fearing that they would be convicted of a felony due to insufficient evidence, the two embarked on a journey of escape.

In the process of escape, the oppression of society on them was exposed one by one: Selma's husband could do nothing but call her back on the phone. The police kept chasing them and further drove them to Liangshan, without considering the possibility of killing in self-defense. The only prosecutor who believes in their innocence has been unable to contact them because of several mistakes. Even the lover who had a one-night stand with Selma on the way turned out to be just a liar and a bad guy who stole money. In other words, the only thing they can rely on is themselves. However, they find that it is much more appropriate for them to be a female warrior against the male society than to be a little woman. They robbed, smashed the truck of the driver who sexually harassed them, and robbed the police of their guns. These actions also drove them to the point where there was no way out. Finally, I was surrounded by police in New Mexico, and I would rather die than surrender and sail into the abyss.

[Edit this paragraph] behind-the-scenes production

Ridley scott's thelma and louise (Thelma &; Louise) opened a new direction for road movies-successfully introduced feminism into this school which has been dominated by male chauvinism. Selma and Louise are close friends. Selma is a little woman, an ordinary housewife, and Louise is an ordinary (even ugly) and masculine restaurant waitress. They drive together. What was supposed to be a simple and pleasant trip turned into a struggle between two women against the oppression of male society.

The journey described in "thelma and louise" is undoubtedly the process of two women resisting the whole patriarchal society. Most of the things that happened or people that I met along the way were dangerous and hostile to them. In this environment, only your partner is the object you can rely on. The emotion between Selma and Louise is a revolutionary emotion that comrades depend on each other, but there is no denying that it contains homosexual elements. This was not in the previous road movies. In traditional road movies, most of them are lovers of a man and a woman, or brothers with similar interests, because in this masculine movie with adventure as the theme and male audience as the main object, only love between men and women and friendship between men are allowed. However, the appearance of this film confirms the possibility of "alternative" travel partners in the film. After thelma and louise, various groups appeared in road movies: homosexuals, AIDS patients, ethnic minorities, the disabled or the mentally retarded. The travel experiences of these people provide different world views and enrich the diversity of road movies.

The movie "Doomsday" not only won the popularity of the two heroines, but also let the audience appreciate the wonderful acting skills of another movie star, who is now the famous Brad Pitt. In the film, Pete plays a young hitchhiker. He first seduces the heroine and then steals her $6,000. He is familiar with hot and passionate plays. The film was directed by the famous ridley scott, who produced the sci-fi blockbuster blade runner in the early 1980s and several popular blockbusters in the past two years (such as Gladiator and Black Hawk Landing). At that time, the success at the end of the film made him take over the filming of another epic, namely "1492: conquest of paradise", which described Columbus' discovery of the new continent. After the movie Doomsday, Scott's film career went smoothly.

[Edit this paragraph] Highlights

Gautier Horn and Meryl Streep wanted to star in this movie after reading the script, but they finally decided to star in Over Eternity together.

Five identical Thunderbirds produced by 1966 were used to shoot a movie. A "protagonist", a camera, a backup, and two stunt cars.

George Clooney, who was still struggling for his acting career, auditioned five times, but the role of J.D. finally fell to Brad Pitt.

When shooting some erotic scenes between geena davis and Brad Pitt, director ridley scott once considered preparing a body double for Gina and began to audition actors. When Gina knew the director's intention, she insisted that there was no need to use body double.

Cher was invited to play Louis, but she refused.

In the scene of an oil depot truck being hit and exploding, the reactions of Susan Sarandon and geena davis are real. Director ridley scott didn't shoot the reaction shots alone, but secretly detonated the oil depot car during the filming process, just to get the most real shock from the faces of the two starring actors. However, they were so surprised that they just stood there staring at everything in front of them and forgot to perform or something. Scott had to re-film their reaction.

Salma and Louise were originally to be played by michelle pfeiffer and Jodie Foster, with ridley scott as producer and Cary Cowley as director. Finally, the preparation time lasted too long, and neither Pfeiffer nor Foster had time to wait any longer. So Scott was persuaded to direct himself.

It took the producer a lot of time to find the role of Louise, so geena davis asked for a contract, saying that the producer would allow her to play any role she wanted.

When Dari finished his work and left, he slipped in the pantry, which was not in the script. In fact, christopher mcdonald really fell and fell. Although he got into the car and drove away during the performance, he couldn't help shouting at the staff. Ridley scott obviously liked the ending, so he kept it in the movie.

Ridley scott likes Hans Zimmer's music very much, and he made another main subtitle sequence table (which runs through Zimmer's music), instead of putting it in the actor's subtitle table at the end of the film as originally designed.

Ridley scott filmed a longer ending (which can be seen on a special DVD). Just as we saw the car rush into the valley, the background music echoed with B.B. King's songs. Instead, he chose a more optimistic ending, the car stopped on the uphill road, and then Hans Zimmer's music began.

Ridley scott is very good at getting inspiration from the actors and staff of movies. Many of Susan Sarandon's suggestions were adopted in the production process. Some of her suggestions are the last clip of the film: Louise is putting shoes in her plastic bag to do the final warm-up exercise for women's weekend mountain climbing activities; Louise exchanged her jewels with the old man's hat; Louise stopped a car in the desert at night and stared at the stars alone. Salma slept in the car. Sarandon and her husband Tim Robbins rewrote the conversation between Louis and her girlfriend Jimmy in Oklahoma.

[Edit this paragraph] Wonderful dialogue

Louise Sawyer: Some words and phrases keep popping up in my mind, such as imprisonment, body cavity search, electrocution, life imprisonment and so on. You know what I'm saying, so I want to get out alive? ...

Louise Saville: Many words keep popping up in my mind, such as confinement, wanted, electrocution and life imprisonment, just like this shit. Do you know what I want to say now? I just want to escape from life. ...

Louise Sawyer: How could you do that to a woman you don't even know, huh? How would you feel if someone did this to your mother, sister or wife?

Louise Saville: How can you treat women like this? You don't even know yourself, huh? How would you feel if someone did the same thing to your mother, your sister and your wife?

Louise: Do you remember the first time we met?

Jimmy: Yes.

Louise: What happened? Tell me what you said.

Jimmy: I said you have beautiful eyes.

Louise: What did I say? Do you remember?

Jimmy: Yes, you close your eyes. Ask me if I know what color they are.

Jimmy: Yes, you close your eyes and ask me if I remember what color they are.

Louise: What did you say?

Jimmy: I don't know.

Louise: (She covers her eyes) What color are my eyes, Jimmy?

Louise: (She closes her eyes) What color are my eyes, Jimmy?

Jimmy: They are brown.

Jimmy: Brown.

Selma: Louise, no matter what happens, I'm happy to be with you.

Salma: Louise, no matter what happens, I really like being with you.

We are fugitives now, so we should act like fugitives.

Now that we are fugitives, let's start doing this.

My husband treats me badly. Look what I've become.

My husband treats me badly. Look, I've changed now.

Nobody will believe us.

Nobody believes us.

Something crossed my mind, but I couldn't go back. I mean, I can't live like that anymore.

Something seems to have passed through my body, but I can't go back. I mean, I just can't live.

Let's move on. ...

Let's move on.

[Edit this paragraph] goof shot

Fact error: The bullet hit the metal sheet at a certain angle, leaving an oval hole instead of a circular hole. In addition, they will make the metal hit by the bullet protrude outward, not toward it.

Coherence: Just after Salma met J.D., an old man sat down. Behind him was a photo that read "Canada, CA, Victorville". Salma and Louise should be in Oklahoma at this time.

While waiting for the train to pass by, they can see the shadow of the light from the film crew on Louise's sunglasses.

Consistency: When Louise was carrying out her plan to go to Mexico, Salma's lip wound had healed a few hours ago. When she met J.D., he complained. Salma was sitting in the car, and the wound was still on her lips.

Consistency: Louise's face was clean when she shot and killed the man who raped Salma. When she looked in the mirror later, she noticed some men's blood on her face.

When Hal looked up the Thunderbird owner list in the Arkansas Police Department database, each owner's name was arranged in subtitle order, and the year/color of the car was also listed in order, which is unlikely to happen in real life.

Coherence: Salma and Louise chased the police at noon, but when the camera filmed Salma or Louise, the sun was behind them, and the light was dark orange, suggesting that it was dusk.

Consistency: Finally, looking at the windshield from the front, you can see that there are many lines left after wiping, but from the driver's seat, the windshield is clean.

[Edit this paragraph] Award winning record

1992 Best Original Screenplay of the 64th Oscar (Calikuli)

[Edit this paragraph] Music Album (OST)

& lt thelma and louise released the soundtrack album (OST), including 1 1 movie tracks:

1 | A part of me, a part of you-glenn frey.

2 | Wasteland-Charlie sexton

3 | Home of Hope-Tony Childs

I can't untie you from me-Grayson Hugh

5 | Better not look down-BB King

6 | Sweetheart-Kelly Willis

Kick a stone-Chris whitley

8 | Wild Night-Martha Reeves

9 | Tennessee License Plate-Charlie sexton

10 | Lucy Jordan-Song of marianne faithfull

1 1 | Thunderbird-Hans Zimmer

Here you can audition:

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The song "They Drive Two Nights" mentioned by the landlord is this one:

Lucy Jordan's Ballad

(marianne faithfull)

The morning sun shone gently on Lucy Jordan's eyes.

In her white suburban bedroom, in a white suburban town.

When she was lying under the quilt, she dreamed of a thousand lovers.

Until the world turns orange and the room starts to spin.

At the age of 37, she realized that she would never ride across Paris.

Sitting in a sports car, the warm wind blew her hair.

She sat there singing softly and kept the telephone ringing all the time.

The beautiful nursery rhymes she memorized in her father's easy chair.

Her husband went to work and the children went to school.

She has too many ways to spend the day.

She can spend hours cleaning the room or rearranging flowers.

Or streaking in the shady street, screaming all the way.

At the age of 37, she realized that she would never ride across Paris.

Sitting in a sports car, the warm wind blew her hair.

She sat there singing softly and kept the telephone ringing all the time.

The beautiful nursery rhymes she memorized in her father's easy chair.

The setting sun shone gently on Lucy Jordan's eyes.

When the laughter became too loud, she climbed onto the roof.

She bowed and curtsied to the man who held out his hand to her.

Take her to the long white car waiting in the crowd.

At the age of 37, when they rode through Paris, she knew that she had found eternity.

The warm wind blew her hair.