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1991 USA Color 128 minutes
I've had it up to my ass with sedate
Susan
Sarandon and Geena Davis play the title characters, who decide to take
a vacation away from there dreary lives. However, Louise leaves without
telling her husband Darryl (Christopher McDonald) who's puffed up with
self-importance as the district sales manager of a rug company. The
two stop at a country western bar, where Loise is almost raped by one
of the local boys.Thelma saves her by shooting the guy.
They
are convinced that no one would ever believe their story, that the only
answer for them is to run, and to hide. They have adventures along the
way, some sweet, some tragic, including a meeting with a shifty but
sexy young man named J.D. (Brad Pitt). Hal Slocumb (Harvey Keitel) is
a fed and the only person who has sympathy for the two women, even though
he is forced to chase them across the South.
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