Thelma & Louise

THELMA & LOUISE


by

Callie Khouri


INT. RESTAURANT - MORNING (PRESENT DAY)

LOUISE is a waitress in a coffee shop. She is in her
early-thirties, but too old to be doing this. She is very
pretty and meticulously groomed, even at the end of her
shift. She is slamming dirty coffee cups from the counter into a bus tray underneath the counter. It is making a lot of racket, which she is oblivious to. There is
country muzak in the background, which she hums along with.


INT. THELMA'S KITCHEN - MORNING

THELMA is a housewife. It's morning and she is slamming
coffee cups from the breakfast table into the kitchen
sink, which is full of dirty breakfast dishes and some
stuff left from last night's dinner which had to "soak".
She is still in her nightgown. The TV is on in the background.
From the kitchen, we can see an incomplete wallpapering
project going on in the dining room, an obvious wallpapering by Thelma.


INT. RESTAURANT - MORNING

Louise goes to the pay phone and dials a number.


INT. THELMA'S KITCHEN - MORNING

Phone RINGS. Thelma goes over to answer it.

THELMA
(hollering)
I got it! Hello.


INT. RESTAURANT - MORNING

LOUISE
(at pay phone)
I hope you're packed, little
housewife, 'cause we are outta here
tonight.


INT. THELMA'S KITCHEN - MORNING

THELMA
Well, wait now. I still have to ask
Darryl if I can go.

LOUISE
You mean you haven't asked him yet?
For Christ sake, Thelma, is he your
husband or your father? It's just
two days. For God's sake, Thelma.
Don't be a child. Just tell him
you're goin' with me, for cryin' out
loud. Tell him I'm havin' a nervous
breakdown
.

Thelma has the phone tucked under her chin, as she cuts
out coupons from the newspaper and pins them on a bulletin
board already covered with them. We see various recipes
torn out from women's magazines along the lines of "101
Ways to Cook Pork."

THELMA
He already thinks you're out of your
mind
, Louise, that don't carry much
weight
with Darryl. Are you at
work?

LOUISE
No, I'm callin' from the Playboy
Mansion.

THELMA
I'll call you right back.

Thelma goes through the living room to the bottom of the
stairs and leans on the bannister.

THELMA
Darryl! Honey, you'd better hurry
up.

DARRYL comes trotting down the stairs. Polyester was made
for this man, and he's dripping in "men's" jewelry.

DARRYL
Damnit, Thelma, don't holler like
that! Haven't I told you I can't
stand it when you holler in the
morning.

THELMA
I'm sorry, Doll, I just didn't want
you to be late.

Darryl is checking himself out in the hall mirror, and
it's obvious he likes what he sees. He exudes over-
confidence for reasons that never become apparent. He
likes to think of himself as a real lady killer.

He is making imperceptible adjustments to his over-moussed hair. Thelma watches approvingly.

THELMA
Hon.

DARRYL
What.

THELMA
(she decides not to
tell him)
Have a good day at work today.

DARRYL
Uh-huh.

THELMA
Hon?

DARRYL
What?!

THELMA
You want anything special for
dinner?

DARRYL
No, Thelma, I don't give a shit what
we have for dinner. I may not even
make it home for dinner. You know
how Fridays are.

THELMA
Funny how so many people wanna buy
carpet on a Friday night. You'd
almost think they's want to forget
about it for the weekend.

DARRYL
Well then, it's a good thing you're
not regional manager and I am.

He's finally ready. He walks to the door and gives Thelma
the most perfunctory kiss on the cheek.

THELMA
'Bye, honey. I won't wait up.

DARRYL
See ya.

Darryl leaves. We see his Corvette parked out front. As
he closes the front door, Thelma leans against it.

THELMA
He's gonna shit.

Thelma laughs to herself. She goes back into the kitchen
and picks up the phone and dials it.


INT. RESTAURANT - MORNING

The pay phone on the wall RINGS. ALBERT, a busboy in his
50's, answers.

ALBERT
Good morning. Why, yes, she is. Is
this Thelma? Oh, Thelma, when you
gonna run away with me?

Louise comes over and takes the phone out of his hand.

LOUISE
(to Albert)
Not this weekend, sweetie, she's
runnin' away with me.
(into phone)
Hi. What'd he say?

THELMA
What time are you gonna pick me up?

LOUISE
You're kiddin'! Alright! I'll be
there around two or three.

THELMA
What kind of stuff do I bring?

LOUISE
I don't know. Warm stuff, I guess.
It's the mountains. I guess it gets
cold at night. I'm just gonna bring
everything.

THELMA
Okay. I will, too.

LOUISE
And steal Darryl's fishin' stuff.

THELMA
I don't know how to fish, Louise.

LOUISE
Neither do I, Thelma, but Darryl
does it, how hard can it be? I'll
see you later. Be ready.

They both hang up.


EXT. RESTAURANT - DAY

Louise pulls out in a green '66 T-Bird in mint condition.


INT. THELMA'S BEDROOM - CLOSEUP - SUITCASE ON BED - DAY

Going into the suitcase is bathing suits, wool socks,
flannel pajamas, jeans, sweaters, T-shirts, a couple of
dresses, way too much stuff for a two-day trip. REVEAL
Thelma, standing in front of a closet, trying to decide
what else to bring, as if she's forgotten something. The
room looks like it was decorated entirely from a Sears
catalog. It's really frilly.


INT. LOUISE'S BEDROOM - CLOSEUP - SUITCASE ON BED - DAY

A perfectly ordered suitcase, everything neatly folded and
orderly. Three pairs of underwear, one pair of long
underwear, two pairs of pants, two sweaters, one furry
robe, one nightgown. She could be packing for camp.
REVEAL Louise. Her room is as orderly as the suitcase.
Everything matches. It's not quite as frilly as Thelma's,
but it is of the same ilk. She is debating whether to
take an extra pair of socks. She decides not to and
closes the suitcase. She goes to the phone, picks it up
and dials. We hear:

ANSWERING MACHINE
Hi. This is Jimmy. I'm not here
right now, but I'll probably be back
'cause... all my stuff's here.
Leave a message.

Louise slams down the phone. A framed picture of Louise
and Jimmy sits on the table next to the phone. She
slams that face down, too.


INT. THELMA'S BEDROOM - DAY

Thelma is still throwing stuff in, randomly now. She
talks to herself quietly the whole time.

She is taking stuff off of her nightstand, a small clock, fingernail scissors, etc.

She opens the drawer of her nightstand. Her attitude is
purposeful; she looks as if she knows exactly what she's
doing; although, frankly, she has no idea, and each
decision is completely arbitrary. As she rifles through
it, plucking various items from among the jumbled
contents, we see there is a gun in there, one Darryl
bought her for protection. It is unloaded, but there is a
box of bullets. She picks up the gun like it's a rat by
the tail and puts it in her purse.

THELMA
(muttering to
herself)
Psycho killers...

She grabs the box of bullets and throws them in, too. She
tries to close her suitcase, but there is stuff hanging
out all over the place. She stuffs things back in the
sides and heaves all her weight against the top.


EXT. THELMA'S HOUSE - DAY

Louise's green '66 T-Bird convertible pulls into the
driveway of Thelma's house. The garage door goes up and
Thelma is standing in the garage with all her gear. A
suitcase that looks like it might explode, fishing gear, a
cooler, a lantern. Thelma's car, a beat-up gray Honda, is
parked in there, too. Louise gets out of the driver's
seat.

LOUISE
We don't need the lantern. The
place has electricity.

THELMA
I wanna take it anyway. Just in
case.

LOUISE
In case of what?

THELMA
In case there's some escaped psycho
killer on the loose, who cuts the
electricity off and tries to come in
and kill us.

LOUISE
(going along with
her)
Oh yeah, sure, Thelma, that lantern
will come in real handy. Maybe we
could tow your car behind, in case
he steals the spark plugs.

THELMA
We'd have to. That thing barely
makes it down the driveway.

They load everything into the car. The trunk barely
closes. Thelma heaves all her weight against it. They
get into the car and pull out of the driveway. As they
drive down the street, we hear Thelma let out a long howl. She is laughing and she sticks her arms straight up in the
air.


VOCABULARY

adjustment - dostosowywanie
bannister - poręcz
beat-up - poobijany
bullet - kula, pocisk
carry much weight - mieć znaczenie
come in handy - przydawac się, byc użytecznym
convertible - samochód ze składanym dachem
cooler - chłodziarka, chłodnica
drip - kapać, ociekać
fold - składać (np. ubranie)
frilly - nadmiernie udekorowany, z falbankami
gear - tu: rynsztunek, ekwipunek
groomed - zadbany
heave (heaved, hove/ heaved/hove) - unosić, dźwigać, podnosić I rzucać
holler - wrzeszczec
howl - skowyt, skowytać
hum - nucić
I don't give a shit - gówno mnie obchodzi
imperceptible - niedostrzegalny
in mint condition - w bardzo dobrym stanie
jumble - bałagan; robić zamęt, bałagan; jumbled - pomieszane; w nieładzie
lady killer - podrywacz, pożeracz damskich serc
lantern - świetlik
meticulously - skrupulatnie
mutter - mamrotać
neatly - schludnie, starannie
nervous breakdown- załamanie nerwowe
nightgown- koszula nocna
nightstand- stolik nocny
of the same ilk- tego samego rodzaju
orderly - w sposób uporządkowany
(to be) out of one’s mind- byc wściekłym
over-moussed - nadmiernie nasmarowane pianką; mousse- pianka do układania włosów
perfunctory- powierzchowny
pick sb up- tu: odebrać kogoś, przyjechać po kogoś
pluck-wyrywac, zrywać
pull out - wyjeżdżać z miejsca postoju
racket - podnosic wrzawę
randomly - przypadkowo
rifle through- przeszukiwać, szukac
robe- szlafrok
slam down - trzaskać, rzucać z trzaskiem, odkładać z trzaskiem
slam- traskać, rzucać z trzaskiem
soak- namoczyć się, nasiąkać
tow- holować
trunk - bagażnik (US)
tuck- wkładać, utykać, wtłaczać
unloaded- nienaładowany
wait up- nie spać czekając na kogoś
wallpapering- tapetowanie


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