Thelma & Louise (1991)
Directed by Ridley Scott
Two friends leave their Arkansas home for a weekend at a mountain cabin, and one night at a roadhouse turns the trip into a flight west across Oklahoma and the Southwest.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Home town (diner and Thelma's house)≈ 00:01:00ArkansasStated on screen
Louise, a diner waitress, picks up Thelma, who sneaks away from her controlling husband for a weekend in the mountains.
- 2Silver Bullet roadhouse, Arkansas (fictional)≈ 00:10:00InferredFictional
They stop for a drink at a honky-tonk, and a man's assault in the parking lot ends with Louise shooting him.
- 3Motel≈ 00:40:00Oklahoma City, OklahomaStated on screen
Louise collects her savings wired to Oklahoma City, and the hitchhiker J.D. spends the night with Thelma and steals the money.
- 4Convenience store≈ 01:03:00Oklahoma City, OklahomaInferred
- 5Highway stop≈ 01:22:00New MexicoStated on screen
- 6Desert highway≈ 01:38:00ArizonaInferred
- 7Grand Canyon, Arizona≈ 02:00:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,992 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 7
- Car: 1,992 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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