Μύ Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis set off on a road trip movie that has become a legend. This new special edition DVD release reflects both its status and the positive experience it was for those involved in making it.
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Picture The seemingly endless vistas captured by Ridley Scott transfer onto DVD with bright colours in a clean fresh image.
Sound Apparently "Thelma & Louise" is Hans Zimmer's personal favourite score. He'll likely be pleased with the excellent 5.1 reworking it gets for the DVD.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Audio Commentary One As with Ridley Scott's other commentaries, he's very methodical, and manages to cover every angle on the film making process. He begins with a short history of his career from his Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ days, into directing adverts, and then onto making motion pictures. By the time "Thelma & Louise" came to him, he was keen to break away from the perception that he mainly did fantasy films, and wanted to get right into a character-driven project. The studios weren't so keen on the concept, though, with one exec famously saying to him, "What is this about, two bitches in a car?" Backing finally came from MGM/UA, and for Ridley this turned out to be the project he's enjoyed filming most.
Audio Commentary Two Stars of the film Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon join screenwriter Callie Khouri for an often light-hearted commentary that suggests this movie was quite a bonding experience for all involved. Khouri admits to being too embarrassed to discuss with anyone that she was working on a script because, "Every person you meet here [Los Angeles] is writing a screenplay." The idea came to her like a bolt of lightning, and three months later she had a script to show for it.
The Last Journey This is an hour-long documentary on the making of the film, from script to final execution. When the story idea came to Callie Khouri, she was producing music videos. Despite some cuts and the consolidation of some scenes, she seems to be happy with the finished result and Scott's direction. The end of the film was a hot potato, though, and while the studio was keen to find an alternative, it couldn't come up with a better one, so in the end they just ran with it.
Alternate Ending Don't worry, we haven't gone mad, a different ending wasn't shot, but as you'll see from this clip - with commentary from Scott - there was an alternate edit of the final scene, that perhaps just went a little too far.
Over the Edge Here's the end scene once again, but with the option of watching a storyboard comparison, or storyboard only.
Additional Special Features Also on the DVD are eight deleted scenes, one of which features a good performance from Brad Pitt. Plus there's an original featurette, a home video preview (MGM was keen to celebrate the only decent movie it made in 1991!), a music video, trailer and three TV spots, and a photo gallery.
Region: 2
Chapters: 32
Ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic)
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Technical Features: Scene selection, animated menus, multiple language subtitles, and English captions for the hearing impaired.
This DVD was reviewed on a JVC XV-S57 DVD player.
