They don't survive in this ending either, it just shows them "keep going " like Thelma said... It's meant to symbolise them carrying on being free even in death, at least that's my take on it after just watching this. Incredible movie, always leaves me in tears without fail...
Well, that's my take on it anyway. That's the beauty of it, really, it's up to everyone's interpretation; I prefer to think of it as more symbolic than literal.
Thought the same! Haven't seen this ending before, and still it feels like i have. Maybe because i know all of it without seeing it, or because this is what i felt was missing. Always thought the ending is just a tiny tiny bit abrupt. Even so, i always cries my heart out. Powerful, beautiful movie! Just like Thelma & Louise. 💜
Shortly before this movie came out, I went to a test screening. They told us about both endings, then had us vote for which ending us, the audience, would prefer. Hands down, the majority voted for T & L to just fly off the edge, and then roll credits. It was the right decision, and put this movie in legend status forever.
The problem is that the credits roll while they show clips from the film and that annoyed me a little, I was just mourning the loss of these two women and then they pop up on the screen smiling again and taking the picture etc. I wish the credits rolled on the white screen, the last image was an instant icon but it was a bit ruined by what went just after. In my opinion.
That scene where Susan Sarandon asked "You sure?" and when Harvey Keitel was looking over the cliff, clenching his jaw, disheartened that he didn't get the chance to save them. These are some true moments of acting. Surreal. It attaches itself like an emotional anchor ready to drag your tears down.
Amen I haven't saw the whole movie in about 5 years now I guess and I'm about ready to watch it again, but yet the movie is so good and then it also has this sad monotone to it as well. Shoot just watching the end and hearing the music start to play and we all know what it leads to I will say its a tearjerker for sure. One of the best movies of all time!
+Bandit Darville its really a happy ending when you think about it. When Thelma said "lets keep going" they were able to define civilization, able to go how they wanted and when they wanted. On top of all that they were able to continue their adventure together into the afterlife as they drove off in the end.... A sad ending would have been both of them sitting in a 2 by 4 cell for 25 years to life....
@@banditdarville96 Well, maybe you should see the whole movie right from the beginning to the end, in one time, once !... to get it even better !... There's nothing "monotone" in it !... It's the "Road's Time", and it has its own rythm... Of course, it does not have the rythm of "today's movies, in which you must contractually have an explosion and half a dozen violent deaths each two minutes, + a lot of computer's graphic effects... and no more good stories ! Who cares about ? Brainwashing in large scale, dude; that's what it is !...
Beautiful ending. This one spells it out while the other trusts that the audience understands that the spirit of these characters/women can't die. They're still out there - roaming the desert with the top down, free as can be.
I don't think this ending is a question of realistic-ness - it's not really an alternative plot line, but an alternative ending of the same story. They still drive off a cliff, and the women still perish in that fall, but figuratively they are still driving across the country, their friendship is still alive. That is what is meant by the last shot of the blue car driving towards the mountains.
Nothing about this movie is based in reality. A highway patrol officer wouldn't blubber like a baby when confronted with a pistol. They wouldn't send the entire staff of state and federal law enforcement, including a helicopter, after two women. The whole movie is symbolic.
Yep, I agree. All stories need to have a conclusion. You can potentially ruin a good story by adding unnecessary sequels. GTA5 brought me here btw. It's own reference have lead me to be curious of the movie.
I prefer the original one too. This story does not need a sequel. It is good enough to be seen hundred of times and every time you will discover something new on it
@@OutOfTouch_YT What crazy ways does life chose to bring you where she wants to !!... From "GTA V" to "Thelma & Louise", that's a nice story !... And more one evidence that video games (specially this one which have so much lovers, but a bunch of 'haters' too !) ARE really cultural objects too
Absolutely! Did you notice though that their symbolic men's hats blew off suddenly both together when faced with the army of police at the end? Back to being women controlled by men.
***** I realize that, but in the movie it was supposed to be Grand Canyon. It even says so in the script and Louise even exclaims it! In film, it's not unusual to substitute locations for others. For example, the early scenes were filmed in SoCal, but it was supposed to be Arkansas. Besides, Utah would've been out of their way, since they were trying to get to Mexico ASAP. The problem was, Louise wanted to avoid Texas altogether even though it was the shortest route, so they drove instead through Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona where they were finally cornered.
My sister and I used to joke about them landing in the stockyard of The Grand Canyon Fluffy Pillow Factory. Then we'd make a few wisecracks about what would happen in Thelma and Louise II. But seriously, I'm glad they went with the ending they did. It kinda took the film from "pretty good road movie" to "iconic road movie".
THIS MOVIE ALWAYS BREAKS MY HEART,AND I'VE WATCHED IT OVER A DOZEN TIME'S, I'M 76 AND A WIDOW FOR 19 YRS,WITH 2 BOYS AND I'VE LOST MY SWEET DAUGHTER TO COVID ,IN MAY OF 21 , AND I'VE ANGUISHED OVER IT , AND KNOWING THAT WOMAN ARE MENT TO CARRY ON TILL THE END,KNOW MATTER WHAT😂💕😃🥰🥳
It's not unrealistic. They died. They died real good. The shot of the car driving away is purely symbolic. It means they're still together, going forward on their adventure. Only they're dead now.
0:06-0:14 "Let's just keep going, Wayne." 0:39 "Okay, Garth." 0:55-1:06-1:20-1:34 "Hey, we don't wanna end the movie like this." "Yeah. Let's do the happy ending." "Yeah, yeah."
The name of the song is "Thunderbird"... It's a song about Thelma... It's a song about Louise... It's a song about their car... A mode of conveyance named after a mythical eternal creature, that symbolizes Freedom... That "thing" Thelma and Louise had been looking for... And, now, they have it...
I like this ending...yes, it's emotional, but to me it is fitting. T&L never set out to break the law, but they were forced to do something after their money was stolen. Harvey Keitel's character realized this and I believe that they deserved to start their lives over. In an alternate ending, Keitel's character never stopped looking for them because something inside told him that they were granted a "do-over". That's my ending.
They don't live in the alternate version, either. No one would survive driving off the Grand Canyon. More likely the car blew up when it hit bottom. The shot of them seemingly driving off the into the sunset is symbolic. In other words, in death they're finally free.
Both meaningful endings, the alternative just a bit more spiritual. This movie has gorgeous cinematography, masters of their craft actors, and Han Zimmer's magnificent score, especially the end piece of music titled Tomahawk which is absolutely mesmerizing. First saw Thelma and Louise when it was released in 1991 on the big screen. Still listening to Tomahawk in 2021! ✨
Wikipedia's description of this original ending is WRONG. It says that the car plunges down the mountainside, explodes and bursts into flames. As we can see that does NOT happen, at least not on camera.
I’m sure in that moment they last words to one another was I love you, this made me cry cause I didn’t know if they lived or died, I don’t care how much I love my best friend we ain’t jumping no damn cliffs I got kids and want to see some grandkids lol
It's a classic movie that my wife & me watch together ever couple of years. And forget our truely brilliant this film is, bring tears of laughter & sadness along the way.. its a film for men & women to follow their journey together.
I called my mom one day and asked what she was doing. She said she was watching Thelma and Louise, a movie she had never seen. She remarked how good it was, so far. We hung up and I sat and stewed about before calling her back. My mom is the type of person who only likes movies with happy endings. I knew this movie would bother her if she saw the ending. So, when I called her back, I warned her the movie does not have a happy ending. She said, "Well, forget it, then," and she switched the channel. I knew she would be heartbroken if she saw that ending. To this day, she still doesn't want to know how that movie ends.
man they really should have used this version....it hurts seeing what graet footage was wasted....beautiful cinematography and the music of course it almost braeks my heart seeing what ended up on the cutting rrom floor ,just look at 1:53....damn
Not sure how this ending was any different from the original one. It was no mystery to me they died, jumping off the Grand Canyon. This ending just made you realize it was more of a reality of their fate
In the original one, they died. No one jumps that high off the ledge in the grand canyon and survives realistically. The car would sustain severe damage once it hits the ground upon impact and they would be killed.
It wasn't the grand canyon. It's near Moab, just down the road from the potash mine along the colorado river. The drop is about 400 feet, so it makes an impression on impact.
In the original it stops "freeze frame" after the car goes off the side. We see them there in the air frozen in time. We know they died. It didn't need to be shown. In this ending they have died but their spirits live on still travelling down the road. That's my take on it.
it was a great ending. knowing that if they gave themselves up they would only have prison left and all there dreams gone.i hope they stay together where ever the end has taking them to.
I read that another reason why they stuck with the original ending is because the manikins in the car came loose and fell out of the car near the bottom of the canyon when it begins to turn upside down. It would have been too expensive to re-shoot the scene.
oh, that's fascinating. you created a postmodern ending to an already postmodern road picture. realism bedamned. it wasn't "realistic" that they could blow up that truck with one shot either. if they'd done this, it would've been debated for years. did they survive? are they dead and on their way to glory? ultimately it makes a statement about buddy pictures. why should the guys have all the lucky, narrow escapes that defy physics..? i really love this. great work!
thanks for this, i think i prefer this ending even though its not very realistic, maybe they could of done something to make them escape better, i keep thinking that the perfect ending would be them sitting on the beach in Mexico having made it like they said, but anyway, what a wonderful movie, many thanks to everyone who helped make it.
How was this not realistic to you?? They drove off a huge cliff at the Grand Cayon of course they weren't going to survive and they knew that that's why they gave each other a kiss and held hands right before they drove off the cliff they were saying their final good byes bc they knew this was it. The original ending where it just ends with them in the air is more about leaving the ending and what may of actually happened for the viewers to decide. To use their imagination where in this ending it's more realistic bc it shows that they're not escaping alive. The car passing one of the mountains before they vanish completely symbolizes them carrying on spiritually in my opinion.
here's an alternate ending: what if they flew off the cliff and then jumped from the car onto another cliff...from there they come across a mysterious opening in the cliff's wall, they go through it and it leads them to an underground passageway leading to Mexico... and then we see them take on new names and start a new life (images of them showing them getting new ID, photos etc, there is no more dialogue at this point)...the camera pans away from them as they separately go to sleep in their own home's somewhere in Mexico...the camera pans out from the outside of their homes and further, further away into space and then fades, THE END.
Mike WSA You stretch the bounds of credibility. The better ending is the final end of two great American brave women. You want Lincoln saved? And you might want to change the ending of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.
Why did they throw themselves off a cliff because they were afraid to get caught!? I don't blame Louise for what she did to that man who attacked Thelma but this movie was awesome and had girl power written all over it? I cant believe this movie is like 25 yrs old and Hanz ZImmer is the perfect choice for the soundtrack! Classic movie back in 90s
Girl Power for driving off a cliff? Really? If you shoot yourself in the head and survive are you gonna tell me Girl Power? Thank God Hilary isn't President or we'd have people like you tell every woman/girl to drive off a cliff.
they came for a good time, a holiday away from work, enroute Telma got abused, and she learnt strength, and was able to go for Brad Pitt, whom told her how to steal. When things got bad for Louise, she got her money which was stolen - one heck of an adventure considering the rapest got shot. so it wasn't their fault that the world was short of the rapest. so when they were cornered - they wanted to go south and went south futher to Mexico, but were stopped - now imagine if the cliff on the other side was Mexico and on the rock which they road off was America. Mexico = freedom/ different laws, and America is home for prison = they completed their jeourney they were forced on because of the rapest. No rape would have been a short holiday around America states for a couple of weeks before going back to work. why do you think Louise wanted the money, the emergency money from her boyfriend whom hand delivered it to her. It really is a classic and great film
yeah it is surprising 25 years ago it came out, makes me feel old after all I saw this film on TV around 1996 or I got it from a video - it was so long ago I forgot, but I never forgotten what the film is about and the wonderful sad song that matches the jumping over the cliff.
I realize it was filmed in Dead Horse Point State Park, but it was a stand-in for the Grand Canyon. The script says they drove off the Grand Canyon. The movie starts in Arkansas, through Oklahoma, New Mexico (because Louise wants to avoid Texas at all costs) and ends at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. But in reality the film was shot in California and Utah. Movies do this a lot. For example, "Moonstruck" is set in NYC, but it was filmed in Toronto.
Must be three endings to this movie then. I have this on DVD and it has the original end we all know,and as the credits roll it shows them driving off into the distance like the alternate version. I've seen similar things in other movies too, depending on what part of the world it was released in.
I thought the DeLorean was going to be there so Thelma and Louise could land on it as the car crashed down and Doc and Marty could fly them back to the day before Louise married Shooter Mcgavin to stop her from entering that controlling relationship.
Obviously they still die, but the car driving towards the mountains, I assume is like an afterlife thing. Somewhere beyond everything we know, they are free, without worry, and driving together for eternity. That's my thoughts. I prefer the one where they just drive off and roll credits though.
That is exactly what it means. Freedom in another life, another world. I love this ending and seeing Harvey Keitel express as much anger and sadness against that system that failed those women is great, but I can see why the other ending made the cut.
I have to wonder if Louise would have actually been charged with "murder" and if Thelma would have been charged with "accessory to murder" considering what happened at the truck stop. Thelma was punched in the face by a man who was attempting to rape her, and Louise shot that man to death. 1) The rapist could have easily overpowered Thelma and killed her with her own gun, had she not shot him first. 2) Considering that Thelma was battered and nearly raped by the man that Louise shot to death, that sounds like a mitigating factor in getting the accessory to murder charge thrown out.
The original ending just cut when the first went off the edge, then showed flashbacks, pic they took when they left, when they shot up Earl's truck, etc.
i mean, the last time geena davis was in a car crash that ended with the car in the water, she was married to alec baldwin and haunted by michael keaton.
They don't survive in this ending either, it just shows them "keep going " like Thelma said... It's meant to symbolise them carrying on being free even in death, at least that's my take on it after just watching this. Incredible movie, always leaves me in tears without fail...
XNancyxBoyX pretty sure in this ending they survived...
Well, that's my take on it anyway. That's the beauty of it, really, it's up to everyone's interpretation; I prefer to think of it as more symbolic than literal.
@@Caedyst Do you honestly think anyone would survive driving off into the grand Canyon?! 🤣🤣
Seriously get real!
@@TheConorsmithusa 4 years late bruh, I dont even remember typing that
Thought the same! Haven't seen this ending before, and still it feels like i have. Maybe because i know all of it without seeing it, or because this is what i felt was missing. Always thought the ending is just a tiny tiny bit abrupt. Even so, i always cries my heart out.
Powerful, beautiful movie! Just like Thelma & Louise. 💜
Shortly before this movie came out, I went to a test screening. They told us about both endings, then had us vote for which ending us, the audience, would prefer. Hands down, the majority voted for T & L to just fly off the edge, and then roll credits. It was the right decision, and put this movie in legend status forever.
The problem is that the credits roll while they show clips from the film and that annoyed me a little, I was just mourning the loss of these two women and then they pop up on the screen smiling again and taking the picture etc. I wish the credits rolled on the white screen, the last image was an instant icon but it was a bit ruined by what went just after. In my opinion.
right choice!
Boo! You ruined it with your nihilistic choice! In my world, they survive.
yeah with this ending it sounds saved by the bell is coming up next. other ending is better.
Good choice
They never surrendered !
yeah!!!
Look where that got em
daddyfathippy either that or he’s gone full circle and is now a 👶🏻
And they were damn right...!!!!
That scene where Susan Sarandon asked "You sure?" and when Harvey Keitel was looking over the cliff, clenching his jaw, disheartened that he didn't get the chance to save them. These are some true moments of acting. Surreal. It attaches itself like an emotional anchor ready to drag your tears down.
Amen I haven't saw the whole movie in about 5 years now I guess and I'm about ready to watch it again, but yet the movie is so good and then it also has this sad monotone to it as well. Shoot just watching the end and hearing the music start to play and we all know what it leads to I will say its a tearjerker for sure. One of the best movies of all time!
+Franz Ferriols Indeed!
+Bandit Darville its really a happy ending when you think about it. When Thelma said "lets keep going" they were able to define civilization, able to go how they wanted and when they wanted. On top of all that they were able to continue their adventure together into the afterlife as they drove off in the end.... A sad ending would have been both of them sitting in a 2 by 4 cell for 25 years to life....
@@banditdarville96 Well, maybe you should see the whole movie right from the beginning to the end, in one time, once !... to get it even better !... There's nothing "monotone" in it !... It's the "Road's Time", and it has its own rythm... Of course, it does not have the rythm of "today's movies, in which you must contractually have an explosion and half a dozen violent deaths each two minutes, + a lot of computer's graphic effects... and no more good stories ! Who cares about ? Brainwashing in large scale, dude; that's what it is !...
I know it’s supposed to be a feminist story, but Harvey made the whole movie for me. The best scenes had him in it.
Beautiful ending. This one spells it out while the other trusts that the audience understands that the spirit of these characters/women can't die. They're still out there - roaming the desert with the top down, free as can be.
I don't think this ending is a question of realistic-ness - it's not really an alternative plot line, but an alternative ending of the same story. They still drive off a cliff, and the women still perish in that fall, but figuratively they are still driving across the country, their friendship is still alive. That is what is meant by the last shot of the blue car driving towards the mountains.
They are off to that big highway in the sky
ZarrinParisa18
Yes, now its time a sequel
@@JasonJones-nf6gl Thelma and Louise: The early years... God forbid!
Nothing about this movie is based in reality. A highway patrol officer wouldn't blubber like a baby when confronted with a pistol. They wouldn't send the entire staff of state and federal law enforcement, including a helicopter, after two women. The whole movie is symbolic.
You got it.
Nowadays they would have let them survive just to make a sequel out of it!
Yep, I agree. All stories need to have a conclusion. You can potentially ruin a good story by adding unnecessary sequels.
GTA5 brought me here btw. It's own reference have lead me to be curious of the movie.
I prefer the original one too. This story does not need a sequel. It is good enough to be seen hundred of times and every time you will discover something new on it
Exactly. Movies back then were about making quality movies, now it’s all about making more money. Sequels that have forced bad plo.
@@OutOfTouch_YT What crazy ways does life chose to bring you where she wants to !!... From "GTA V" to "Thelma & Louise", that's a nice story !... And more one evidence that video games (specially this one which have so much lovers, but a bunch of 'haters' too !) ARE really cultural objects too
@@harpodos Right. I would even say that this story CANNOT have a sequel !... Or in Heaven, maybe ?!...
I loved how confident they became the longer they stayed on the road!
Absolutely! Did you notice though that their symbolic men's hats blew off suddenly both together when faced with the army of police at the end? Back to being women controlled by men.
@@vmm5163 : Damn, that was deep.
Iconic.... Let's face it, when two women are going on a road trip what's the first thing that comes to mind... Thelma and Louise
😊❤️
why nobody talking about the background music, it was spot on!
Thunderbird by Hans Zimmer
I did...'Pete Haycock'..guitar..Hans Zimmer..Thunderbird
really beautiful
I think Thelma and Louise has one of the best soundtracks ever.
i was kinda hoping they survived the fall, but after seeing how far the fell in this video, im guessing they crunched
I don't think anyone would survive jumping or driving off the Grand Canyon.
***** I realize that, but in the movie it was supposed to be Grand Canyon. It even says so in the script and Louise even exclaims it! In film, it's not unusual to substitute locations for others. For example, the early scenes were filmed in SoCal, but it was supposed to be Arkansas.
Besides, Utah would've been out of their way, since they were trying to get to Mexico ASAP. The problem was, Louise wanted to avoid Texas altogether even though it was the shortest route, so they drove instead through Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona where they were finally cornered.
+Roger B no shit we can read the end movie credits. Lol..
Even if there was a lake to jump into, several hundred feet into water is death.
musicaltheatergeek79 except Wile E. Coyote
My sister and I used to joke about them landing in the stockyard of The Grand Canyon Fluffy Pillow Factory. Then we'd make a few wisecracks about what would happen in Thelma and Louise II.
But seriously, I'm glad they went with the ending they did. It kinda took the film from "pretty good road movie" to "iconic road movie".
I love the fluffy pillow idea X I'm going with that plan...sniffle :(
L.O.L
The shot where they continue to drive would be great as a post credit scene to the original ending.
Yeah, I like that idea.
THIS MOVIE ALWAYS BREAKS MY HEART,AND I'VE WATCHED IT OVER A DOZEN TIME'S, I'M 76 AND A WIDOW FOR 19 YRS,WITH 2 BOYS AND I'VE LOST MY SWEET DAUGHTER TO COVID ,IN MAY OF 21 , AND I'VE ANGUISHED OVER IT , AND KNOWING THAT WOMAN ARE MENT TO CARRY ON TILL THE END,KNOW MATTER WHAT😂💕😃🥰🥳
THE ACTORS ARE SO GREAT, LIKE HAVING A FRIENDSHIP LIKE THESE TWO HAD ,WITH TRUST AND LOVE TILL THE END.
So sorry for your loss.
It's not unrealistic. They died. They died real good. The shot of the car driving away is purely symbolic. It means they're still together, going forward on their adventure. Only they're dead now.
Dante Glez yes finally someone who gets it! so many people are asking did they live? umm duh no the drop alone would kill you!
Dante Glez I like to think that somewhere down Afterlife Road Jimmy is waiting for them.
Mic Mac exactly
that's too deep for the general public... original is better
"they died, they died real good" omg I'm crackling 😂
None of this woulda happened if JD didn't take their money.
And if that guy didn’t try to rape Thelma
You missed something in the movie. Rape. I’d shoot the SOB too.
and if the policeman is Clinst Eastwood the bad guy would be considered as suicide and the 2 women are out of troubles, like in movie Sudden impact
At least she got to “do” Brad Pitt!
or Harlan didn't try to rape Thelma. But then the movie wouldn't exist.
I love the soundtrack
0:06-0:14 "Let's just keep going, Wayne."
0:39 "Okay, Garth." 0:55-1:06-1:20-1:34 "Hey, we don't wanna end the movie like this."
"Yeah. Let's do the happy ending."
"Yeah, yeah."
The name of the song is "Thunderbird"...
It's a song about Thelma...
It's a song about Louise...
It's a song about their car... A mode of conveyance named after a mythical eternal creature, that symbolizes Freedom...
That "thing" Thelma and Louise had been looking for...
And, now, they have it...
I like this ending...yes, it's emotional, but to me it is fitting. T&L never set out to break the law, but they were forced to do something after their money was stolen. Harvey Keitel's character realized this and I believe that they deserved to start their lives over. In an alternate ending, Keitel's character never stopped looking for them because something inside told him that they were granted a "do-over". That's my ending.
Mary Hill That is so insightful. I would have never figured that out on my own.
well, it all started when Thelma got raped...
OMG. I just started crying so hard!!! I need to watch that movie again.
They don't live in the alternate version, either. No one would survive driving off the Grand Canyon. More likely the car blew up when it hit bottom. The shot of them seemingly driving off the into the sunset is symbolic. In other words, in death they're finally free.
This is very emotional too but I'm glad they sticked with the original ending.
+Snitsky9 this is the original ending
+Brenda Waynick What makes you say that?
cause I'm evidently a dumb ass, lol.
I got caught up in how much I love the movie and I was drunk.
The past of stick is stuck. Just FYI.
Both meaningful endings, the alternative just a bit more spiritual. This movie has gorgeous cinematography, masters of their craft actors, and Han Zimmer's magnificent score, especially the end piece of music titled Tomahawk which is absolutely mesmerizing. First saw Thelma and Louise when it was released in 1991 on the big screen. Still listening to Tomahawk in 2021! ✨
Wikipedia's description of this original ending is WRONG. It says that the car plunges down the mountainside, explodes and bursts into flames. As we can see that does NOT happen, at least not on camera.
Because see that the car explodes will be dissapointing because we will know that thelma and louise died
Never seen the movie but even so I love this track, truly wonderful.
I’m sure in that moment they last words to one another was I love you, this made me cry cause I didn’t know if they lived or died, I don’t care how much I love my best friend we ain’t jumping no damn cliffs I got kids and want to see some grandkids lol
Perfect ending to a wonderful movie experience!! A true classic!!
"Keep Going!"
"You sure?"
" Yeah!"
❤️🕊❤️
The song sounds similar to the music in the animated Disney Hercules film
When women choir started I thought of lion King
The sight of the car in mid-air STILL grips me
It's a classic movie that my wife & me watch together ever couple of years. And forget our truely brilliant this film is, bring tears of laughter & sadness along the way.. its a film for men & women to follow their journey together.
I called my mom one day and asked what she was doing. She said she was watching Thelma and Louise, a movie she had never seen. She remarked how good it was, so far. We hung up and I sat and stewed about before calling her back. My mom is the type of person who only likes movies with happy endings. I knew this movie would bother her if she saw the ending. So, when I called her back, I warned her the movie does not have a happy ending. She said, "Well, forget it, then," and she switched the channel. I knew she would be heartbroken if she saw that ending. To this day, she still doesn't want to know how that movie ends.
They should have parked the Thunderbird then jumped out of respect. That car was a classic in 91!
man they really should have used this version....it hurts seeing what graet footage was wasted....beautiful cinematography and the music of course
it almost braeks my heart seeing what ended up on the cutting rrom floor ,just look at 1:53....damn
schlontz84
schlontz84 agreed! such a waste of good footage.
Whether it was the actual or alternate ending "Thelma and Louise" would still be a classic.
Not sure how this ending was any different from the original one. It was no mystery to me they died, jumping off the Grand Canyon. This ending just made you realize it was more of a reality of their fate
In the original one, they died. No one jumps that high off the ledge in the grand canyon and survives realistically. The car would sustain severe damage once it hits the ground upon impact and they would be killed.
It wasn't the grand canyon. It's near Moab, just down the road from the potash mine along the colorado river. The drop is about 400 feet, so it makes an impression on impact.
In the original it stops "freeze frame" after the car goes off the side. We see them there in the air frozen in time. We know they died. It didn't need to be shown. In this ending they have died but their spirits live on still travelling down the road. That's my take on it.
they still die here, but as SpinSpin2020 said their spirits live on driving, they are now free.
Panda42 I beg your pardon. The coyote fell off a cliff that was as high as that one. It doesn't make since, I know, but he always survives. SO THERE!
I think the original ending was perfect. Though I was 11 years old when it came out, at that age, I thought they survived 🤣
it was a great ending. knowing that if they gave themselves up they would only have prison left and all there dreams gone.i hope they stay together where ever the end has taking them to.
Excelente película y música genial de Hans Zimmer´s
thanks for posting this...
yh that's fair enough man, end of the day i love this film no matter what the ending is, truly beautiful movie.
Happy 60th birthday Geena Davis.
I love this song.
was that a parachute I saw ha ha
ray chi yes thank God it opened or that would have been a scene to die for.
I read that another reason why they stuck with the original ending is because the manikins in the car came loose and fell out of the car near the bottom of the canyon when it begins to turn upside down. It would have been too expensive to re-shoot the scene.
Brian O'Kongkohr v vvvv. Vc CVV vvdf
Love this film .. proper classic
One of the best movie i've ever seen
Might be an unpopular opinion, but I always preferred this ending.
That's a very good scene. The last decision of two free women....!!!!
I like this ending better than the original
Wow, this version of the ending is great too. Anyway, this movie is a masterpiece.
oh, that's fascinating. you created a postmodern ending to an already postmodern road picture. realism bedamned. it wasn't "realistic" that they could blow up that truck with one shot either. if they'd done this, it would've been debated for years. did they survive? are they dead and on their way to glory? ultimately it makes a statement about buddy pictures. why should the guys have all the lucky, narrow escapes that defy physics..? i really love this. great work!
Lol they might as well also show the fucking film crew packing up too.
thanks for this, i think i prefer this ending even though its not very realistic, maybe they could of done something to make them escape better, i keep thinking that the perfect ending would be them sitting on the beach in Mexico having made it like they said, but anyway, what a wonderful movie, many thanks to everyone who helped make it.
How was this not realistic to you?? They drove off a huge cliff at the Grand Cayon of course they weren't going to survive and they knew that that's why they gave each other a kiss and held hands right before they drove off the cliff they were saying their final good byes bc they knew this was it. The original ending where it just ends with them in the air is more about leaving the ending and what may of actually happened for the viewers to decide. To use their imagination where in this ending it's more realistic bc it shows that they're not escaping alive. The car passing one of the mountains before they vanish completely symbolizes them carrying on spiritually in my opinion.
Me Encanta La MUSICA ,Emociona de VERDAD!!!😅
here's an alternate ending: what if they flew off the cliff and then jumped from the car onto another cliff...from there they come across a mysterious opening in the cliff's wall, they go through it and it leads them to an underground passageway leading to Mexico... and then we see them take on new names and start a new life (images of them showing them getting new ID, photos etc, there is no more dialogue at this point)...the camera pans away from them as they separately go to sleep in their own home's somewhere in Mexico...the camera pans out from the outside of their homes and further, further away into space and then fades, THE END.
Ahhhh....yeaaah, That could have happened!!?????
How about THE END??? That would be even more appropriate
Mike WSA You stretch the bounds of credibility. The better ending is the final end of two great American brave women. You want Lincoln saved? And you might want to change the ending of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.
Mike WSA kinda like the creepy school bus
I just wanna know how they filmed this scene
Actually liked this ending.
Why did they throw themselves off a cliff because they were afraid to get caught!? I don't blame Louise for what she did to that man who attacked Thelma but this movie was awesome and had girl power written all over it? I cant believe this movie is like 25 yrs old and Hanz ZImmer is the perfect choice for the soundtrack! Classic movie back in 90s
Girl Power for driving off a cliff? Really? If you shoot yourself in the head and survive
are you gonna tell me Girl Power? Thank God Hilary isn't President or we'd have people
like you tell every woman/girl to drive off a cliff.
they came for a good time, a holiday away from work, enroute Telma got abused, and she learnt strength, and was able to go for Brad Pitt, whom told her how to steal. When things got bad for Louise, she got her money which was stolen - one heck of an adventure considering the rapest got shot. so it wasn't their fault that the world was short of the rapest. so when they were cornered - they wanted to go south and went south futher to Mexico, but were stopped - now imagine if the cliff on the other side was Mexico and on the rock which they road off was America. Mexico = freedom/ different laws, and America is home for prison = they completed their jeourney they were forced on because of the rapest. No rape would have been a short holiday around America states for a couple of weeks before going back to work.
why do you think Louise wanted the money, the emergency money from her boyfriend whom hand delivered it to her.
It really is a classic and great film
yeah it is surprising 25 years ago it came out, makes me feel old after all I saw this film on TV around 1996 or I got it from a video - it was so long ago I forgot, but I never forgotten what the film is about and the wonderful sad song that matches the jumping over the cliff.
yes i agree
Because FUCK THE POLICE, you aren't taking me alive. That's why they drove off. Not too hard to figure out.
Now thats gangsta! Didnt let those pigs take em alive!
um wow... how ignorant META. pigs are what some of us call police, that term has been around for many years.
Loser. Get a life.
META loser
META idiot
META moron 🙂
Scammers NEVER die...
I like this ending better.
aWFULLY LIKE LIFE, THERE' S NOT ALWAYS HAPPY ENDING, BUT WE'VE LOVED THESE WOMEN FOR THEIR COURAGE, THEIR MADNESS AND THEIR LOVE FOR LIFE!!!
This is a great movie from beginning to end
Amazing song very nice
I knew it!! They made it to Mexico! Margarita's by the sea!!!
I love
It the way they made it to begin with over this one ❤️
A sequel with Thelma and Louise in Prison would have been Great ! A Shaw Shank Redemption type with Thelma and Louise !!!!
Happy Ending! They made it across! Maybe before the credits roll, as they drive off into the sunset it should say "The End???"
Your Right, Fantastic movie
I really love the music from this movie
I love this movie
If this was a Fast and Furious movie they would have landed on the ground without a scratch
Both of them ladies was ready to die and a happy and free women, now we know the meaning of ride or die
I love this music
I realize it was filmed in Dead Horse Point State Park, but it was a stand-in for the Grand Canyon. The script says they drove off the Grand Canyon. The movie starts in Arkansas, through Oklahoma, New Mexico (because Louise wants to avoid Texas at all costs) and ends at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. But in reality the film was shot in California and Utah.
Movies do this a lot. For example, "Moonstruck" is set in NYC, but it was filmed in Toronto.
I'm bawling and it's 4a.m 😭😭😭
Must be three endings to this movie then. I have this on DVD and it has the original end we all know,and as the credits roll it shows them driving off into the distance like the alternate version.
I've seen similar things in other movies too, depending on what part of the world it was released in.
First 1.15 is the definition of melancholia for me.
Lol, at 1:20 we can see some guys with cowboy hats on them, and in 1:23 no hats at all!
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I thought the DeLorean was going to be there so Thelma and Louise could land on it as the car crashed down and Doc and Marty could fly them back to the day before Louise married Shooter Mcgavin to stop her from entering that controlling relationship.
Amazing scene
Obviously they still die, but the car driving towards the mountains, I assume is like an afterlife thing. Somewhere beyond everything we know, they are free, without worry, and driving together for eternity. That's my thoughts.
I prefer the one where they just drive off and roll credits though.
That is exactly what it means. Freedom in another life, another world. I love this ending and seeing Harvey Keitel express as much anger and sadness against that system that failed those women is great, but I can see why the other ending made the cut.
2:05 better make some room girls! that helicopter is running down with you!
I want the ending where the car blows up
I have to wonder if Louise would have actually been charged with "murder" and if Thelma would have been charged with "accessory to murder" considering what happened at the truck stop. Thelma was punched in the face by a man who was attempting to rape her, and Louise shot that man to death. 1) The rapist could have easily overpowered Thelma and killed her with her own gun, had she not shot him first. 2) Considering that Thelma was battered and nearly raped by the man that Louise shot to death, that sounds like a mitigating factor in getting the accessory to murder charge thrown out.
This was the actual ending though? Wot was the other ending? Only ever seen of this official ending of such an iconic movie!
The original ending just cut when the first went off the edge, then showed flashbacks, pic they took when they left, when they shot up Earl's truck, etc.
quel film sublime un grand film les deux actrices belles comme la vie !!!!!!! bravo
Something's crossed over in me. I can't go back.
What is the name of that great Song???????
Como se llama.la canción que se escucha en los créditos xfis
WOW! I like it!
Interesting. The ending with the movie was the better choice, it was about them. Here it isn't just about them,
Now, they could have had that car end in the water, and the women miraculously survive and get away. I'd have liked that.
i mean, the last time geena davis was in a car crash that ended with the car in the water, she was married to alec baldwin and haunted by michael keaton.
I get so sad. Best movie ever
Is that in Arizona???? I cannot remember the movie
I'm actually glad it didn't end this way..
Basically they still died.😆
They still died regardless but the original ending left it for our imaginations where this ending doesn't.
GREAT!!!!