by Becky Aikman
Cutthroat Island, 256
Dallas, 138
Damon, Matt, 215
Dangerous Liaisons, 71, 79
Danton, Steve, 177, 196, 220
date rape, 248
David, Larry, 17
Davis, Bette, 6
Davis, Geena, 76–77, 94, 96, 101–5, 107–8, 109–13, 116–18, 119, 210, 215
and casting of J.D., 140–43
early life of, 109–10
in filming, 144–47, 154, 156–60, 163, 164, 174, 175–79, 184–85, 186–93, 196, 199–204, 208–9, 211–15, 217, 218–23, 226, 239
Khouri and, 76–77, 145
life after Thelma & Louise, 256–57
McDonald and, 130–31, 163, 172
movie industry and, 257, 263–64
Oscar night and, 267–70
and reactions to film, 243, 245–46, 248–50, 252
salary of, 124
Days of Thunder, 74
Dead Calm, 90
Dead Horse Point, 125, 217, 219–21
Dead Man Walking, 258
Dean, Lisa, 194, 198
Decline of Western Civilization, The, 38
Deer Hunter, The, 25
DeFreitas, Tracy, 196
Delta House, 79
Demme, Jonathan, 79, 93, 268
De Mornay, Rebecca, 96
Denby, David, 243
De Niro, Robert, 140
De Palma, Brian, 22, 246–47
Depardieu, Gérard, 225
Desperately Seeking Susan, 35
D-girls, 71–72, 80, 82
Die Hard 2, 246
Dietrich, Marlene, 20
DiGiaimo, Lou, 104, 126–33, 137, 138, 140, 141, 143, 210
Directors Guild, 19
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 255
Doctor, The, 262
Doll’s House, A (Ibsen), 266
Donner, Lauren Shuler, 37, 40, 92
Donner, Richard, 91–92, 98
Don’t Look Now, 179
Douglas, Michael, 73, 95, 225
Downey, Robert, Jr., 141, 142
Driving Miss Daisy, 150
Drugstore Cowboy, 137
Duellists, The, 63, 128, 148
Dunham, Lena, 34
Duvall, Robert, 269
Dworkin, Andrea, 245
Earth Girls Are Easy, 245
Eastwood, Clint, 18, 23, 112, 215
Easy Rider, 21, 50
Ebert, Roger, 99, 243
Eidenberg, David, 77, 94, 101, 257
Elizondo, Hector, 128
Elliott, Sam, 128
Ephron, Nora, 39
Equal Rights Amendment, 48
E.T., 39
Fabulous Baker Boys, The, 149
Facts of Life, The, 138
Faithfull, Marianne, 228
Fandango, 90
Farenheit 451, 225
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 38, 130
Fatal Attraction, 71
Father of the Bride, 262
feminism, 242, 244–45, 248–51
Ferraro, Geraldine, 48
Feury, Peggy, 16
Field, Sally, 25
film industry, see movie industry
Fincher, David, 28
Fisher King, The, 269
Flagg, Fannie, 262
Fletch, 111
Fly, The, 111, 112
Fonda, Jane, 22–25, 27, 32, 48, 65, 95, 265
Ford, Harrison, 18, 49, 66
Ford, John, 88, 124, 199
Forster, Robert, 128
Fossil Point, 220
Foster, Greg, 81, 206–7, 214, 233–37, 239, 251, 260–61, 269
Foster, Jodie, 3, 5, 68, 77–80, 93, 96, 104, 262, 268
1492: Conquest of Paradise, 225, 255–56
Fox, 73, 83
Franklin, Aretha, 266
Frazier, Carrie, 40, 95–96
Free Willy, 258
French Connection, The, 22, 104
Frewer, Matt, 130
Frey, Glenn, 228
Fried Green Tomatoes, 262
Friedkin, William, 22, 23, 127
Frozen, 264
Funicello, Joe, 68
Funny Girl, 23
Garbo, Greta, 20
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, 263
Genial Pictures, 256
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Loos), 20
Gerber, Bill, 80
Gerber Products Company, 62
Gere, Richard, 5, 139, 247
Gibson, Mel, 5, 68, 83, 260
Giger, H. R., 64
G.I. Jane, 204, 255
Girlfriends, 34
Gladiator, 255, 260
Glenn, Scott, 128, 140
Godfather, The, 22, 104, 112–13, 126
Goldberg, Whoopi, 95
Goldblum, Jeff, 111, 130, 193
Golden Globes, 269
Goldstein, Brett, 104, 105, 107, 127, 138, 156–57, 211
Good Wife, The, 256
Graduate, The, 21, 23
Grand Canyon, 11, 45, 121–25
Grand Canyon, 269
Grease 2, 130
Griffith, D. W., 19
Groundhog Day, 259
Gyllenhaal, Maggie, 265
Haber, Ken, 121–25, 201
Haines, Randa, 39, 262
Hallström, Lasse, 254
Hamilton, Linda, 49, 262
Hanks, Tom, 38
Hannah, Daryl, 66, 96
Happy Gilmore, 259
Hard, Fast and Beautiful, 20
Hardbodies, 149
Hardwicke, Catherine, 265
Harlem Nights, 246
Harlin, Rennie, 256
Harlow, Jean, 20
Hart, Bonnie Blackburn, 4
Hawks, Howard, 20, 100
Hawn, Goldie, 80, 97–98, 100, 108, 233
Haycock, Pete, 230–31
Head Over Heels, 34
Heartbreak Kid, The, 23
Heartburn, 39
Heckerling, Amy, 38, 90
Heller, Joseph, 13
Hester Street, 33–34
Heston, Charlton, 249
High Fidelity, 260
Hill, Anita, 248
Hirabayashi, Michael, 148, 155
Hoffman, Dustin, 111
Hollywood, see movie industry
Hollywood Reporter, 74, 266
Hook, Harry, 90
Hopkins, Lightnin’, 230
Hopper, Dennis, 23, 134
Hopper, Edward, 121
Howard, Ron, 127, 140
Hudson Hawk, 241, 250–51
Hunger, The, 74, 104
Hunger Games, The, 264, 265
Hunter, Holly, 50
Hunter, Tim, 90
Hurt Locker, The, 38
Huston, Anjelica, 269
ICM, 4–6, 36, 68, 70–71, 77, 79, 80, 85, 240, 260
IMAX Entertainment, 261
Improv, 16–18
Internal Affairs, 139
Ishtar, 23
Isobar, 73, 99
James, Etta, 230
Jenney, Lucinda, 114–15, 155–56, 165, 166, 170–71
JFK, 268
Joe, 113
Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater, 132
Johnson, Richard, 244
Jordan, Neil, 53
Julia, 6, 79, 83
Kane, Carol, 34
Kaplan, Jonathan, 78, 90, 93, 94
Kardashian, Kim, 264
Kasdan, Lawrence, 269
Kasdan, Meg, 269
Keener, Catherine, 137, 156
Keitel, Harvey
, 128–29, 148, 164, 165, 167–68, 171–74, 190, 202, 220, 221, 224–25, 227, 258
Kempley, Rita, 243
Kennedy, Edward, 248
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 203
Khouri, Callie, 2, 5, 9–18, 19, 26–31, 32, 33, 59, 68, 79, 80, 85, 91, 93, 128, 146, 179, 202, 210, 227, 230, 262
Academy Award won by, 267–70
background and early life of, 11–14
casting and, 101, 107–8, 131–32, 139
in college, 14
Davis and, 76–77, 145
filming and, 154, 171, 199, 204–5, 207, 211–12
at film screening, 239–40
at Improv, 16–18
life after Thelma & Louise, 254–55
Pam Tillis and, 15, 17, 43, 46, 139–40, 227
and reactions to film, 245–47
Ridley Scott and, 59, 74–75, 86–89, 92, 100, 209, 239–40
Sarandon and, 217
Thelma & Louise screenplay by, 10–11, 18, 31, 41, 42–46, 48–50, 51–54, 58–60, 68–70, 72, 76–77, 84–85, 86–89, 91–92, 93, 94, 99, 120, 155, 166, 180–83, 199, 200, 204, 205, 218, 226, 229, 237–38, 243, 266
video production work of, 26–30, 33, 42, 46, 54, 254
wedding of, 139–40
Khouri, Eli, 12–14, 18, 43
Khouri, Virginia, 12–14
Kill Me Again, 139
King, B. B., 13, 229, 238
Klute, 24
Kramer vs. Kramer, 98
Kung Fu Panda 3, 263
Lacy, N. Lee, 27
Ladd, Alan, Jr. (“Laddie”), 6, 64, 65, 82–85, 90–92, 97–98, 101, 108, 123, 199, 205–6, 233, 235–38, 241, 261, 267, 269
LaGravenese, Richard, 269
Lansing, Sherry, 72
Lawrence, Jennifer, 265
League of Their Own, A, 256, 263
Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, 16
Legend, 73
Le Gros, James, 137
Le Mat, Paul, 130
Leno, Jay, 16
Leo, John, 245
Lethal Weapon, 91
Let It Ride, 89
Levinson, Barry, 127
Lewis, Huey, 132
Limato, Ed, 68
Little Man Tate, 262
Lonely Are the Brave, 88
Long Kiss Goodnight, The, 256
Look Who’s Talking, 38
Loos, Anita, 20
Lord of the Flies, 90
Lorenzo’s Oil, 258
Los Angeles Times, 244
Love Field, 93
Loveless, The, 39
Loy, Myrna, 20
Lucas, George, 18
Lupino, Ida, 20
Lynch, Kelly, 96
Lyne, Adrian, 71
MacDowell, Andie, 96
Mad Money, 255
Madonna, 35
Madsen, Michael, 132–35, 139, 165, 171, 173–74, 179–85, 217, 239, 258
Maher, Bill, 17
Maleficent, 264
Malle, Louis, 113, 114
Marion, Frances, 269
Markham, Beryl, 256
Married to the Mob, 79, 93
Marshall, Penny, 38, 70, 256
Martian, The, 215, 255
Marvel Comics, 81, 82
M*A*S*H, 22
Maslin, Janet, 243, 247
Mathison, Melissa, 39
Matlin, Marlee, 39
May, Elaine, 22–23
MCA Records, 227
McBride, Elizabeth, 150–51, 167, 170, 260
McCarthy, Todd, 23
McDermott, Dylan, 137
McDonald, Christopher, 130–31, 161–66, 172–74, 181, 190, 200, 258–59
McDormand, Frances, 50
McGinley, John C., 130
Mean Streets, 128
Memento, 259
Mengers, Sue, 71
Menges, Chris, 89
Metcalf, Laurie, 35
Meyers, Nancy, 39, 40, 262
MGM, 6, 72, 81, 83, 240, 249, 256, 261
Midler, Bette, 95, 96
Mikey and Nicky, 23
Missing, 132
Mission, The, 89–90
Mississippi Burning, 166
Moab, Utah, 124–25, 198–99, 208, 215, 219
Moana, 264
Monument Valley, 30, 202, 228
Moonstruck, 84, 97
Moore, Demi, 204, 255
Morrison, Greg, 251
Morrison, Van, 228–29
Mortensen, Viggo, 156
movie industry, 19–25, 32–41, 46–50, 52–55, 59, 94–96, 262–66
crews in, 193–95
Davis and, 257, 263–64
D-girls in, 71–72, 80, 82
Thelma & Louise and, 253–54, 258, 263, 265–66
Mr. Mom, 37
Ms., 13
MTV, 27, 30, 47, 229
Mulroney, Dermot, 137
Murphy, Eddie, 18, 49, 81, 95, 246
Murray, Bill, 250
Nash, Johnny, 229
Nashville, 255
Nashville, Tenn., 14–16
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 89
National Organization for Women, 252
Nelson, Kathy, 194, 195, 227–28, 260
Nelson, Ozzie, 227
Nelson, Ricky, 227
New Leaf, A, 23
Newman, Paul, 23
Newsday, 244
Newsweek, 243, 246, 247, 251–52
New York, 243
New York Daily News, 244
New Yorker, 243
New York Times, 22, 66, 243, 247
Nichols, Mike, 23
Nicholson, Jack, 115
Nielsen, Brigitte, 49
Nightmare on Elm Street, A, 149
9 to 5, 48, 50, 84
Noble, Thom, 202, 224–27, 229, 233, 236, 237, 239, 268
Norma Rae, 6, 83
Noyce, Phillip, 90
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 48
Omen, The, 83, 91
Ontkean, Michael, 132
Orion Pictures, 5, 35, 85
Out of Africa, 98
Out of the Past, 88
Outrage, 20
Owl and the Pussycat, The, 23
Paducah, Ky., 11–13
Palace Productions, 54
Paramount Pictures, 19, 80
Parker, Dorothy, 13
Parretti, Giancarlo, 81, 238, 241
Pascal, Amy, 53
Pathé Entertainment, 6–7, 80–82, 84, 94, 96, 97, 124, 140, 205–7, 214, 232–33, 237–41, 249–51, 261, 267
Peckinpah, Sam, 37
Pfeiffer, Michelle, 3, 5, 68, 71, 77–80, 93, 96, 99, 104, 115, 256
Philadelphia Inquirer, 251
Piano, The, 258
Pickford, Mary, 20, 24
Pillsbury, Sarah, 35
Pitt, Brad, 138, 141–43, 165, 170–73, 176–79, 189, 193, 226, 239, 247, 259–60, 264
Playboy, 114
Point Break, 262
Polk, Mimi, 55–56, 58, 68–73, 77, 80, 88, 90–92, 94, 99, 193–94, 209, 215, 226–27, 239, 240, 255–56
Pollack, Rebecca “Becky,” 6–7, 80–85, 90, 94, 96, 97, 108, 206, 233–38, 260, 269
Pollack, Sydney, 6, 82–83, 100, 111
Pretty Baby, 113
Pretty Woman, 96, 247
Prince of Tides, The, 262, 268
Private Benjamin, 39, 98
Pullman, Bill, 129–30
Pulp Fiction, 260
Pytka, Joe, 89
Quinn, Aiden, 35
Rafelson, Bob, 22, 90
Rafferty, Terrence, 243–44
&n
bsp; Raft, George, 20
Raiders of the Lost Ark, 49
Rainer, Peter, 244
Rain Man, 155
Rambling Rose, 262
Reeves, Martha, 229
Register, John, 121, 188
Reinhold, Judge, 130
Reiser, Paul, 16
Renner, Jeremy, 265
Reservoir Dogs, 174, 258
Reynolds, Kevin, 90
Ride, Sally, 48
Ridley Scott Associates, 62
Rio Bravo, 20–21
Rivers, Joan, 17, 52
River’s Edge, 90
Robbins, Tim, 115, 130, 134, 193, 215
Roberts, Julia, 96, 247, 254, 256, 262
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 241
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The, 105, 113
Rolling Stones, 230
Roseanne, 138
Rubinstein, Carol, 249–50
Ruffalo, Mark, 137
Russell, Kurt, 140
Russell, Rosalind, 20
Russell, Theresa, 96
Ruthless People, 130
Ryan, Meg, 96
St. John, Marco, 209–14
Sandler, Adam, 259
Sanford, Midge, 35
Sarandon, Chris, 113
Sarandon, Susan, 60, 74, 95, 104–8, 109, 112–18, 119, 143, 210, 215, 216, 234, 264
background and early life of, 113
in filming, 145–47, 154, 156, 157, 159–60, 162, 164, 166, 174, 177, 179–85, 186–93, 196–97, 199–204, 207, 210–17, 218–23, 226, 239
interviews with, 217
Khouri and, 217
life after Thelma & Louise, 257–58
Madsen and, 134–35
Oscar night and, 267–70
and reactions to film, 243, 247–49, 252
Ridley Scott and, 74, 104–8, 116–18, 215–17
salary of, 124
Saturday Night Live, 16
Scarface, 79
Schickel, Richard, 249–50
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 3, 47, 49, 241, 246
Scorsese, Martin, 18, 22, 78, 246
Scott, Elizabeth, 60–62, 66, 230, 267
Scott, Francis, 61
Scott, Frank, 61
Scott, Ridley, 3–5, 49, 55–57, 58–67, 69, 72–75, 77, 80, 83, 84, 86–92, 93, 97–99, 119, 127, 128, 215, 225, 229–30, 243, 266
advertising work of, 62–63, 66–67, 74, 148, 225
in art school, 62
background and early life of, 60–62
casting and, 93–94, 97–99, 100–108, 127–34, 137–43, 147, 155
decision to direct Thelma & Louise, 99, 100
director search of, 89–92, 98–99, 120
editing and, 224–26, 239
filming and, 145, 147, 153–60, 161, 162, 164–68, 172–74, 175–85, 186–93, 195–97, 199–207, 208–17, 218–23
Khouri and, 59, 74–75, 86–89, 92, 100, 209, 239–40
life after Thelma & Louise, 255
lighting and, 148–49, 151, 201–2
locations and, 120–25, 147–48, 151
music and, 227–31
Oscar night and, 267–70