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and reactions to film, 247
Sarandon and, 74, 104–8, 116–18, 215–17
test screenings and, 233, 235, 237
Scott, Tony, 49, 56, 61, 62, 73–75, 86, 90, 104, 214, 228
Screen Actors Guild, 94
Seidelman, Susan, 34–35, 90
Seinfeld, 166
Seinfeld, Jerry, 16
Sex and the City, 35
Sexton, Charlie, 157
sexual harassment, 248
Shea, John, 132
She-Devil, 98
Shelton, Ron, 116
Shepherd, Cybill, 96
Sheridan, Jamey, 132
Shit People Say to Women Directors, 265
Show, Grant, 140–41
Shyer, Charles, 39
Silence of the Lambs, The, 93, 262, 268
Silkwood, 39, 98
Silver, Joan Micklin, 33–34, 90
Silver, Joel, 73
Silver, Ray, 33
Silver Bullet, 153–54, 157–59, 208, 239
Simon, Neil, 23
Simpson, Don, 73, 228
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 24
Singleton, John, 269
Sleeping with the Enemy, 262
Smith, Liz, 244
Smith, Maggie, 255
Smith, William Kennedy, 248
Smithereens, 34
Smokey and the Bandit, 250
Someone to Watch Over Me, 73
Something to Talk About, 254
Sony Pictures, 265
Sophie’s Choice, 98
Sorcerer, 23
Soul Train, 37
Spaceballs, 130
Spencer, Norris, 122–24, 148–50, 154, 162, 188, 194, 198, 213, 260
Spheeris, Penelope, 37–38, 40
Spielberg, Steven, 18, 254
Splash, 72
Stallone, Sylvester, 3, 47, 244, 246
Stanwyck, Barbara, 20
Star Is Born, A, 23
Star Wars, 63–64, 83, 261
Steinem, Gloria, 249
Stone, Oliver, 268
Stone, Sharon, 246
Stowe, Madeline, 96
Strain, Julie, 175
Streep, Meryl, 94–95, 97–98, 100–101, 106, 108, 221, 263–64
Streisand, Barbra, 22–24, 27, 32, 95, 262, 268
Stuart Little, 257
Sunset Marquis, 52
Superman, 91
Supreme Court, 248
Sutherland, Donald, 140
Swayze, Patrick, 157
Swayze, Patsy, 157
Syufy Century Plaza, 236
Tarantino, Quentin, 258
Taxi Driver, 78, 128
Temple, Amanda, 28, 29, 49–50, 51–57, 93, 139, 240, 260
Temple, Julien, 52, 53
Tender Mercies, 150
Terminator and Terminator 2, 49, 241, 247, 262
Terms of Endearment, 71
Thelma & Louise:
Academy Awards and, 267–70
actresses interested in, 77, 79–80, 93–94, 96–99, 100–108
advance and test screenings of, 232–40, 249–50
budget for, 124, 176, 196, 197, 205–6, 220, 238, 241, 250
at Cannes Film Festival, 240, 258
casting of, 99, 100–108, 126–35, 136–43, 147, 155
controversy over, 242, 244–50, 266
crew on, 193–95, 200, 222, 223, 260
critical appreciation for, 266
director search for, 89–92, 93, 98–99, 120
editing of, 224–27, 239
ending of, 2, 4, 5, 44–45, 53–54, 58–59, 69, 76, 80, 84–85, 90, 92, 97, 106, 120, 174, 206, 217, 218–23, 226–27, 229, 231, 234–38, 242, 245, 253, 256
feminism and, 242, 244–45, 248–51
filming of, 144–52, 153–60, 161–69, 170–74, 175–85, 186–97, 198–207, 208–17, 218–23
and Khouri’s friendship with Pam Tillis, 15, 17, 43, 46, 139
lighting in, 148–49, 151, 155, 158, 201–2, 222, 223
locations, sets, and costumes in, 120–25, 147–51, 153–55, 161–64, 167, 169, 176–77, 187–89, 198–99, 201–2, 212–13
marketing of, 233, 238, 241, 249, 251
movie industry and, 253–54, 258, 263, 265–66
music in, 227–31
Polaroid in, 147, 227
popularity of, 250–52
rape and shooting scene in, 158–60, 162, 166, 167, 208–9, 234, 237, 239, 242, 246
Rastafarian character in, 204, 205, 211, 229, 237, 239, 240
release of, 238, 241, 242, 248, 250
reviews of, 242–47
Ridley Scott’s decision to direct, 99, 100
screenplay for, 1–7, 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
sex scene with Davis and Pitt in, 175–79, 226, 239
soundtrack album for, 238
special screenings of, 266
state trooper scene in, 167, 202–4, 237
television series proposed, 256
truck driver scene in, 199, 207, 209–15, 234, 235, 237, 240, 254
violence in, 106–7, 158–60, 162, 166, 167, 208–9, 244–47
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, 24
Thomas, Clarence, 248
Thomas, Marlo, 249
Thornton, Big Mama, 230
Thurber, James, 13
Tightrope, 112
Tillis, Pam, 15, 17, 43, 46, 139–40, 227
Time, 248–50
Timon of Athens (Shakespeare), 210
Tin Men, 126
Titanic, 264
Toback, James, 269
Tobolowsky, Stephen, 165–68, 171, 174, 220, 221, 259
Tomalin, Phil, 193
Tootsie, 100, 111
Top Gun, 73
Toronto Star, 244
Total Recall, 246
Transylvania 6-5000, 111
Travis, Nancy, 96
Tristan and Isolde, 63, 64
Truffaut, François, 225
Turan, Kenneth, 244
Turek, Ken, 194–95, 216
Turner, Ike and Tina, 13
Turner, Kathleen, 95, 96
Turning Point, The, 83
Turturro, John, 35
20th Century Fox, 73, 83
21 Jump Street, 138
Twilight, 264, 265
United Artists, 22, 34
Universal Pictures, 260
Unmarried Woman, An, 83
Up the Sandbox, 23
U.S. News & World Report, 244–45
Vagabond Motel, 176
Valentino, Rudolph, 19
Vallely, Jim, 17, 18
Valley Girl, 36
Vanity Fair, 256
Variety, 242–43
Vietnam War, 25, 48, 70
Voight, Jon, 25
Vonnegut, Kurt, 13
Wallace, Mike, 249
Wallace, Randall, 83, 260
Walsh, J. T., 130
Warfield, David, 29–30, 43, 50, 139–40, 268
WarGames, 134
Warner Bros., 5, 80
Washington Post, 243
Waters, Muddy, 230
Wayans Brothers, 16
Wayne, John, 124
Wayne’s World, 38
Weaver, Sigourney, 56, 59, 64–65
Weber, Bruce, 203
Weber, Lois, 19
Weill, Claudia, 34
Weinstein, Harvey, 53
Weinstein, Paula, 22, 34, 72, 82
West, Kim Kardashian, 264
West with the Night, 256
What About Bob?, 250
When Harry Met Sally, 39
White Squall, 255–56
Wigan, Gareth, 65
Wilder, Billy, 100
Will, George, 114
Williams, Clarence, III, 128
Williams, Robin, 16
Williams, Sue, 69, 91
Willis, Bruce, 38, 241, 250
Winger, Debra, 17–18
Witches of Eastwick, The, 115
Witness, 224
Wodehouse, P. G., 13
Woolley, Stephen, 53
Woolverton, Linda, 262–63
Working Girl, 156
Writers Guild of America, 254, 269
X-Men, 37
Yentl, 24
Yoakam, Dwight, 132
Young, Sean, 66
Z Cars, 62
Zimmer, Hans, 60, 120, 179, 197, 225–27, 229–31, 260, 266
Becky Aikman is the author of the memoir Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives. She was a journalist at Newsday, and her work has also appeared in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in Brooklyn and can be reached at www.BeckyAikman.com.
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