- Note how Callie Khouri seamlessly works brief descriptions of the world throughout the entirety of the script, not just in one big block at the beginning.
Page 9 A huge semi-tanker carrying gas passes them on the highway and HONKS. The mud flaps are the shiny silhouettes of naked women. There is a bumper sticker on the back that says: "Lick you all over -- ten cents." Page 10 … There is a huge gravel parking lot with lots of pickup trucks and older cars… Page 24 The green '66 T-Bird pulls into a modern truck stop and parks. Page 28 The T-Bird barrels down a fairly empty four-lane highway. A truck passes going the other way. Page 29 The motel is near farms and agricultural areas with crops. Page 38 Louise and Thelma pull up in front of an old store, the kind with a wooden front porch, the kind that sells bait and flannel shirts… Page 48 Two Harley-Davidson bikes tool past, driven by a couple of ex-hippies from the 60's. The Hitchhiker is on the back of one, and he waves to them as they go by. Page 67 MONTAGE of early morning stuff, a truck driver climbing into his cab with a silver thermos, squirrels hopping around on the ground. Page 82 The T-Bird is entering terrain that looks more like desert. Page 85 As the sun sets, the T-Bird drives deeper into the vast desert. Page 97 They are driving through Monument Valley. The T-Bird speeds through the beautifully moonlit desert. It is almost like daylight. SHOT OF FULL MOON RISING. MONTAGE of silhouettes of cacti, huge rock formations, desert beauty SHOTS, etc. The sky is bright and expansive and the goes on forever. Page 117 MONTAGE of driving shots as Louise and Thelma drive through the intense beauty of the Arizona desert. Page 125 WIDE SHOT of car speeding through the desert on an empty highway. Page 128 EXT. DESERT GHOST TOWN – DAY Louise and Thelma blow through a stand of buildings left from when the train went through here.