Table of Contents
Prologue-Beverly Hills, July 24, 1989 1
Chapter 1 Once In Ten Lifetimes 9
Chapter 2 Prostitutes and Empty-Headed Blondes 19
Chapter 3 "Next! Next!" 26
Chapter 4 Wielding A Graceful Cleaver 32
Chapter 5 Tits And Bullets 42
Chapter 6 Unlikable 51
Chapter 7 The Epic In Ridley Scott's Head 58
Chapter 8 D-Girls 68
Chapter 9 Playing a Different Game 76
Chapter 10 The Right Man for the Job 86
Chapter 11 The Curse of Katherine 93
Chapter 12 Who's Playing Whom? 100
Chapter 13 "Good Luck, Honey!" 109
Chapter 14 A Fresh Eye on America 119
Chapter 15 Real Characters 126
Chapter 16 "The Blond One!" 136
Chapter 17 The Girls in the Thunderbird 144
Chapter 18 Hot as a Pistol 153
Chapter 19 Bad Boys 161
Chapter 20 The Kid Enters the Picture 170
Chapter 21 What the Fuss is About 175
Chapter 22 Owning the Road 186
Chapter 23 Somethings Crossed Over 198
Chapter 24 Ready, Steady, Blow 208
Chapter 25 Off the Cliff 218
Chapter 26 Keep On Flying 324
Chapter 27 Massacre at the Multiplex 232
Chapter 28 The Snowball Effect 242
Chapter 29 Who Killed Thelma and Louise? 253
Chapter 30 A Film Of Their Own 262
Epilogue-Santa Monica, March 30, 1992 267
Acknowledgments 271
Notes 273
Index 295