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BIRTHDAY

November 27, 1957

San Antonio, Texas, USA

RECENT CREDITS

Mad Money (FILM) Jan. 18, 2008

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterh... (FILM) Jun. 7, 2002

Mighty Joe Young (FILM) Dec. 25, 1998

Something to Talk About (FILM) Aug. 4, 1995

Thelma & Louise (FILM) Jan. 1, 1991

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BIOGRAPHY

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Khouri began as a producer of music videos and production coordinator of the "Rigoletto" segment of the film "Aria" (1987) before writing the script for the controversial "Thelma & Louise" (1991). Praised as an exuberant, liberating, feminist buddy film and female take on road movies by a majority of critics, the feature was also reviled by others as a pseudo-feminist revenge fantasy in which the two central characters shoot and kill a man with his hands raised in surrender, rob a convenience store and choose suicide over facing the consequences of their actions. Ultimately, critical and popular favor came down on Khouri's side, with the writer winning several awards, most notably an Oscar. Whatever the screenplay's merits or compromises, it did raise issues about gender politics which were hotly debated by both media and public alike. That feat was not repeated by Khouri's subsequent screenplay for "Something to Talk About" (1995), a popular and generally well-received comedy-drama about a woman's world turned upside down by her husband's infidelity. The feminist sentiments were still there, but the tone was inescapably gentler and more eager to please.

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Katie Holmes, Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton Recall Their Firs...

Jan. 17, 2008

In Mad Money, a mismatched trio of down-and-out women working at the Federal Reserve concocts a slick scheme to make away with armloads of worn-out but still legal tender earmarked for destruction and use the cash to improve their lots in life. Hollywood.com asked the film’s stars Katie Holmes, Queen Latifah, Diane Keaton, Ted Danson and director Callie Khouri about the paydays...

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News, April 12: Schwarzenegger Saves Swimmer, "Weird Al" Yankovic's Parents Found Dead...

Posted: Apr. 12, 2004

Box Office Analysis: July 7

Posted: Jul. 7, 2002

Box Office Report: June 23

Posted: Jun. 23, 2002

Box Office Report: June 30

Posted: Jun. 30, 2002

Box Office Analysis: June 9

Posted: Jun. 9, 2002

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