Editing Ridley Scott (section)

=== 1990s ===
The road film ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'' (1991) starring [[Geena Davis]] as Thelma, [[Susan Sarandon]] as Louise, in addition to the breakthrough role for [[Brad Pitt]] as J.D, proved to be one of Scott's biggest critical successes, helping revive the director's reputation and receiving his first nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Russell Smith|title=Brad Pitt Only Does Interesting Movie Roles|date=19 October 1993|work=[[Deseret News]]|page=EV6|quote=It was in 1991, when he hitched his ride with [[Geena Davis]] and [[Susan Sarandon]] in ''Thelma & Louise,'' that Pitt's star began to twinkle in earnest.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3687795.stm |title=Brad Pitt's epic journey |date=13 May 2004 |work=BBC News |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-date=6 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406123623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3687795.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> His next project, independently funded historical epic ''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]'', was a box office failure. The film recounts the expeditions to the Americas by [[Christopher Columbus]] (French star [[Gérard Depardieu]]). Scott did not release another film for four years.

In 1995, Ridley and his brother Tony formed a production company, [[Scott Free Productions]], in Los Angeles. All Ridley's subsequent feature films, starting with ''[[White Squall (film)|White Squall]]'' (starring [[Jeff Bridges]]) and ''[[G.I. Jane]]'' (starring [[Demi Moore]]), have been produced under the [[Scott Free Productions|Scott Free]] banner. In 1995 the two brothers purchased a controlling interest in the British film studio [[Shepperton Studios]]. In 2001, Shepperton merged with [[Pinewood Studios]] to become [[The Pinewood Studios Group]], which is headquartered in Buckinghamshire, England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ridley Scott: 'I'm doing pretty good, if you think about it'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ridley-scott-im-doing-pretty-good-if-you-think-about-it-2068888.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=21 October 2015|access-date=10 September 2017|archive-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111091824/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ridley-scott-im-doing-pretty-good-if-you-think-about-it-2068888.html|url-status=live}}</ref>