Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/02/09 Home Video 01/26/10 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for sexual content including crude dialogue, language and drug material Running Time 1 hour 51 minutes Genre Action, Drama Director Drew Barrymore Writer Shauna Cross Cast Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Julieete Lewis, Eve, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern, Drew Barrymore Studio Fox Searchlight Pictures |
WHIP IT (2009)
SYNOPSIS
For years, Bliss Cavender (Academy Award® nominee
Ellen Page) has been dreaming of escaping her tiny,
truck-stop of a town Bodeen, Texas. Unfortunately her
devoted, beauty pageant obsessed mother (Academy
Award® winner Marcia Gay Harden) is convinced that
Bliss can only succeed in life if she wins the crown at
the local Miss Blue Bonnet Pageant, but the awkward
outsider knows there’s something bigger and better
out there. When Bliss sneaks off to the big city of
Austin with her best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat) she
discovers a world unlike anything she could ever
imagine: roller derby, with its girl-power-meets-punk-
rock spirit and its liberating celebration of wild
individuality.
Inspired by the likes of Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig),
Bliss secretly tries out for a spot on the Hurl Scouts, a
rag-tag team of scrappy underdogs. Soon she’s
trading in her gowns and crowns for skirts, skates and
scrapes becoming her alter ego, Babe Ruthless.
Leading a precarious double life, Bliss may be a
waitress at Bodeen’s Oink Joint by day, but by night,
she’s becoming the fastest thing on eight wheels. Now
she’s doing things she never dreamed of -- fearlessly
facing off with bad-ass rivals like Iron Maven (Academy
Award® nominee Juliette Lewis) and falling for a boy in
a band (singer/songwriter Landon Pigg) -- while trying
to be a heroine to her new friends and teammates. But
when her secret gets out, Bliss will face her toughest
fight yet: to take control of the future . . . on her own
terms. --© Fox Searchight
For years, Bliss Cavender (Academy Award® nominee
Ellen Page) has been dreaming of escaping her tiny,
truck-stop of a town Bodeen, Texas. Unfortunately her
devoted, beauty pageant obsessed mother (Academy
Award® winner Marcia Gay Harden) is convinced that
Bliss can only succeed in life if she wins the crown at
the local Miss Blue Bonnet Pageant, but the awkward
outsider knows there’s something bigger and better
out there. When Bliss sneaks off to the big city of
Austin with her best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat) she
discovers a world unlike anything she could ever
imagine: roller derby, with its girl-power-meets-punk-
rock spirit and its liberating celebration of wild
individuality.
Inspired by the likes of Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig),
Bliss secretly tries out for a spot on the Hurl Scouts, a
rag-tag team of scrappy underdogs. Soon she’s
trading in her gowns and crowns for skirts, skates and
scrapes becoming her alter ego, Babe Ruthless.
Leading a precarious double life, Bliss may be a
waitress at Bodeen’s Oink Joint by day, but by night,
she’s becoming the fastest thing on eight wheels. Now
she’s doing things she never dreamed of -- fearlessly
facing off with bad-ass rivals like Iron Maven (Academy
Award® nominee Juliette Lewis) and falling for a boy in
a band (singer/songwriter Landon Pigg) -- while trying
to be a heroine to her new friends and teammates. But
when her secret gets out, Bliss will face her toughest
fight yet: to take control of the future . . . on her own
terms. --© Fox Searchight
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