Movie
Whip It
Overview
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-04-09
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Dune Entertainment, Mandate Pictures, Vincent Pictures, Flower Films, Rye Road Productions, Babe Ruthless Productions, Barry Mendel Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Mandate International
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Elliot Page as Bliss Cavendar
- Alia Shawkat as Pash
- Marcia Gay Harden as Brooke Cavendar
- Kristen Wiig as Maggie Mayhem
- Drew Barrymore as Smashley Simpson
- Landon Pigg as Oliver
- Juliette Lewis as Iron Maven
- Zoë Bell as Bloody Holly
- Daniel Stern as Earl Cavendar
- Eve as Rosa Sparks
- Andrew Wilson as Razor
- Sarah Habel as Corbi
Crew
- Drew Barrymore - Director
- Shauna Cross - Screenplay
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