Whip It
Whip It is a 2009 American sports comedy drama film co-produced and directed by Drew Barrymore from a screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on her 2007 novel Derby Girl. It stars Elliot Page as a teenage girl from the fictional town of Bodeen, Texas, who joins a roller derby team. The film also stars Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Barrymore, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, and Daniel Stern.
Plot
Bliss Cavendar is a teenager in the small town of Bodeen, Texas. She has lost interest in the beauty pageants her mother, former beauty queen Brooke, pressures her to win.
More details
author | Shauna Cross |
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contentLocation | Texas |
director | Drew Barrymore |
editor | Dylan Tichenor |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | arrest beauty pageant beauty queen cheat date derby derby name discover drink game lose queen b roller derby shop small town social media their way to remember underage drinking |
musicBy | The Section Quartet |
producer | Barry Mendel |
productionCompany | Dune Entertainment Flower Films Mandate Pictures |
publisher | Fox Searchlight Pictures Mandate Pictures |
theme | female buddy sports |