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Whip It (2009)

source: rippleeffects (WordPress)

Into its second week of screening, Whip It has not fared as well as expected at the box office.  But for screenwriter Shauna Cross, who has turned her own novel Derby Girl into screenplay, I trust this is just another blow she’s got all too used to, as a roller derby girl herself from Austin...

Published Sun, Oct 11

First look: Barrymore gets ready to roll for ‘Whip It’

source: Ellen Page Fan Site

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Put that woman on roller skates, and you've got hell on wheels. You've also got the new roller-derby comedy Whip It, starring Ellen Page as a rebellious teenager who signs up to play the brutal and sexy female sport against her mother's will, finding fri...

Published Sat, Jun 27

Roller derby feature whips up release date

source: Austin 360

 TX - Chris Garcia, Chris Garcia Writes Fox Searchlight: The directorial debut of Drew Barrymore stars Ellen Page (Juno) as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small town beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. UT alum Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River, ...

Published Fri, May 1

Barrymore's Directorial Debut, ‘Whip It!' Has a Release Date and ...

source: RopeofSilicon.com

 WA - Brad Brevet The film marks the directorial debut for Barrymore and stars Ellen Page (Juno) as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small town beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River, Pollock) plays ...

Published Thu, Apr 30

Superdrag, Landon Pigg, Leslie Keffer among Nashville acts headed ...

source: Nashville Scene

  USA The two are linked through the film Whip It!, directed by Drew Barrymore, in which singer-songwriter Pigg plays the love interest of Ellen Page (Juno), an "indie-rock loving misfit" who somehow ends up involved in roller derby, or something like that. ...

Published Wed, Mar 11

Harper Bazaar Interview: Red, White and Drew

source: Drew Barrymore Online

Drew Barrymore is sitting in her hotel room at the Holiday Inn Suites in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is in Michigan–has been for more than two months–filming her feature directorial debut, Whip It!, a roller-derby comedy starring Juno’s Ellen Page. Ann Arbor is quite the hot spot today. The tow...

Published Tue, Nov 18