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Whip It
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Whip It

Apr 9, 2009
1h 51m
★ 6.7

Be Your Own Hero

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Dune Entertainment
Mandate Pictures
Vincent Pictures
Flower Films
Rye Road Productions
Babe Ruthless Productions
Barry Mendel Productions
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Mandate International

Cast

Elliot Page

Bliss Cavendar

Elliot Page

Alia Shawkat

Pash

Alia Shawkat

Marcia Gay Harden

Brooke Cavendar

Marcia Gay Harden

Kristen Wiig

Maggie Mayhem

Kristen Wiig

Drew Barrymore

Smashley Simpson

Drew Barrymore

Landon Pigg

Oliver

Landon Pigg

Juliette Lewis

Iron Maven

Juliette Lewis

Zoë Bell

Bloody Holly

Zoë Bell

Daniel Stern

Earl Cavendar

Daniel Stern

Eve

Rosa Sparks

Eve

Andrew Wilson

Razor

Andrew Wilson

Sarah Habel

Corbi

Sarah Habel

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