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The Runaways

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Runaways

YEAR

2010

RUNNING TIME

109 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Floria Sigismondi

SCREENWRITER

Floria Sigismondi

COMPOSER

Lillian Berlin

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Benoît Debie

CAST

Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Scout Taylor-Compton, Alia Shawkat, Tatum O'Neal, Michael Shannon, Brett Cullen, Danielle Riley Keough, Stella Maeve, Hannah Marks

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Apparition / River Road Entertainment

OFFICIAL WEB

http://www.runawaysmovie.com/

GENRE

Musical. Drama | Biography. The 70s. Music. Indie USA

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Los Angeles, year 1975. Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning) are two teenage valley girls with punk in their blood, meet and become the heart and soul of the seminal all-girl band, The Runaways. Floria Sigismondi brings The Runaways to the big screen in this story of a group of extraordinary young women as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary band that paved the way for future generations of female musicians. Under the Svengali-like influence of rock impresario Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon), the group evolves into an outrageous success and a family of misfits. With its tough-chick image and raw talent, the band quickly earns a name for itself-and so do two of its leads: Joan is the band's pure rock ‘n' roll heart, while Cherie, with her Bowie-Bardot looks, is the sex kitten.

PRO REVIEWS

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"It's more of a quick overview of the creation, rise and fall of the Runaways (...) slim character development, no extended dialogue scenes, and a whole lot of rock 'n' roll (...) Rating: *** (out of four)" (Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times)

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The Runaways fades into dull predictability (...) there's no sense of rock anarchy. Say what you will about the Runaways – they never played it safe. The movie does (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of four)" (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)

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" [The Runaways] is more arty than eye-opening. Time and place are potently depicted, down to the glittery eye shadow, Farrah Fawcett 'dos and stacked platform heels (...) captures the glitter rock and burgeoning punk scene in Los Angeles." (Claudia Puig: USA Today)

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"Writer-director Floria Sigismondi gets behind the eyes and into the nervous systems of her subjects, without turning them into instruments of easy pathos" (Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune)

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