1. Book Vs Movie "Whip It" (2009) Drew Barrymore & Elliot Page
3 jun 2021 · The 2007 novel Derby Girl by Shauna Cross gives us the fictional world of Bodeen, Texas, and our heroine Bliss Cavender.
Book Vs Movie: “Whip It” The 2007 Novel by Shauna Cross Vs the 2009 Drew Barrymore-Directorial Debut The Margos are feeling some badass girl energy and the need for speed so what is better than entering the world of women’s roller derby competitions to scratch that itch? The 2007 novel Derby Girl by gives us the fictional world of Bodeen, Texas, and our heroine Bliss Cavender. Bliss is 16. Her mother is a former beauty queen how dreams of her daughter being the queen of the local pageant. Bliss just wants to listen to indie rock and find ironic band shirts at the local thrift shop. After joining the “Hurl Scouts” roller derby team in Austin, Bliss has her first fling with a bassist, alternately does well & then crashes at school, and ultimately comes to terms with her parents and their various goals for her. The book was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and on the list for the New York Public Library and author Cross based her own experience on her participation on the . In 2009, production company “” bought the rights to the book and hired Cross to write the screenplay for the 2009 movie. It stars , , , and Barrymore who also directed the film. So between the novel and the movie--which did we prefer? Have a listen and find out! In this ep the Margos discuss: The backstory of writer Shauna Cross The world of roller derby Drew Barrymore and Flower Films The cast: Elliot Page (Bliss/Babe Rit...
2. movie/book thoughts: Whip It (2009) & Derby Girl by Shauna Cross
28 mei 2010 · I read Derby Girl after seeing Whip It so in my mind I could easily picture Bliss and the Hurl Scouts skating around the ring. In the film ...
Whip It Derby Girl Shauna Cross This is one of the few instances where I have to say that the movie was better than the book. Not because they changed any of the plot elements (in fact, the movie i…
3. Whip It - Cinemalogue
2 okt 2009 · Based on the book Derby Girls and its screen adaptation, both by Shauna Cross, the film is light drama, straightforwardly expositive. A more ...
Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) is incongruous among the Southern Belles at the Bluebonnet pageant in...
4. Redbrick Rewind: Whip It | Redbrick Film
17 mei 2022 · Comment Editor Emily Baldwin reflects on the late-2000s rollerskating classic, Whip It.
Comment Editor Emily Baldwin reflects on the late-2000s rollerskating classic, Whip It
5. Whip it - Southeast Regional Library
Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance ... Based on the novel "Whip it" by Shauna Cross. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
6. Whip It: is Drew Barrymore's 2009 directorial debut one of the best ...
21 dec 2020 · Bliss is enthralled by the demonstration and, on the offhanded advice of a player she speaks to after the match, decides to be her own hero and ...
Elliot Page, Alia Shawkat and Kristen Wiig join Barrymore in this witty and criminally overlooked movie, now streaming on Stan
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7. Drew Barrymore - Seattle Arts & Lectures
7 nov 2015 · Drew will sign books after the event (no personalization). At the ... Whip It (2009). She is also the creator of the beauty product and ...
Actress, director, and writer Drew Barrymore’s second memoir, Wildflower, is set to release October 27th. The book moves through Barrymore’s experiences as a fourteen-year-old living on her own to present day life.
8. Whip It (2009) - Ripple Effects
11 okt 2009 · After she watches a roller derby game with her best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat), and successfully tries out for the team Hurl Scouts in Austin, ...
I can’t recall how many times I’d watched roller derby on TV, years back, maybe just a few times. When I asked my niece who watched the movie with me, as a twenty-something, she hasn…
9. Barrymore wheels into directing with 'Whip It'
Once they acquired the rights to roller-derby player Shauna Cross' book “Whip It,” Barrymore and producing partner Nancy Juvonen began casting about for a ...
Drew Barrymore chose a real balancing act for her directing debut. She does it on wheels, directing and acting alongside “Juno” co-star Ellen Page in “Whip It,” a rowdy tale of roller-derby women.
10. Whip It! (Drew Barrymore, 2009) - criterionforum.org
3 mrt 2008 · Based on the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, with first-time direction by Drew Barrymore, staring Ellen Page.
domino harvey wrote:Got around to watching this one and was won over pretty quickly by the genuine freewheeling fun of the picture. Besides her perhaps not unsurprising humanstic tenancies behind the camera, Barrymore proves a surprisingly adept director of the derby sequences, giving the match sequences a kinetic energy that translates well on the screen. There's nothing even remotely new here in terms of basic plot or characters, but the familiar is made likable and fresh by virtue of the film's upbeat pacing and positive presentation. Sometimes it's really enough to have a movie keep a goofy smile on your face for most of its running time.
11. Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore 'Whip It' real good
5 okt 2009 · archive-2009. Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore 'Whip It' real good ... The author of the book, Shauna Cross, wrote the adapted screenplay.
Actress Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, “Whip It,” opened in theatres last week. The coming of age story stars Ellen Page who joins a roller derby. The author of the book, Shauna Cross, wrote the adapted screenplay. Other cast members include Kristen Wig, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, and Daniel Stern (remember him from “Home Alone?”)
