Whip It | |
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Directed by | Drew Barrymore |
Screenplay by | Shauna Cross |
Based on | Derby Girl by Shauna Cross |
Produced by | Drew Barrymore Barry Mendel |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Robert D. Yeoman |
Edited by | Dylan Tichenor |
Music by | The Section Quartet |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million[1] |
Box office | $16.6 million[1] |
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[a] 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.
Whip It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 and was theatrically released in the United States on October 2, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, but was a box office disappointment, grossing $16.6 million worldwide against its $15 million budget.[2] Whip It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 26, 2010 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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