Whip It Page #8

Synopsis: In a town near Austin, Bliss Cavendar's strong-willed mom believes Bliss, at 17, can win pageants - the key to a happy life. Bliss isn't the beauty pageant type: she's shy, quiet, and has just one friend, Pash, her fellow waitress at a diner. Things change for Bliss when she discovers a women's roller derby league in Austin, tries out, proves to be whip fast, and makes a team. Now she needs to become someone tough on the rink, keep her parents from finding out where she goes twice a week, and do something about a first crush, on a musician she meets at the derby. Meanwhile, mom still sees Bliss as Miss Bluebonnet. Things are on a collision course; will everyone get banged up?
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Drew Barrymore
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
PG-13
Year:
2009
111 min
$13,000,000
Website
2,068 Views


chance for our kid to be happy.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

l love her. Yeah, she looks nice.

Really sweet. BROOKE: Bliss.

BLISS:
You guys gotta

hide, my mom's coming.

Bliss. Seriously. You guys have to hide.

BLISS:
Hey.

BROOKE:
Bliss.

Your daddy is about to come in here

and tell you that he thinks it's okay

for you to go off and play roller derby.

l don't agree. Mom.

When you told me that you weren't

doing the Miss Blue Bonnet for me,

did you mean it?

Well, good luck.

Come on, Ladies. What

are we waiting for?

SMASHLEY:
Ready to play.

Okay.

Wait. One more thing.

HOLLY:
Yeah. Come on, let's

go. SMASHLEY:
Good luck, Amber.

Step it up.

(CROWD CHATTERING)

That's when...

Hi.

l got it.

We just got back into

town. I came straight over.

I probably still smell

like the van. But...

l went on your website and saw some

girl wearing my Stryper T-shirt.

Oh, that girl...

She just climbed into our van,

threw on your shirt. She was an idiot.

You know, I don't wanna be this girl.

What girl?

l don't wanna be the girl

that has to stand here

and hear about what didn't

happen between you and some idiot.

You don't. And this is bullshit,

anyway. I didn't cheat on you.

But you never called, okay?

Okay.

I know I should've called, but

there was no privacy in the van.

And then I got your message and...

I would've called.

My mom wants her shirt back.

That's right, I'm back.

Thanks a lot for outing

me. That was a class move.

l didn't out you. I never said a word.

I was just messing with you.

l don't wanna beat your ass with rumors.

l wanna beat your ass on

the track with my skates.

JOHNNY ON PA.. It is

happening tonight, folks.

There they are, the

coaches shaking hands,

being nice and diplomatic

right before the craziest match

that we will ever see here.

Oh, I love it, Austin.

That's right, Ladies and gentlemen,

we're talking about the

one and only Iron Maven

versus the upstart from the

heart of Texas, Babe Ruthless.

Yes.

(BLOWING WHISTLE)

Our jammers, Ruthless versus Maven

head-to-head, the

teams' two top stars.

As they approach the pack,

Ruthless seems to be having an

easier time finding an opening,

slithering through like a

proverbial snake in the grass.

There's Babe Ruthless.

Iron Maven, neck and neck.

They've been after each

other the whole time. Oh!

That's a hip check right there.

You don't see Maven taken

down like that too often.

Did you see that? Call it.

That was illegal. What

are you talking about?

It's a clean hit.

That was illegal. Just call that sh*t.

Calm her down.

I'll show you ruthless, Ruthless.

(BUZZER SOUNDING)

JOHNNY.. It's the second quarter, folks.

We got Babe Ruthless jamming

analogist the Rollers'' Jackie Daniels.

Finally, I made it

to the promised lands.

Okay, don't embarrass me now

that you're here, all right?

Never.

Go, Bliss. Go!

Go, Babe Ruthless!

Go!

JOHNNY.. Babe Ruthless

coming in to the pack,

but she's having trouble getting out.

That tiny pipsqueak finds a hole,

but not as fast as Jackie Daniels

breaks out of the pack,

becomes the lead jammer.

Rollers just picked up four more

points, bringing the score 24-1 1,

Rollers in the lead.

(EXCLAIMS)

Slaya takes down Smashley.

Oh, but the Mansons grab those wings

and Smashley flies after

Slaya like a bat out of hell.

You just clotheslined me, man.

(MOCK SOBBING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

JOHNNY:
Princess Slaya,

feeling the force now.

That's gonna hurt tomorrow

in a galaxy far, far away.

Listen. You play smart, stay aggressive.

Don't leave any holes for them

to slip through, all right?

Bliss, this may be

time for Play Number 4.

LBJ. Knock them out.

JOHNNY:
Coach Razor throws

Ruthless in the jammer's seat

as she makes her way through the pack.

Look, she gets a hand from Bloody

Holly and slingshots out front.

This could be big.

And one of the Manson sisters

sends Maven hard into the rall.

Maven can yell all she

wants, but she can't hear you.

No, seriously, she can't

hear you. She's deaf. So...

I'll tell you what. The Holy Rollers

have got to lay some hits on Ruthless

if they're gonna have

any hopes of stopping her,

otherwise she's just too quick.

All the Scouts dive-bombing

the Rollers, clearing the path.

Not one schoolgirl left standing.

But we are tied as we

go into the halftime.

Ladies and gentlemen, that

was a game-changing down.

(BUZZER SOUNDING)

(HORN SOUNDING)

ROSA:
Okay, Razor, what's

next? Tell us what to do.

We're gonna run Play Number

Hey, Smashley, if the

play was called Bong Water,

would you be paying attention right now?

You know what, I'm taking you

out and putting Ruthless in.

No. My head is in the game.

Then get out there and prove me wrong.

(WHISTLE BLOWING)

JOHNNY.. Slaya hip-checks

Smashley into the rail.

She's up and over and

she's crowd surfing.

And Smashley Simpson

is back on the track.

Slaya and Smashley have been

at this all season, folks.

And it looks like Smashley

is speeding towards revenge.

I hope the medic is ready

'cause it looks like Slaya's

about to get a rainbow special.

This game's about to get ugly, folks.

Wait, I don't believe this.

Smashley goes for the points

instead of the beatdown...

That is for you, Razor! ...and

picks up four for her team.

Okay, we're running Play

Number 1 0, Piece de rsistance.

Get back out there and win it.

All right.

(WHISTLE BLOWS) Let's go, you

know what to do. Get you some.

JOHNNY:
The game's

still too close to call,

but the Scouts may have

some tricks up their sleeves.

Looks like they're

forming a wall. Kaboom!

The entire Rollers team is

down as Ruthless flies through.

Walt, out of nowhere, Jackie Daniels...

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

(GRUNTS)

(CROWD CLAPPING)

JOHNNY.. She's okay. She's okay.

That little munchkin's a trouper.

Give it up, folks.

(ALL CHEERING)

Let's remember that

derby is a brutal sport.

We've seen our fair share of

sprained ankles and broken bones,

fishnet burns and black eyes.

(HORN SOUNDING)

It's the final jam.

Two points deciding Austin's fate.

Let me hear you, folks.

Give it up for these girls.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

It's Iron Maven versus Babe Ruthless.

Would you have it any other way?

The Mansons play Maven in the

mIddle of a patented cage move.

They're calling for the whip, and

they just might get what they want.

They got it.

Go, Maven.

Ruthless gets out first.

And now as she gets a

hand from Bloody Holly...

No, Maven sneaks out from the

inside and is heading for the lead.

But walt, the Manson sisters

line up. A double leg whip.

Ruthless is surging ahead.

She can taste the victory.

But no.

(WHISTLE BLOWING) That's it.

Iron Maven brings down the anvil.

The Holy Rollers remain undefeated

and are league champions yet again.

(BUZZER SOUNDING)

The Holy Rollers are champs.

Undefeated three years

in a row. Unbelievable.

What a game.

You gotta take your hat off to

both teams, ladies and gentlemen.

As for the Hurl Scouts,

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Shauna Cross

Shauna Cross is an American screenwriter, novelist and former roller derby athlete. She skated for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls under the pseudonym "Maggie Mayhem", and subsequently wrote the 2007 novel Derby Girl, a fictionalized version of her experiences in the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls league. In 2009, she wrote a film adaption of the novel, Whip It, which was directed by Drew Barrymore and released in 2009. She was named one of Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2008. more…

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