Whip It Page #9

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


there's always next year.

But this year it's a

three-peat for the Holy Rollers,

once again, three-time champions.

I'm sorry, Razor.

Sorry, my ass. You were great.

Still, who do they love the most?

Did you see that leg whip?

How about that jump by Ruthless?

Smashley's dive was hall of fame.

Yeah! Holy Rollers!

ROSA:
We did it.

ALL:
(CHANTING) We're

Number 2. We're Number 2.

We're Number 2.

We're Number 2. We're Number 2.

Ladies, just seeing

you guys run the plays,

l can't tell you how good

that makes me feel. It's...

MAGGIE:
Razor, are you gonna cry?

No, I'm not gonna cry.

It's just it's such a long time coming.

I think he might cry.

Hurl Scouts on three.

ALL:
One, two, three. Hurl Scouts.

Nice jump, Evel Knievel.

Thanks.

Maybe I'll teach it to you sometime.

Really?

Okay.

JOHNNY.. Listen, folks,

it's been another great year

at the Texas Roller Derby League.

I've enjoyed the ever-loving sh*t

out of you. I hope you have, too.

Come out next year, and

we'll do lt all over again.

And if you would, this is

a residential neighborhood,

so please don't be too

loud as you head out.

And whatever you do,

don't drink and drive.

All right, thank you, Austin.

l love you. I'm out of here.

BROOKE:
This is your daughter's

playing card. Might wanna buy it.

Actually, how much are these?

lt's a piece of cardboard.

Yeah, they support the...

How much for the shirt? Earl.

I'll tell you what, kiddo, I've

seen some ballgames in my time,

but this... This was even better.

l really didn't think

you were going to come.

I'm really glad you did.

That was scary.

I...

l can't change what

you're gonna do, can l?

Probably not. I really wanna do this.

I want to move to Austin,

and I need to know that

you can accept that.

That's gonna be a hard one.

in poetry, if... It has

to be midnight 'cause...

(DOORBELL RINGING) I know. Okay.

Hi, Mrs. Cavendar.

Hi, Amber.

I just wanted to return the gown.

Thank you.

Oh, and Bliss left this at her station.

l wasn't sure if she still wanted it.

Thank you.

How did you do?

I came in second.

Good for you.

Bye. Bye-bye.

"The person I admire most

"is my mother, because she is a fighter

"who never gives up

on what she believes in

"and she never gives up on me.

"Obviously, I would be delighted

to win the Blue Bonnet pageant.

"But knowing my mother is proud of me

"means more than any crown."

(HUMMING)

Earl.

Ronny.

(LOLLIPOP REMIX PLAYING)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Wait. Turn the music up.

WOMAN.. Roller derby is not a crime.

MAN.. Come on, man. Roller

derby is not a crime.

(SIREN WALLS)

(ALL CLAMORING)

(SINGING) Lollipop, lollipop...

Lollipop, lollipop...

(BUZZER SOUNDING)

Undefeated.

(HORN SOUNDING)

Ow!

(ALL LAUGHING)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

How do I get out?

MAGGIE.. There we go.

Get out. I can't do it. Do it for me.

(KNOW HOW PLAYING)

(EXCLAIMS)

Female Fight Club! Okay, all right.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

(BRAYING)

(LAUGHING)

I love you. Oh, I love you.

(RAPPING) Some of the busiest

rhymes ever made by man

Are going into this

mike Written by this hand

Are coming out of this

mouth Made by this tongue

I'll tell you now My name is Young

So you think that it's your

destiny to get the best of me

But I suggest to be quiet, bro

Don't even try it from

the east and west of me

Taking it and never breaking

it or even shaking it

Hey, inbreeders, you're

supposed to leave a tip.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(WHOOPS)

If Jack Black was working

here... Is it Jack White?

He's sexy. I like Jack Black.

Here you go, baby. You have

as much of that as you want.

Okay.

(LAUGHING) It's just so funny.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Hey.

Fishnets and sexy nicknames.

(RAPPING) I gotta make no

errors, mistakes or blunders

lt's like a wedding

Let no man put asunder

My name is Young MO I

like to rock mike well

'Cause when I get up on the

mike I just release my spell

And I can do it 'cause I got

know-how, You know I'm saying?

I got know-how

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

Ow! Ow!

(SINGING) I found the greatest love

Of all's inside of me

(OHEERING)

(28 PLAYING)

(SINGING) Here it comes

Guess for years I have tried to calm

What's inside me but something's wrong

I don't know what to say

To give me away

The dream's the same

I'm alone on a moving train

Wake up here and I can't complain

And there's the first

mistake I tried not to make

Next time around that's a habit to break

When I turn 28

Things are all gonna be great

At 28

So don't sit so close

Can't you see that I'm already yours?

Every day I've been living indoors

Tell them I was brave

Tell yourself the same

Tell everyone that I plan to go straight

When I turn 28

Things are all gonna be great

At 28

Oh, 28

They say that I will

get used to the change

But I can't keep my eyes on the page

Shouldn't be writing

these songs at my age

The candle's lit

Waiting patient for me to sit

But none of last

year's clothes still fit

And I keep waiting for

you to enter the room

l made my wish then to give it to you

When I turn 28

Things are all gonna be great

At 28

At 28

Tell everyone that

they'll just have to wait

When I turn 29

Things are all gonna be fine

At 29

(NEVER MY LOVE PLAYING)

You ask me if there'll come a time

When I'll grow tired of you

Never my love

Never my love

You wonder if this heart of mine

Will lose its desire for you

Never my love

Never my love

What makes you think love will end

When you know that my whole life

Depends on you

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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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