// Films - The Runaways

Movie Details 
Release Date: March 19th, 2010
Director: Floria Sigismondi
Writer: Floria Sigismondi (Based on Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story by Cherie Currie)
Starring:Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Michael Shannon, Scout Taylor-Compton, Alia Shawkat, Tatum O'Neal
Genre: Drama, Music
Runtime: Not Available
MPAA Rating: R
Official Website: click here
Quotes: Not Available

» Synopsis
Of all the bands to come out of the 1970s Los Angeles music scene, The Runaways are by far the most uniquely fascinating. This is partially due to their music but more so to the fact that they were teenage girls whose wild and reckless lifestyle was the stuff of legend.
Focusing on the duo of guitarist/vocalist Joan Jett and lead vocalist Cherie Currie as they navigate a rocky road of touring and record-label woes, the film chronicles the band’s formation as well as their meteoric rise under the malevolent eye of an abusive manager.

» Dakota's character
Not Available

» Dakota's quotes

"I loved it. I loved the wardrobe so much everyday, and i got to keep it all so, that's the best part" [On the wardrobe from The Runaways]

"I'm just portraying what was going on with [Cherie] when she was my age. I want to continue to act for my whole life. Eventually, everyone will have to let me grow up, somehow, some way. I’m just trying to let that happen as naturally as I can."

"When you’re up there and you hear yourself singing the songs and feel yourself performing the dance moves that are so iconic — when you’re up there having the time of your life — you feel like you are those girls for a few minutes. It’s really fun!" [On performing the The Runaways songs]

"I had never experienced being a lead singer before. It was something very new, very interesting. Unlike any feeling I’ve ever had. It’s like a dream to be a rock star!"

"I really enjoyed doing that subject matter for the first time in a biopic, because it really happened - it's not just a made-up story about a 15-year-old kid running wild. It's a true story of her evolution from good Valley Girl to bad rock n' roll princess." [On playing Cherie Currie in The Runaways]

» Dakota's Reviews
"Seeing [her] playing me is so off-the-map it's incredible. I can't even digest it. She's so together, which I was not at that age… She came to my house one afternoon and we sang back and forth so that she could get the inflections, and she nailed it."
- Cherie Currie

"Kickass performance from K Stewart and Dakota Fanning amazing a movie to watch”
“Kickass performances by Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning! They are innocent no more!”
“Great performances by Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning..”
“Wow. Incredible performances, incredible cinematography, incredible score. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning WERE Joan Jett and Cherie Currie.”
“Badass movie!! Kristen and Dakota killed it.”
“It is agreat movie and a fantastic cast and Dakota Fanning WOW the best.”
“AMAZING! Kristen & Dakota were incredible!”
- Sundance Official Webpage reviews

"We’d be playing and Dakota would go kind of nuts and start screaming the lyrics—she’s an incredible actress. She’s really graceful, would show up on set with a backpack and pastel cardigan, but as soon as the music started she became Cherie Currie, super aggressive forward powerful, owning the microphone, she really really nailed it.”
- Cory Becker

"Powerful performances from Stewart, Fanning, and Shannon, and a song showcase that puts in bold what the Runaways were all about, while giving a bit of short shrift to the other band members. These girls were, for a very short time, the Queens of Noise. Fanning's concert performance of "Cherry Bomb" will be ringing in your ears for days."
- Cinematical

» Links
.Sundance
.At Rotten Tomatoes
.Official Page
.IMDb page

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