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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 ...
- $16.6 million
- The Section Quartet
- $15 million
- Drew Barrymore, Barry Mendel
Oct 2, 2009 · Whip It: Directed by Drew Barrymore. With Sarah Habel, Shannon Eagen, Edward Austin Kelly, Mary Callaghan Lynch. In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock-loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller-derby league in nearby Austin.
- (70K)
- Drama, Sport
- Drew Barrymore
- 2009-10-02
Music video. "Whip It" on YouTube. " Whip It " is a song by American new wave band Devo from their third studio album Freedom of Choice (1980). It is a new wave and synth-pop song that features a synthesizer, electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums in its instrumentation. The apparently nonsensical lyrics have a common theme revolving around ...
- "Turn Around"
- August 13, 1980
- 2:37
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Nov 14, 2020 · The post The Story Behind Devo’s Surprise Breakout Hit “Whip It” appeared first on Consequence of Sound. 2020 has been a year that represents de-evolution on a global scale. The pandemic ...
- Peter Csathy
Casale told Songfacts how this song came together: "'Whip It,' like many Devo songs, had a long gestation, a long process. The lyrics were written by me as an imitation of Thomas Pynchon's parodies in his book Gravity's Rainbow. He had parodied limericks and poems of kind of all-American, obsessive, cult of personality ideas like Horatio Alger ...
Sep 30, 2023 · DEVO's "Whip It" was an absurdly unique success story. The song was formally released in 1980 and reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. ... and Mark Mothersbaugh has made a great career of ...
Whip It - Full Cast & Crew. 68 Metascore; 2009; 1 hr 51 mins Drama, Comedy, Sports PG13 Watchlist. Where to Watch. Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut with this quirky sports drama about an ...
