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The Runaways |  | Director: Floria Sigismondi
Actors: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning
Studio: Sony
Category: DVD
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Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 386
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: COLD35345D
UPC: 043396353459
EAN: 0043396353459
ASIN: B0034G4P6W
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 2010
Release Date: July 20, 2010
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Product Description
A COMING-OF-AGE BIOPIC ABOUT '70S TEENAGE BAND THE RUNAWAYS.
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In adapting Cherie Currie's memoir, iNeon Angel/i, Floria Sigismondi focuses on three figures. Sensing imminent stardom, Sunset Strip impresario Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) brings together blond Bowie fanatic Cherie (Dakota Fanning) with raven-haired rocker Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart). Manufactured bands weren't a novel phenomenon in the 1970s, but the Runaways wrote their own songs and played their own instruments, paving the way for the all-girl outfits to come. With a mother (Tatum O'Neal) in Singapore and a perpetually drunk father, Cherie and her sister, Marie (Riley Keough), must fend for themselves. When the group heads out on tour, there's no adult supervision, leading to drinking and drugging from California to Japan, where the crowds go wild, but just as they're taking off in public, they're falling apart in private. Cherie tires of Fowley's tough-love tactics, while her bandmates resent the focus on their sexpot singer. The best thing about Sigismondi's film is that her risky casting choices pay off: Fanning leaves her little-girl roles behind just as easily as Stewart breaks free from her iTwilight/i shackles, so it's too bad Jett has no back story and that the other players, particularly Sandy West (Stella Maeve) and Lita Ford (Scout Taylor-Compton), don't register more as distinct personalities. Shannon's Fowley, on the other hand, steals the show with his profane performance. For a film dedicated to female empowerment, that may not have been the director's intention, but as Fowley says, "This isn't about women's lib; this is about women's libido." i--Kathleen C. Fennessy/i
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 Running away from life. September 2, 2010
ADRIENNE MILLER (TENNESSEE)
The Runaways is an incomplete real life story of the first Rock and Roll girl group. There is hardly any mention of Lita Ford's life in the film and she was just as popular as Joan Jett after the band broke-up. The film mainly focuses on the strange relationship between Jett and lead singer, Cherie Currie played beautifully by Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. Fanning is not a little girl anymore but she was always wise beyond her years, but in The Runaways she leaves no trace of her youth to be found. Fanning's seething performance holds this film from just being average. So-so drama but still worth watching - enjoy!
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I was impressed September 2, 2010
adiadv (West Milton, OH USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this film. It's a good example of the exploitation many musicians and actors experience in their journey toward stardom. People often give up their lives to achieve their dreams or become a success, but there's often a big price to pay. The movie was produced by Joan Jett, based on a book by Cherie Currie, so I find it believable that it's (hopefully) a fairly accurate account of the quick rise and fall of the Runaways.
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br /The fact that a group of high school aged girls experienced this is what is so amazing to me. Kim Fowley undoubtedly got them there, but if this story holds any truth then he was a total slimeball for blatantly exploiting them sexually and promoting them as "jail bait." As the saying goes, sex sells. And maybe "you gotta sell your soul for rock and roll," but these girls were just kids who were given an offer many people would not hesitate to refuse. Especially someone like Joan Jett, who was apparently just like me growing up: I lived and breathed music, and an opportunity like that would have been the moment I had been living for.
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br /It bothered me that Lita Ford was given barely a shred of recognition. She deserves credit for being one of the small group of female rock guitarists who got noticed for their talent in a male-dominated industry. I was left with the impression that she was not liked by Jett or Currie, and they were simply thrown together by their producer and tried to tolerate each other. They could have at least given her a few lines at the end when they showed the brief synopses of what happened to the characters afterward. In the grand scheme of things this was a brief moment in the lives of Jett and Currie, so maybe they wanted to focus on their personal perspective of the events.
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br /I knew ahead of time that Jett and Currie coached the lead actresses in their roles, so I went in with some confidence that they were going to do good character portrayals. I've never been a big fan of Kristen Stewart, but she nailed the performance and was convincing in the role of Joan Jett. Dakota Fanning is never disappoints me, and I think she outdid herself once again and proved that she can take on just about any character no matter how diverse. I suppose I can see why they created a fictional bassist - since they went through several of them during that short period of time - but it was disappointing for me to see a talented actress like Alia Shawkat in the role of a character that hardly uttered a word. I know ... it was her choice to do it.
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br /If you appreciate the significant contributions that certain bands have made in the history of music - whether or not you're a fan - you will probably enjoy this movie.
 Vulgarity and Obscenity Rule August 31, 2010
Sexy Bachelor (Singapore)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
What on earth are Kristen Stewart and once-baby-face Dakota Fanning soiling themselves like whores in this movie? Is this what sick Hollywood producers do to actresses these days? Oh yes, maybe that's what today's twisted mass consumer "market" wants to see: the degradation of the young. You're just making another movie to capture market share, thinking that there are no consequence to your actions.
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br /If you like watching girls turn really bad by swearing their mouths with endless expletives and behaving like cocaine-snorting whores, this is one classic example of the loose, evil culture that reigns in Hollywood and Gomorrah-city California. Guess the Rebellion hasn't ended in the Garden of Eden, in ancient Babylon or in the 1970s.
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br /What you'll learn in this movie: Whore, swear, sing and Get Rich!
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br /Are we supposed to pity those whoring junkies and have kids turn to them as role-models?!
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br /This is one memorable Dakota Fanning classic:
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br /I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)
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solidly made but disappointing August 31, 2010
xsurfer
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of those movies I'm a little torn over. While it is solidly made, and pays great attention to details of period and style, it's not really about the Runaways. It's about Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. Since these are the two most well-known women from the group I can understand if they'd gotten a bit more screen time, but there are three other important stories there that have been completely ignored(not the least of which is the successful, pioneering career of Lita Ford). I believe it would have been a much better viewing experience if my expectations had been different- say if the title had been "Cherie and Joan" or something to that effect. Over all I was a little disappointed.
br /However, if you've never heard of The Runaways before, and you are interested in a brief and exciting period in the 1970's when rebellion was still frowned upon by the masses, then it's probably a great movie for you.
 "The Runaways", should have run longer August 30, 2010
Edward Davidson (AUSTRALIA)
Being a long time #1 Joan Jett fan I thought the movie was terrific.. Kristen Stewart plays Joans moody personal down to a tee.. Dakota Fanning played Cherie Currie to perfection.. There was not enough of Sandy West (probably the first female rock drummer) or Lita Ford's (the worlds greatest female guitarist) parts in the move.. In real life they had as much impact on the band as did Joan and Cherrie.. Dont forget Cherie's sister Marie and Vick Blue joined the line up for short periods when Cherrie went off the rails and Joan Lita started thinking of breaking up the band.. My only problem was there was a lot of music and story left out but then the movie would have to have been 4 times longer.. I could have handled that.. They were the worlds first heavy female rock band barly out of school (when they went) and they nailed it.. It was a pitty the band didn't go longer but then we wouldn't have had Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.. HOW ABOUT KIRSTEN PLAYS JOAN AGAIN IN A STORY OF JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS.. Now thats another great story again...
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