The Runaways

[CrazyBeautiful]

Kstewartfans

 

[cloudyshambles]

i have two of their albums (the runaways and queens of noise) and i really like them!!! so i cannot wait for this movie!! also because i'm curious to see kristen's acting and because i love the trailer! hope we'll see more movie stills soon or a 2nd trailer

 

[dajrekshn]

For anyone clinging to the image of Dakota Fanning as the lovable moppet in such movies as “Charlotte’s Web” or “The Cat in the Hat” (in which she utters lovably moppet-ish lines like “I wanna make cupcakes!” and “You better clean this mess up!”), her appearance in the rock-surged coming-of-age-drama “The Runaways” will come as a revelation (even for those who saw Fanning's tough-to-take "Hounddog").

“Hello Daddy/Hello Mom/I’m your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!” she snarls in character as the all-girl teenage rock group’s wild child singer Cherie Currie. As is detailed in this story (which will appear in Sunday’s Calendar section), in other scenes Fanning passionately makes out with co-star Kristen Stewart (as the movie’s Joan Jett), snorts all kinds of Class A drugs and whips fans into a frenzy by appearing in fishnet stockings and a revealing bodice.

G-rated family fun, “The Runaways” most certainly is not. Audiences will be able to see for themselves at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 24 where the film premieres before reaching theaters in March.

According to the movie’s director Floria Sigismondi, Fanning and Stewart (who shared screen in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon") subjected themselves to a kind of rock ‘n' roll boot camp to more convincingly embody two still very much alive musical icons – members of a pioneering group that went on to inspire such all-female rock bands as L7, the Go-Gos, Sahara Hotnights and the Donnas.

Step 1: Having Fanning practice with the hard rocking band Living Things, which is not coincidentally fronted by Sigismondi’s hubby, Lillian Berlin.

“I put Dakota in with my husband’s band so she could feel what it’s like to have big drums and amps behind her – so she could feel what it’s like to be a singer having to fight for the sounds,” Sigismondi said on the movie’s set last summer. “You have to use your body for that. I wanted to give her that experience.”

For a month before production began, Sigismondi also had Fanning and Stewart, with costar band mates Scout Taylor-Compton, Stella Maeve and Alia Shawkat, rehearse performing together as the incendiary girl group to coax more naturalistic rock star performances from them. Then Stewart and Fanning lay down vocal tracks singing the Runaways’ songs featured in the movie.

“We rehearsed for a long time, which was a great advantage,” the director said. “We got the girls in the recording studio, got the recordings right. Then by the time we filmed it, it wasn’t lip-syncing. Because they were the ones who had done it.”

Likewise, Stewart is utterly convincing both physically -- with her black fringed shag hairdo, spiked leather bracelet and rock chic leather outfits -- as well as doing an impressive approximation of Jett’s singing voice. Which makes more than a little sense; the rock icon executive produced “The Runaways” and visited its set frequently where Jett conferred with the actress about her portrayal.

During a break in filming on the movie’s set, Fanning gushed about her front-woman duties.

“I had never experienced being a lead singer before,” Fanning said. “It was something very new, very interesting. Unlike any feeling I’ve ever had.”

“It’s like a dream to be a rock star!”

-- Chris Lee

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/mov...ewart-attend-school-of-rock-for-runaways.html

 

[dajrekshn]

new still:

twitpic.com/photos/RobstenLovex

 

[dajrekshn]

new clip!

 

[alacrity]

Oooh! I'm so excited for this!! Looks good... I think Dakota will be able to pull off Cherie, as for Kristen... I'll wait and see if she can pull off Joan, I really hope so! I love the band so much I don't want them to ruin them in the movie.

 

[kokobombon]

New pics! HQs





collider.com (via sleepykrista @ Kristen´s thread)

 

[Alvedansen]

Oooh! I'm so excited for this!! Looks good... I think Dakota will be able to pull off Cherie, as for Kristen... I'll wait and see if she can pull off Joan, I really hope so! I love the band so much I don't want them to ruin them in the movie.

yeah, i have a lot of faith in dakota...kristen is bella with a mullett in this scene, the damn lipbiting and looking down/up is practically her whole acting range. i'll wait for the whole movie, but what i've seen so far of kristen is not convincing
but i like the 70s feel of the movie already and the script was good so i don't think kristen will ruin it completely

 

[dajrekshn]

the only person who was able to disappoint me (considering clip this short) is dakota. she looks really uncomfortable and unconvincing. kstew looks really good in my opinion,i didn't see much of her usually manners so exposed in this.

 

[cloudyshambles]

the only person who was able to disappoint me (considering clip this short) is dakota. she looks really uncomfortable and unconvincing. kstew looks really good in my opinion,i didn't see much of her usually manners so exposed in this.

i agree!!!
wow, i'm getting really excited for that movie!! can't wait to hear their versions of the songs! cherry bomb sounds awesome in the trailer, a lot more bass than in the original version!

 

[Alvedansen]

the official poster

hollywoodcrush.mtv.com

 

[dajrekshn]

wow! that poster is sweeeeet. i like it. very much.

 

[jemina]

Dakota is so perfect.

 

[MUXU]

cant wait to see this movie too. im amazed how much kristen look like a young joan jett with the make up and the mullet, i didn't even recognize her at first

 

[Caty_conte]

Pics from Sundance

Here are some photos taken at the premiere at Sundance from getty.com:

 

[florenz]

did a search of 'dakota fanning' on tumblr and found these

guessing they're pretty recent

unbelievably cute

 

[Alvedansen]

some reviews
cinematical
collider
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from EOnline (i can't access the page, so copy/paste the review here from imdb

Marc Malkin

I loved The Runaways. It really does rock. The movie is the true-life story of the short-lived but legendary all-girl rock band, with Kristen Stewart starring as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie.

Stewart does what she does best: play the anguished outsider. But Fanning really nails it as the 15-year drug-abusing sex kitten Cherie. This is a Dakota you have never seen, getting so lost in the role that there are times she is almost unrecognizable. Full of sex (including Fanning and Stewart locking lips), drugs and rock n' roll, The Runaways is not for the prudish....

Or for Stewart and Fanning's younger Twilight fans.

Revolutionary Road's Michael Shannon plays the band's eccentric svengali producer, Kim Fowley. He's got some laugh-out-loud lines, most of which are D-I-R-T-Y—dirty!

And, as an added bonus, entering that fun intersection where art intersects life, Joan Jett herself hit Sundance last night when she performed at Harry O's—with Stewart and Fanning making a quickie appearance before the show. Let The Runaways resurgence begin!

 

[dajrekshn]

variety:

All-girl teenage band "The Runaways," once regarded as a prefab joke but now lionized as trailblazers, are the subject of Floria Sigismondi's first feature. Despite the helmer's multidisciplinary background, this proves a conventionally enjoyable making-and-breaking-of-the-band saga. Apparition plans a wide release May 19, which may lead to quick theatrical playoff since, apart from Runaways fans, the pic's ideal audience -- teenage girls who will find it inspirational and cool -- won't necessarily flock to an unfamiliar 35-year-old story. But the names of Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning at the top of the cast will help, and long ancillary life is assured.

The Runaways

The film was exec produced by Joan Jett, with Sigismondi's script drawn from Cherie Currie's 1989 autobiography "Neon Angel," and made with cooperation from other former Runaways (save subsequent heavy-metal guitar queen Lita Ford, who, not surprisingly, isn't given much screen time or sympathy).

This is in contrast to the 2005 feature doc "Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways," in which everyone but Jett was involved. The docu dished a lot more dirt than this narrative recap, which both sweetens the band's tumultuous history and makes it a more traditional cautionary tale about the wild side of rock 'n' roll.

"The Runaways" does a good job setting the scene without laying on too much retro kitsch. It dutifully recalls the formation of the band: Rhythm guitarist Jett (Stewart) and drummer Sandy West (Stella Maeve) are hanging out in the Bacchanalian mid-'70s when they petition patronage from songwriter/producer/gadfly Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon), who likes their idea of assembling an all-girl (and well-underage) hard-rock group.

Blonde nymphet Currie (Fanning) is recruited for her looks, with signature song "Cherry Bomb" written on the spot when she shows up with Peggy Lee's "Fever" as her audition rather than the song assigned by Suzy Quatro (the Runaways' only real grrl-rocker model then). Combative Ford provides the flashy lead guitar licks, and … well, there were a lot of bassists (Alia Shawkat plays a conglomerate figure named "Robin").

With some in the band as young as 13 at the time of its formation, and nearly all from broken homes, they naturally find the pressures of touring and fame overwhelming. Fowley's manipulations and penny-pinching are no help; neither are the era's too-accessible hedonistic excesses. Loose emphasis is on the frisson between songwriter/peacemaker Jett and singer Currie, whose promotion as the act's sexploitative focus causes resentment among other members. Two are seen as having a Sapphic relationship of vague duration, while Currie also beds older roadie Scottie (Johnny Lewis). An abortion is omitted from pic's narrative, however.

The pic tends to exaggerate the group's impact since the band came on the scene when metalheads were certain "chicks can't rock." Mainstream rock 'n' pop auds found them too hard, while others viewed them as a gimmicky jailbait sideshow packaged by well-known weirdo Svengali Fowley. The group got a lot of attention but not much respect (or record sales for its three 1976-77 Mercury albums). Later, the pic shows them being greeted with superstar-level hysteria in Japan.

Presumably for legal reasons, allegations of abuse against Fowley (other than the verbal kind) are not addressed. (They are in "Edgeplay," wherein ex-Runaways wax positively vitriolic.)

Though sometimes her usual neurotic tics distract, "Twilight's" Stewart is a good fit for the tough but good-natured Jett, who carried on as frontwoman after Currie left, then launched a far more successful solo career. In line with many previous roles, Fanning emphasizes Currie's vulnerability -- making her a sexy nice-girl victim -- though the bratty, dangerously needy character seen in old clips, discussed by bandmates in "Edgeplay," and even glimpsed in Currie's own book, seems more interesting.

Shannon has a field day as the uniquely foul-mouthed, temperamentally perverse Fowley. Riley Keough has a substantial role as Currie's sister Marie; Tatum O'Neal and Brett Cullen appear very briefly as the Curries' divorced, neglectful parents.

Apart from some druggy scenes, the presentation is pretty straightforward, albeit energetic enough and benefiting from Benoit Debie's astute lensing. Other design/tech factors are solid. The soundtrack (which includes numerous other artists of the era) rocks, naturally.

Only Currie, Jett and Fowley are afforded where-are-they-now onscreen text epilogues, which seems unfair and should be corrected before release to include at least Ford and West. Runtime listed doesn't include the full final credits, which weren't on the Sundance premiere print.

by Dennis Harvey
source

 

[Alvedansen]

oh oh, when even a reporter who sees millions of movies and doesn't focus so much on just kristen notices "Though sometimes her usual neurotic tics distract" i'm afraid she has to do the lipbiting etc a LOT :/

but it seems to be a good movie overall, i'm starting to get itchy and can't wait to see it

 

[dajrekshn]

i'm so hyped for this movie ever since the last summer.
i have a thing for movies about music.

i expected for this movie to be bombed since all the press was under embargo after the press-screenings a month ago.