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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0014381208924 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Dolby, NTSC Label: Image Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Image Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 05, 2005 Running Time: 109 minutes Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: October 07, 2004 Editorial Review: Description: See the gripping rise of the first all-girl hard rock band, its hopes and dreams, and its eventual disintegration as the result of media belittling, in-fighting and drug use amidst rumors of verbal and emotional abuse by the band's management. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Wonderful... Though Something Significant is Missing.The significant is Joan Jett. All the Runaways participate and Fowley even rears his arrogance for all to see but Jett is nowhere to be found outside of the historical footage. This is still a great behind-the-scenes retrospective through interviews (the girls still look great today) and quick flashback glimpses through concert and touring footage. It could have been spiced up with more Runaways material from the era; the footage of the Velvet's "Rock and Roll" live is a highlight. I grew right along ... Read More Rating: - Great...where are the originals?I'll admit, I loved "watching" the Runaways far far better than listening to them ~ but I absolutely adore Joan Jett. (Sometimes, though, ask me what happened when my guitar player purchased Lita Ford's, I think, second album...) Still: WHEN IS SOMEBODY GOING TO MAKE AN ABJECTLY SYCOPHANTIC MOVIE ABOUT FANNY, who not only were there first and did it much better, but were infinitely more attractive? YO, David Bowie, R U listening? Rating:  - Where's Joan ?I was so excited to see the DVD. I've been a fan of Joan Jett & the Runaways for as long as I can remember. The documentary was interesting enough, but I couldn't stop wishing that Joan Jett was in it. Why wasn't she in it & so on. This became very distracting. It was cool to hear the points of view from the other ladies & see where they all wound up. Rating: - lively film -- hostility misplacedThis is the story of five untalented women who were led to brief commercial success by a brilliant Hollywood huckster, Kim Fowley. None of the music they made is worth a damn -- and Joan Jett has to be one of the least interesting rock stars of the last 25 years -- but Fowley is rather fascinating. Even if he seems Machiavelian at times, he is the biggest talent on the screen, and the whining and moaning about his "exploitation" merely seems silly for, without him, these women would be slinging hash ... Read More Rating:  - A Surprisingly Good DocumentaryI haven't listened to the Runaways in over 20 years, and even then, only listened to one album, their first. I came to it by way of Joan Jett, whom I liked. I wasn't crazy about the Runaways album. This film, however, reveals a group of girls who were, in fact, quite talented and strong, and who became skilled and made some good music. Unlike other reviewers, I don't see Kim Fowley as quite the abusive sleazebag they did...More, he was a banal, self-important, smarmy, drover. Did he take ... Read More |
