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The Runaways is a biographical film, based on all girl rock band of the same name. The film was written and directed by Floria Sigismondi. Cast: Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie, Scout Taylor-Compton as Lita Ford, Stella Maeve as Sandy West, Alia Shawkat as Robin, Michael Shannon as Kim Fowley, Riley Keough as Marie Currie, Hannah Marks as Tammy and Keir O'Donnell as Rodney Bingenheimer. The Runaways is set to be released on March 19, 2010. The Runaways" were hugely influential as the first successful all-girl hard rock band; its members included guitarists Joan Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox. The band was brought together in late 1975 by impresario Kim Fowley, who thought a novelty act of teenaged girls performing in leather and lace would be an easy sell, but the girls ended up proving to be serious and influential musicians with songs like "Cherry Bomb." The band lasted about four years together, falling apart over management and money issues.

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