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Bad Reputation

Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.

Director

Kevin Kerslake

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, music

Box Office

$148,568

Production

BMG,Inaudible Films,Submarine Entertainment,Magnolia Pictures

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Homepage

http://www.badreputationfilm.com/

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♪ Not me! ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Not me! ♪

JOAN: I'd started reading
about this club - Bad Reputation

JOAN: I'd started reading about this club

If you were, like, 21,
you were already too old, - Bad Reputation

If you were, like, 21, you were already too old,

♪ I love you so ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ I love you so ♪

As you're a kid, you can't put
your finger on it yet, - Bad Reputation

As you're a kid, you can't put your finger on it y...

EVELYN MCDONNELL: There was
a kind of depravity - Bad Reputation

EVELYN MCDONNELL: There was a kind of depravity

DON BOLLES: I think everyone
was into Quaaludes then, - Bad Reputation

DON BOLLES: I think everyone was into Quaaludes then,

EVELYN: Again, this was
coming out of Stonewall, - Bad Reputation

EVELYN: Again, this was coming out of Stonewall,

Really blew my mind.
I loved Liza Minnelli. - Bad Reputation

Really blew my mind. I loved Liza Minnelli.

♪ You're better off
without me... ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ You're better off without me... ♪

RODNEY BINGENHEIMER:
I always called Joan Jett - Bad Reputation

RODNEY BINGENHEIMER: I always called Joan Jett

His name's Kim Fowley." - Bad Reputation

His name's Kim Fowley."

I can't be the only girl
in Hollywood - Bad Reputation

I can't be the only girl in Hollywood

SANDY WEST: I said, "Hi,
you know, I play drums, - Bad Reputation

SANDY WEST: I said, "Hi, you know, I play drums,

Kim Fowley looked
like Frankenstein - Bad Reputation

Kim Fowley looked like Frankenstein

He had produced a couple
of very obscure novelty hits. - Bad Reputation

He had produced a couple of very obscure novelty hits.

I think he was involved
with something - Bad Reputation

I think he was involved with something

♪ There's a cat
in the funny papers ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ There's a cat in the funny papers ♪

He flirted around
with working with me, - Bad Reputation

He flirted around with working with me,

RODNEY: Hey, I heard a story,
a rumor. - Bad Reputation

RODNEY: Hey, I heard a story, a rumor.

I have to talk about music.
It has to be about music. - Bad Reputation

I have to talk about music. It has to be about music.

JOAN: (ON RECORDING)
They don't know - Bad Reputation

JOAN: (ON RECORDING) They don't know

CHRIS STEIN:
I was sitting around my house, - Bad Reputation

CHRIS STEIN: I was sitting around my house,

The stuff he didn't like
about them is all the stuff - Bad Reputation

The stuff he didn't like about them is all the stuff

DEBBIE HARRY:
We were all sort of rejects - Bad Reputation

DEBBIE HARRY: We were all sort of rejects

BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG: Especially
with mainstream press - Bad Reputation

BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG: Especially with mainstream press

So that's the attitude - Bad Reputation

So that's the attitude

I wanted to be
all different things. - Bad Reputation

I wanted to be all different things.

ANNE LARKIN: She always had
this inner confidence - Bad Reputation

ANNE LARKIN: She always had this inner confidence

♪♪♪ Rows and flows of
angel hair ♪♪ - Bad Reputation

♪♪♪ Rows and flows of angel hair ♪♪

The heaviest ones
would drink with you, - Bad Reputation

The heaviest ones would drink with you,

♪ (PLAYING "NEON ANGELS
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN") ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ (PLAYING "NEON ANGELS ON THE ROAD TO RUIN") ♪...

TOM SNYDER: But from what I've
read about it, there's no music. - Bad Reputation

TOM SNYDER: But from what I've read about it, there...

- Uh-uh-uh-uh.
- No, it's more than that. - Bad Reputation

- Uh-uh-uh-uh. - No, it's more than that.

They were young,
they were hot, - Bad Reputation

They were young, they were hot,

Sid and Nancy came over
to the houseboat one night, - Bad Reputation

Sid and Nancy came over to the houseboat one night,

Oh, they all know you very well, - Bad Reputation

Oh, they all know you very well,

It wasn't until Japan - Bad Reputation

It wasn't until Japan

We knew something was wrong - Bad Reputation

We knew something was wrong

It was an all-color booklet.
It said "The Runaways." - Bad Reputation

It was an all-color booklet. It said "The Runaways.&quo...

CHERIE:
Kim made a very bad mistake. - Bad Reputation

CHERIE: Kim made a very bad mistake.

Next thing I knew,
there was a complete tour book - Bad Reputation

Next thing I knew, there was a complete tour book

And Joan and I had been very,
very, very close. - Bad Reputation

And Joan and I had been very, very, very close.

No! No! - Bad Reputation

(CROWD SHOUTING AND CHEERING) - Bad Reputation

(CROWD SHOUTING AND CHEERING)

DON: What you do when
your iconic lead singer - Bad Reputation

DON: What you do when your iconic lead singer

It's kind of incredible
that she, you know, - Bad Reputation

It's kind of incredible that she, you know,

I felt the album was going in a
very heavy direction musically, - Bad Reputation

I felt the album was going in a very heavy direction musical...

You know,
I'm not gonna get fired - Bad Reputation

You know, I'm not gonna get fired

So I should probably
let you guys do your thing. - Bad Reputation

So I should probably let you guys do your thing.

If they had, you know,
proper management, you know, - Bad Reputation

If they had, you know, proper management, you know,

JOAN: How did I personally deal - Bad Reputation

JOAN: How did I personally deal

No, it got heavier than that.
Definitely. - Bad Reputation

No, it got heavier than that. Definitely.

Felt like LA was totally
laughing at me going, - Bad Reputation

Felt like LA was totally laughing at me going,

And she ended up in Cedars,
and it was pretty scary. - Bad Reputation

And she ended up in Cedars, and it was pretty scary.

She was really depressed - Bad Reputation

She was really depressed

I gotta do something.
What can I do? - Bad Reputation

I gotta do something. What can I do?

We had signed to do
the music for a movie, - Bad Reputation

We had signed to do the music for a movie,

Joan Jett
was the only one left - Bad Reputation

Joan Jett was the only one left

"I know you're
a good songwriter, - Bad Reputation

"I know you're a good songwriter,

I think she's significant." - Bad Reputation

I think she's significant."

She was drinking. - Bad Reputation

She was drinking.

Hi, guys. - Bad Reputation

Because
he couldn't write songs - Bad Reputation

Because he couldn't write songs

♪ I want you like I never
wanted anythin' else... ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ I want you like I never wanted anythin' else... ♪

(PLAYS PIANO CHORD) - Bad Reputation

(PLAYS PIANO CHORD)

ADAM HOROVITZ: Our generation,
when we were kids, - Bad Reputation

ADAM HOROVITZ: Our generation, when we were kids,

It's just like, "Look, we're
making this music to make money. - Bad Reputation

It's just like, "Look, we're making this musi...

KATHLEEN HANNA: "We're gonna
sell it to kids. - Bad Reputation

KATHLEEN HANNA: "We're gonna sell it to kids.

♪ Yummy, yummy, yummy
I got love in my tummy ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Yummy, yummy, yummy I got love in my tummy ♪

Get right to the chorus." - Bad Reputation

Get right to the chorus."

IAN MACKAYE: I am a hook guy.
Kenny and I share that. - Bad Reputation

IAN MACKAYE: I am a hook guy. Kenny and I share that.

DON: There was a lot of shared
DNA between bubblegum and punk. - Bad Reputation

DON: There was a lot of shared DNA between bubblegum and pun...

I remember my father said, - Bad Reputation

I remember my father said,

PETE TOWNSHEND: I really
liked Kenny - Bad Reputation

PETE TOWNSHEND: I really liked Kenny

(STRUMMING CHORDS) - Bad Reputation

(STRUMMING CHORDS)

KENNY: What affected me
was their self-belief, - Bad Reputation

KENNY: What affected me was their self-belief,

JOAN: And Bill said to Kenny,
"You know what? - Bad Reputation

JOAN: And Bill said to Kenny, "You know what?

And that was the start
of their relationship and ours. - Bad Reputation

And that was the start of their relationship and ours.

I'll tell you the truth
about this girl. Mwah! - Bad Reputation

I'll tell you the truth about this girl. Mwah!

It felt you were kind of
blessed by, you know, - Bad Reputation

It felt you were kind of blessed by, you know,

I knew all The Runaways songs - Bad Reputation

I knew all The Runaways songs

♪ Hey, you must obey ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Hey, you must obey ♪

JOAN: I kind of knew in my gut - Bad Reputation

JOAN: I kind of knew in my gut

They're looking at her." - Bad Reputation

They're looking at her."

♪ I was caught
So unaware ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ I was caught So unaware ♪

JOAN: First one we wrote was - Bad Reputation

JOAN: First one we wrote was

No songs here.
Maybe if she loses the guitar." - Bad Reputation

No songs here. Maybe if she loses the guitar."

KENNY: My mom
was an outrageous feminist. - Bad Reputation

KENNY: My mom was an outrageous feminist.

So when I met Joan
and heard about The Runaways, - Bad Reputation

So when I met Joan and heard about The Runaways,

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Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Kevin Kerslake

Writer: Joel Marcus

Production: BMG,Inaudible Films,Submarine Entertainment,Magnolia Pictures

Genre: documentary, biography, music

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 66/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $148,568

Released: 28 Sep 2018

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations

Homepage: http://www.badreputationfilm.com/