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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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An interviewer
who once said to her, - Bad Reputation

An interviewer who once said to her,

No, you know,
I don't like to knock - Bad Reputation

No, you know, I don't like to knock

No. (LAUGHS) - Bad Reputation

♪ Are you in the mood
For a lot of singing? ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Are you in the mood For a lot of singing? ♪

Look at all these towns." - Bad Reputation

Look at all these towns."

And all of a sudden,
we find out - Bad Reputation

And all of a sudden, we find out

So it gave me the courage
to empty our bank account. - Bad Reputation

So it gave me the courage to empty our bank account.

My daughter was just born.
She's only a couple months old. - Bad Reputation

My daughter was just born. She's only a couple months o...

JOAN: But we discussed
about, you know, - Bad Reputation

JOAN: But we discussed about, you know,

We'll take music
we believe in so much - Bad Reputation

We'll take music we believe in so much

♪ Temperature
Is running high ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Temperature Is running high ♪

Maybe it did,
or maybe it was just - Bad Reputation

Maybe it did, or maybe it was just

♪ Oh, yeah ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

Twenty-five of them were
my guest list for my neighbors. - Bad Reputation

Twenty-five of them were my guest list for my neighbors.

♪ No, no, no! ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ No, no, no! ♪

JOAN: I think audiences
are forced to listen more, - Bad Reputation

JOAN: I think audiences are forced to listen more,

Like, I think
the record companies - Bad Reputation

Like, I think the record companies

MIKE NESS: Oh, I'm sure she
had to go through a lot of, - Bad Reputation

MIKE NESS: Oh, I'm sure she had to go through a lot of,

"Just 'cause I'm a girl,
don't think I can't play." - Bad Reputation

"Just 'cause I'm a girl, don't think I c...

Out of nowhere,
an old friend of mine, - Bad Reputation

Out of nowhere, an old friend of mine,

JOAN: Neil ran
Casablanca Records, - Bad Reputation

JOAN: Neil ran Casablanca Records,

JOAN: He was really
into what we were doing, - Bad Reputation

JOAN: He was really into what we were doing,

He never checked with us.
It completely pissed us off. - Bad Reputation

He never checked with us. It completely pissed us off.

He said,
"You're a cult marketer. - Bad Reputation

He said, "You're a cult marketer.

Thugs. (CHUCKLES) - Bad Reputation

Thugs. (CHUCKLES)

The Runaways
didn't want to do it, - Bad Reputation

The Runaways didn't want to do it,

JOAN: So once I was with Kenny - Bad Reputation

JOAN: So once I was with Kenny

("I LOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL" PLAYS) - Bad Reputation

("I LOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL" PLAYS)

I kind of wanted to be,
like, you know, - Bad Reputation

I kind of wanted to be, like, you know,

It was kind of, "Aha,
I told you so," in a way, - Bad Reputation

It was kind of, "Aha, I told you so," in a way,

We're good.
It wasn't, "I'm good." - Bad Reputation

We're good. It wasn't, "I'm good."

It's an effort,
a team effort, - Bad Reputation

It's an effort, a team effort,

♪ I ain't that tough, no ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ I ain't that tough, no ♪

♪ Ahh ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Crimson and clover ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Crimson and clover ♪

- ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Ba da da da da da ♪ - Bad Reputation

- ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ Ba da da da da da ♪

But sometimes you do wanna
fucking be sexual, - Bad Reputation

But sometimes you do wanna fucking be sexual,

BILLIE JOE: If Mick Jagger
can transcend his sexuality, - Bad Reputation

BILLIE JOE: If Mick Jagger can transcend his sexuality,

ALISON MOSSHART: It gives you
power to prove everyone wrong. - Bad Reputation

ALISON MOSSHART: It gives you power to prove everyone wrong.

♪ Over and over ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Over and over ♪

And that's something
that I want in my head - Bad Reputation

And that's something that I want in my head

♪ ("CRIMSON AND CLOVER"
CONTINUES) ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ ("CRIMSON AND CLOVER" CONTINUES) ♪

KENNY: The situation at MCA
became so acrimonious - Bad Reputation

KENNY: The situation at MCA became so acrimonious

It's one thing when they're
not helping you at all. - Bad Reputation

It's one thing when they're not helping you at all...

Now, we could still sell out
almost any club in America, - Bad Reputation

Now, we could still sell out almost any club in America,

JOAN: I'd always wanted
to act since I was a kid, - Bad Reputation

JOAN: I'd always wanted to act since I was a kid,

There's a young woman
in rock 'n' roll today - Bad Reputation

There's a young woman in rock 'n' roll today

Paul Schrader
of the movie Taxi Driver - Bad Reputation

Paul Schrader of the movie Taxi Driver

They're able to go to places,
look at things - Bad Reputation

They're able to go to places, look at things

I've seen other actors
manufacture - Bad Reputation

I've seen other actors manufacture

I told her if she mentioned
church or rock 'n' roll - Bad Reputation

I told her if she mentioned church or rock 'n' rol...

Whether she was acting
or she was playing, - Bad Reputation

Whether she was acting or she was playing,

Just let her do
what she's doing - Bad Reputation

Just let her do what she's doing

He got the sense that as long
as he took what he was doing - Bad Reputation

He got the sense that as long as he took what he was doing

We treated each other
as peers in each other's worlds, - Bad Reputation

We treated each other as peers in each other's worlds,

(CROWD CHEERING) - Bad Reputation

(CROWD CHEERING)

KENNY: The relationship between
your label and yourselves - Bad Reputation

KENNY: The relationship between your label and yourselves

And if you piss me off,
you're gonna die." - Bad Reputation

And if you piss me off, you're gonna die."

♪ Midnight, gettin' uptight,
Where are you? ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Midnight, gettin' uptight, Where are you? ♪

♪ Away ♪ - Bad Reputation

(SIREN WAILS) - Bad Reputation

♪ Rebel girl ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ Rebel girl ♪

IAN: And Joan and Kenny
came down for the gig, - Bad Reputation

IAN: And Joan and Kenny came down for the gig,

Phone rings, and I pick it up,
and it's like, - Bad Reputation

Phone rings, and I pick it up, and it's like,

And probably on another level,
she related to it - Bad Reputation

And probably on another level, she related to it

And she had been,
of all people, in the trenches - Bad Reputation

And she had been, of all people, in the trenches

JOAN: For lack of a better term,
you know, an updated version - Bad Reputation

JOAN: For lack of a better term, you know, an updated versio...

IAN: When they did
that Bikini Kill record, - Bad Reputation

IAN: When they did that Bikini Kill record,

One of the earliest scenes that
we were really interested in - Bad Reputation

One of the earliest scenes that we were really interested in

Like, that's crazy
that she produced this record. - Bad Reputation

Like, that's crazy that she produced this record.

She has been a part
of not only her own music - Bad Reputation

She has been a part of not only her own music

TV HOST: We have a few friends
for you to meet, - Bad Reputation

TV HOST: We have a few friends for you to meet,

♪ ("SHUT DOWN"
BY THE GERMS PLAYS) ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ ("SHUT DOWN" BY THE GERMS PLAYS) ♪

Eventually, they started
this band called The Germs, - Bad Reputation

Eventually, they started this band called The Germs,

(SONG CONTINUES) - Bad Reputation

(SONG CONTINUES)

DON: She didn't engineer.
That wasn't her thing. - Bad Reputation

DON: She didn't engineer. That wasn't her thing.

We needed
someone with ears - Bad Reputation

We needed someone with ears

Somehow came up in the studio
with Joan, and she's just like, - Bad Reputation

Somehow came up in the studio with Joan, and she's just...

(IMITATES GUITAR STRUMMING) - Bad Reputation

(IMITATES GUITAR STRUMMING)

You're celebrating the music, - Bad Reputation

You're celebrating the music,

INTERVIEWER: How did you guys
make that very painful decision - Bad Reputation

INTERVIEWER: How did you guys make that very painful decisio...

JOAN: When you see the footage
and you see how close they were - Bad Reputation

JOAN: When you see the footage and you see how close they we...

(VOICE BREAKS) It really had
to be devastating, you know? - Bad Reputation

(VOICE BREAKS) It really had to be devastating, you know?

Hey, we'd like to thank you
all right here real quick - Bad Reputation

Hey, we'd like to thank you all right here real quick

To help protect women
walking home, - Bad Reputation

To help protect women walking home,

It was a big deal at the time - Bad Reputation

It was a big deal at the time

KENNY: It was also to contribute
money for the private eye... - Bad Reputation

KENNY: It was also to contribute money for the private eye.....

♪ So messed up
I want you here ♪ - Bad Reputation

♪ So messed up I want you here ♪

THOMMY PRICE:
The mid-'90s, you know, - Bad Reputation

THOMMY PRICE: The mid-'90s, you know,

You'd be going to
a crappy little town - Bad Reputation

You'd be going to a crappy little town

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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/