Oct. 1, 2009 : Drew Barrymore's directorial debut

>>^WHEN WE CONTINUE JARED BOWEN
WITHDREW BARRYMORE.
>>^FOR HER DIRECT ORIAL DEBUT
DREW BARRYMORE FELL FLAT OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
IN WHIPIT OPENING IN THEATRES
TOMORROW SHE CHOSE TO STAR IN
AND DIRECT A FILM ABOUT A
WOMEN'S ROLLER DERBY TEAM.
JARED BOWEN RECENTLY SAT DOWN
WITH BARRY PORE ABOUT THE
BRUISING EXPERIENCE.
>>^FIRST THING'S FIRST.
IN DREW BARRYMORE THE WILD HAS
WITHERED.
>>^I DEDICATE MOST OF MY TIME
SO THAT WHEN I SHOW UP AS A
PRODUCER OR DIRECTOR OR IN ANY
PRODUCTION THAT MY COMPANY IS
INVOLVED IN WE'RE COMPLETELY
BUTTONED UP.
>>^LONG STAR AND PRODUCER OF
HER OWN FILM BARRYMORE NOW
MAKES HER DIRECT ORIAL DEBUT
WITH WHIP IT ABOUT A FEMALE
ROLLER DERBY TEAM.
>>^WELCOME TO SKATE NIGHT AT
THE WAREHOUSE.
>>^I LOVE PRODUCTION DESIGN.
I LOVE CINEMATOGRAPHY.
CASTING IS VITAL.
YOU KNOW, EVERY LITTLE ELEMENT
IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND I'M
WILLING TO SPEND MY LIFE PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS.
>>^WHIP IT FINDS ELLEN PAGE'S
HIGH SCHOOLER SKIRTING HER
BEAUTY PAGEANT PUSHING MOM TO
SKATE IN ROLLER DERBYS, A WORLD
OF CHARACTERS WITH NAMES LIKE
BABE RUTHLESS AND JAKEIE
DANIELS.
AND NOT FAR AT ALL FROM REAL
LIFE DERBY TEAMS.
>>^I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ALL
THAT YOU ARE MY NEW HEROES.
>>^WHAT.
>>^PUT SKATES ON BE YOUR OWN
HERO.
>>^EVERYBODY IS HELPING EACH
OTHER, ROOTING EACH OTHER ON
{CHAER}ING WHEN THEY GET
SOMETHING, BEING IN PAIN
TOGETHER.
>>^THESE WERE HARDIE LADIES,
WILLING TO ROLL, LEAD AND
BRUISE.
>>^AND THEY'RE OFF.
I WAS ROLLING OVER.
I WAS BEATING HER UP AND SHE
ROLLED OVER AND HER WHOLE BODY
WEIGHT WENT ON MY LEG AND HER
SKATE AND THE BRUISE ON MY LEG
WAS ABOUT THAT BIG.
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A PROUD
MOMENT.
WE HAD A WHOLE WALE OF BRUISES
IN THE MAKEUP TRAILER.
>>^NOT TO MENTION THAT AS
DIRECTOR BARRYMORE WAS BRUISING
THE BEST.
>>^HOW WAS IT WORKING WITH
THOSE WOMEN.
ESPECIALLY THAT CALIBRE, MARCIA
DAY HARDEN WHO WON THE TONY AND
ELLEN PAGE.
>>^JULY YET LEWIS, THEY ALL
WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WAVING
THEIR AWARDS EVERYWHERE.
BUT LIKE NOT.
EVERYBODY HAD NO EGO.
EVERYONE HAD GREAT PASSION AND
CONVICTION FOR THEIR CHARACTERS
THOUGH.
>>^YOU SOUND LIKE YOU SLIPPED
COMFORTABLY INTO THE ROLE OF
DIRECTOR.
>>^I WAS READY FOR IT.
I, YOU KNOW, STARTING PRODUCING
WHEN I WAS 19 WAS TERRIFYING.
I GUESS I LIKE SCARING MYSELF.

I ENJOY CHALLENGING MYSELF.
I ENJOY SAYING OH, THIS
PROBABLY CAN'T BE DONE AND THEN
JUST GOING WAIT A MINUTE, HOW
COULD IT BE DONE.
HOW COULD YOU MAKE THIS WORK.
>>^WE'RE NUMBER TWO.
WE'RE NUMBER TWO.
>>^YOU CAME IN SECOND OUT OF
TWO TEAMS.
>>^AND FINALLY IF I WERE TO
TAKE UP ROLLER DERBY WHAT WOULD
BE YOUR FIRST PIECE OF ADVICE.

>>^WEAR YOUR WRIST GUARDS, WEAR
YOURED PAS.
WARE A TAILBONE PAD.
I SAR I -- SWEAR I DON'T KNOW
HOW THOSE GIRL DOES IT WITHOUT
TAILBONE PADS.
IT SEEMS LIKE {SMAING} SMACKING
IN CONCRETE AT FULL FORCE, IS
THE SCARIEST THING EVER BUT
SOMEHOW YOU JUST, THE FIRST FEW
TIMES YOU ROLL OFF AND GET UP
AND YOU ARE LIKE I'M OKAY.
IT JUST THIS LIGHT BULB GOES
OFF MAYBE I CAN DO THIS.
AND JUMPING, JUMPING IS THE
FUNNEST THING EVER.
>>^JARED BOWEN IS HERE.
WE WILL GET TO ROLLER DERBY IN
A MINUTE.
BUT FIRST, DREW BARRYMORE THIS
IS AN UNLIKELY SUCCESS STORY.
USUALLY THESE CHILD ACTORS,
ACTRESSS THEY GET TO ADULTHOOD
LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER AND
FALL INTO REHAB, DRUGS,
ALCOHOL, THEN WORSE.
>>^YEAH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE GENES IN HER
FAMILY WITH BARRY PORE BEING
HER GRANDFATHER, SHE HAD EVERY
REASON NOT TO BE WHERE SHE IS.

AND I REALLY IDENTIFY WITH HER
FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
BECAUSE I KNOW A COUPLE PEOPLE
WHO WORKED WITH HER AND SHE IS
MY AGE.
AND AT 19 YEARS OLD SHE STARTED
PRODUCING HER FILMS.
NEVER BEEN KISSED WAS THE FIRST
FILM SHE PRODUCED AND THEN SHE
WENT FULL THROTTLE AND DID
CHARLIE'S ANGELS SO SHE WENT
INTO THIS MAJOR BLOCKBUSTER SO
SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL
HER CAREER AND SMARTLY BY
CREATING THESE FILMS AND HAVING
THE CONTROL AND NOW GETTING TO
THE POINT WHERE SHE HAS GOT THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTING
BECAUSE SHE HAS PROVEN HERSELF
OVER THIS LONG CAREER THAT
SHE'S HAD.
>>^HER NAME ALSO GOT HER THE
BACKING TO BE A PRODUCER BUT
SHE HAS TAKEN KIND OF A GENRE
OF FILM.
FEVER PITCH, SCHPARTICULAR,
HUMOR.
>>^SHE IS SMART.
SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE DOES.
I TOLD A FAIR AM OF PEOPLE THAT
I INTERVIEWED HER IN
CONVERSATION AND FOR SOME
REASON I THINK IT'S HER SMILE,
IT IS HER PRESENCE, EVEN IN
PERSON BECAUSE SHE SO
ENDEARING.
SUCH A SWEETHEART AND ADORABLE.

>>^WITH THE INK DIPPED HAIR.
>>^I DIDN'T ASK ABOUT THE HAIR.

I DIDN'T NOTICE IT UNTIL YOU
POINTED IT OUT SEEING HER IN
THE NEWSPAPER.
I WASN'T FOCUSING ON THE HAIR.

>>^SO IS ROLLER DERBY REALLY A
BIG THING?
>> IT HAS COME BACK.
>>^I REMEMBER THAT AS A KID.
>>^RIGHT.
>>^WATCHING IT ON TV.
>>^AND THE SCREENING I WENT TO
THERE WERE THREE WOMEN RIGHT IN
FRONT OF ME, THE BEST THING
ABOUT IS THEIR NAMES LIKE
CONDOLEEZZA SLICE AND DEMI GORE
AND PRINCESS SLAYA, HER
CHARACTER IS SMASHLY SIMPSON.
BUT YOU KNOW I HAVE TO SAY I
LOVED THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT
REMINDED ME --
>> DID YOU SEE IT.
>>^I DID.
IT COMES OUT TOMORROW I WENT TO
A SNEAK PREVIEW AND REMINDED ME
OF THE 80s MOVIES I SAW GROWING
UP.
IT IS NOT OVERWROTE.
SHE EXERCISES RESTRAINT AS A
DIRECTOR AND IT IS REALLY A
SIMPLE SWEET FILM IT IS VERY
ENJOYABLE THAT WAY.
>>^WITH THE LOVE STORY.
>>^A LITTLE CHIPE -- CLICH ERR,
ELLEN PAGE'S MOTHER WANTS HER
TO BE IN A BEAUTY PGAIC, IT A
LITTLE TEST.
>>^SHE AS BIG ACTRESSS.
>>^AGAIN IT IS A TESTAMENT TO
WHO SHE IS AS A PRODUCER AND
PERSON IN HOLLYWOOD THAT THEY
WANT TO WORK WITH HER.
>>^GOOD FOR HER.
>>^WE CAN ONLY HOPE FOR THE
BEST.
>>^JARED BOWEN, THANK YOU.
THAT IS IT FOR GREATER BOSTON.