The movie chronicles the 1970s teen rock band the Runaways. Commonly considered at that time to have been the novelty band created by producer Kim Fowley, who believed the idea of 5 teen young women outfitted in leather as well as lingerie playing rock and roll tunes was extremely marketable.

Starring:
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Stella Maeve, Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon

• Director: Floria Sigismondi
• Release Date:
  19 March 2010 (USA)
• Run Time:
  105 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Music
• MPAA:
  Rated R for language, drug use and sexual content – all involving teens.

Tagline: It’s 1975 and they’re about to explode.

Trivia: Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Scout Taylor-Compton, Stella Maeve and Alia Shawkat spent one month before starting filming The Runaways, rehearsing and recording The Runaways’ songs.