"Be Your Own Hero"

2009

1h 51m

6.7(1079 votes)

Drama

Overview

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

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Cast & Crew

33 members

Acting

Elliot Page

Bliss Cavendar

Acting

Alia Shawkat

Pash

Acting

Marcia Gay Harden

Brooke Cavendar

Acting

Kristen Wiig

Maggie Mayhem

Acting

Drew Barrymore

Smashley Simpson

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Landon Pigg

Oliver

Acting

Juliette Lewis

Iron Maven

Acting

Zoë Bell

Bloody Holly

Acting

Daniel Stern

Earl Cavendar

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Eve

Rosa Sparks

Acting

Andrew Wilson

Razor

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Sarah Habel

Corbi

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Shannon Eagen

Amber

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Jimmy Fallon

"Hot Tub" Johnny Rocket

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Ari Graynor

Eva Destruction

Acting

Carlo Alban

Birdman

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Eulala Scheel

Shania Cavendar

Acting

Har Mar Superstar

Fight Attendants Coach

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Austin Bickel

Riley

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Danny Mooney

Smashley's Fiancé

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Nina Kircher

Trudy

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Mary Callaghan Lynch

Val

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Mark Boyd

Ronny

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Douglas Minckiewicz

Colby

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Sydney Bennett

Kami Kaze

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Rachel Bockheim

Jackie Daniels

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Chloé Trueheart

Atomic City Girl #1

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Barbara Coven

Pageant Mother

Acting

Patrick Moug

Terrifying Cop

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Wallace Bridges

Cop #1

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John Lepard

Cop #2

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Kerri St. Aubin

Stunt Double

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Kristen Adolfi

Manson Sister

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