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The Runaways were a teen-girl band of the '70s whose influence reverberates to this day. Its members included Joan Jett, Cherie Currie and Lita Ford.

The film The Runaways, which opens Friday at The Grand Cinema, follows Currie and Jett who become fast friends, drinking pilfered booze under the Hollywood sign and eventually front the teen proto-punk band brought together by weirdo/record producer Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon). Jett, incidentally, is being played by Kristen Stewart (Twilight) and Dakota Fanning stars as Currie.

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