What We Do Is Secret (2007)

A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.

Director:

Rodger Grossman

Writers:

Michelle Baer Ghaffari (story), Rodger Grossman (story),

Stars:

Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Rick Gonzalez

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shane West	...	Darby Crash
Bijou Phillips	...	Lorna Doom
Rick Gonzalez	...	Pat Smear
Noah Segan	...	Don Bolles
Ashton Holmes	...	Rob Henley
Tina Majorino	...	Michelle
Lauren German	...	Belinda
Keir O'Donnell	...	Chris Ashford
Sebastian Roché	...	Claude Kickboy Bessy
Azura Skye	...	Casey Cola
Katharine Leonard	...	Jena
Rachael Santhon	...	Malissa
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Noah Abrams	...	Audience Member #1
Daniel Alvarado	...	Bar Patron
David Alvarado	...	Bar Patron

Storyline

A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.

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Plot Keywords:

punk | suicide | 1970s | punk rocker | punk rock | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug use, language and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official MySpace Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 August 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,888 (USA) (8 August 2008)

Gross:

$58,776 (USA) (17 October 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coalition Film, Foundation Films, Picture Machine

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During a majority of the scenes that take place in 1977, Lorna Doom is seen with a raven style haircut, however, photographic evidence confirms that she still had a poodle haircut during this period.

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Goofs

At the last scene at Okie-Dog, the lid on Casey's orange juice disappears between shots.

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Quotes

Darby Crash: Everything works in circles. Like sometimes you're doing something, and a year later you're back at the same point. You understand that? So circle one, is what we're doing now, and someday we'll probably do circle two.

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Soundtracks

"New Dawn Fades"
Written and Performed by Joy Division

User Reviews

Just saw the movie in Westwood and it was great!!!!

I just saw the Germs movie "What We Do Is Secret" in Westwood and it was awesome. The director and several of the actors were on hand which was cool. The music and lyrics of The Germs were a major part of my adolescent years in the early 80's. Usually rock n'roll bio pics just plain suck (they always do on VH1) and I was worried about this movie sucking since I am a huge Germs fan. It didn't suck, it ROCKED! The music was great. The acting was really well done. The directing was tight. The movie was paced well and it did a great job telling the story of a misunderstood band and it's front man, Darby Crash. This movie was obviously written and directed by someone who loved the Germs and it showed.

Hats off to the cast and crew for a job well done!!!!!