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- A fictionalized take on the group of brilliant young skateboarders raised in the mean streets of Dogtown in Santa Monica, California. The Z-Boys, as they come to be known, perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport and eventually moving into legend.
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Jun 3, 2005 · Lords of Dogtown: Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. With John Robinson, Emile Hirsch, Rebecca De Mornay, William Mapother. The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.
- (58K)
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Catherine Hardwicke
- 2005-06-03
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke and written by Stacy Peralta, a key figure in the skateboarding community, the film chronicles the lives of the Z-Boys, a group of young skateboarders who revolutionized the sport with their aggressive style and innovative tricks.
'Lords of Dogtown' is a cult skateboard movie directed by Catherine Hardwicke. It is the story of skateboarding legends Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams, and Tony Alva.
A fictionalized take on the group of brilliant young skateboarders raised in the mean streets of Dogtown in Santa Monica, California. The Z-Boys, as they come to be known, perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport and eventually moving into legend.
Plot: What's the story about? In the 1970s, a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as "Dogtown" in Venice, California pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding.
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- Victor Rasukv
- Catherine Hardwicke
Jun 2, 2005 · Not only is there no need for this movie, but its weaknesses underline the strength of the doc. How and why Peralta found so much old footage of skateboarding in 1975 is a mystery, but he was able to give us a good sense of those kids at that time.
Jun 3, 2005 · In the mid-70s, the accomplishments of the innovative Zephyr skateboarding team of Venice, California, are dramatized based on events chronicled in skater Stacy Peralta’s documentary “Dogtown and Z-Boys” (2001).
