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03/06/2005 Drama, Action 1h 47m
70
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They came from nothing to change everything.

Overview

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

  1. Catherine Hardwicke

    Director

  2. Stacy Peralta

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. John Robinson

    Stacy

  2. Emile Hirsch

    Jay

  3. Rebecca De Mornay

    Philaine

  4. William Mapother

    Donnie

  5. Julio Oscar Mechoso

    Mr. Alva

  6. Victor Rasuk

    Tony

  7. Nikki Reed

    Kathy Alva

  8. Heath Ledger

    Skip

  9. Vincent Laresca

    Chino

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2019-05-13
***The birth of skateboard culture***

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). John Robinson plays Stacy, Emile Hirsch plays Jay and Victor Rasuk plays Tony (aka T.A.). Heath Ledger is on hand as Skip Zephyr while Rebecca De Mornay appears as one of the teens’ struggling mother.

While I suppose “Lords of Dogtown” (2005) is a sports flick, it’s just as much a coming-of-age movie detailing growing-up on the ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$25,000,000.00

Revenue
$13,411,957.00

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