6.0
Nathalie Granger
1973
“They came from nothing to change everything.”
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
June 3, 20051h 47mEN
7.1
797 votes
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.
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Catherine HardwickeWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25.0M
Revenue
$13.4M
Production Companies
Columbia PicturesLinson EntertainmentIndelible PicturesSenator InternationalTriStar Pictures
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User Reviews
Wuchak
6.0***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 bad side of Ve…
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