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Genres:
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Biography /
Drama /
Sport
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Director:
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Catherine Hardwicke
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Actors:
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Julio Oscar Mechoso,
Elden Henson,
Emile Hirsch,
Victor Rasuk,
Nikki Reed,
William Mapother,
Pablo Schreiber,
John Robinson,
Brian Zarate,
Mitch Hedberg,
Rebecca De Mornay,
Michael Angarano,
Johnny Knoxville,
Heath Ledger,
Vincent Laresca
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Duration:
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106 min.
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Rating:
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(6.9/10)95.5
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Plot Summary:
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In the 1970s a troop of California surfers (Emile Hirsch, Conqueror Rasuk, John Robinson) pioneers a revolutionist new style of skateboarding.
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Lords of Dogtown
Mike ClarkMaybe they're not outlaws in the Jesse James sense, but they are non grata at funerals and on neighborhood sidewalks, especially if there are eggs in your grocery bag.
We're talking skateboarders - specifically those of mid-1970s Southern California lore, as portrayed in Dogtown and Z-Boys and now in a dramatized rendering that in many ways replicates that justifiably praised 2001 documentary. Lords of Dogtown's claim to authenticity is that its screenplay is by Stacy Peralta - Z-Boys' director and a member of the films' profiled Zephyr (that's the "Z") skate team.
Lords' director is onetime production designer Catherine Hardwicke, and this is a huge reason this melancholy saga about specialized celebrity is of interest. Hardwicke directed 2003'...
Lords of Dogtown
The rise of skateboard culture's first superstars in 1970s Venice Beach, California, partly based on the real-life story of skater-turned-filmmaker Stacy Peralta
For any serious skateboard fanatics, or viewers of the renowned 2001 documentary Dogtown And Z-Boys, the names Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams need no introduction. These were the kids from Venice, California, the so-called "ghetto by the sea", who switched from riding waves to a whole new type of boarding. These new boards with their urethane wheels opened up a whole new arena of jumps, turns and moves.
Peralta and co became pioneers of a new extreme sport. Before them, skateboarding was akin to the hula-hoop or the yo-yo: something you did to pass the time after school and before ho...
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