Lords of Dogtown

2005 • 1h 47m •

Drama

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★ 7.1/10

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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.

"They came from nothing to change everything."

Top Billed Cast

John Robinson

Stacy

Emile Hirsch

Jay

Rebecca De Mornay

Philaine

William Mapother

Donnie

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Mr. Alva

Victor Rasuk

Tony

Nikki Reed

Kathy Alva

Heath Ledger

Skip

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W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic

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 ...