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Dogtown and Z-Boys
The birth of extreme
The birth of extreme
Documentary - 2001
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This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.
Director:
,
Stacy Peralta
Cast:
,
Sean Penn
,
Henry Rollins
,
Tony Hawk
,
Jay Adams
,
Jeff Ament
,
Steve Caballero
,
Tony Alva
,
Jeff Ho
,
Jake Phelps

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
18 Jan 2001
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
7 wins & 6 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
This is pop history that blows your hair back.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
7 Jun 2002
fresh:
Few sports films catch their time, place and sport so well.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jul 2002
fresh:
This propulsive, highly satisfying 2002 documentary concerns a group of daredevil skateboarders from an economically depressed and dangerous area of Santa Monica known as Dogtown who reinvented the sport in the 70s.
– Meredith Brody,
Chicago Reader,
2 Apr 2007
fresh:
Package is lively, if loosely structured.
– Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 Apr 2007
fresh:
You want to know more about their private lives than you get. But most viewers may be too stoked by the sheer adrenaline rush of the subject to care.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
1 Nov 2007
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