Lords of Dogtown

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Average Rating: (See all 6 reviews) Format: DVD (M) Ships within 6-11 days Anyone who grew up in Southern California will talk with both nostalgia and frustration about the periodic summers of drought in which the oppressive heat is exacerbated by a shortage of its antidote fresh water. In 1975, a clan of scruffy, rebellious teens found a way to turn this dearth to their advantage, using the sloping bowl of empty suburban swimming pools to create a new underground sport skateboarding. The development, explosion, and corporate co-opting of this now ubiquitous sport was the subject of Stacy Peralta's acclaimed 2002 documentary, 'Dogtown And Z-Boys'. Peralta, one of the original skaters who came to be known as the Z-Boys, has penned this dramatised account of his own story, a kinetic and gripping tale with dramatic turns reflective of the extreme crests and falls of those concrete waves. Synopsis In the 1970's a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighbourhood known as "Dogtown" in Venice, California pioneered a revoltuionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park, pier, the Z-Boys, known for their aggressive styl e and hard street attitude, combined the death-defying moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding and become overnight sensations and local legends. With empty pools and as their canvas, the Z-Boys paved the way to what is now referred to as 'extreme sports', and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to become a worldwide counterculture phenomenon. But all of this fame would take its toll on the friendships that they thought would last a lifetime as the sport that started out as an afternoon hobby turns into big business. FullScreen: None Widescreen: Yes Format: PAL Aspect: 1.85:1 Director: Catherine Hardwicke Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, William Mapother, Emile Hirsch, John Robinson Writer: Stacy Peralta Producer: John Linson Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh Subtitles: English, English Captions, Greek, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Hebrew Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Czech Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian Dolby Digital 5.1 Extended: Audio commentary by director Catherine Hardwicke and stars John Robinson,Victor Rasuk and Emile Hirsch, 9 never before seen deleted scenes, The making of Lords of Dogtown - behind the scenes feature on the making of the film with cast and crew interviews, 9 additional behind the scenes featurettes, Outtakes, Storyboard to final film comparison, Nervous Breakdown music video performed by Rise Against. Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Ent UPC: 9317731026461

I get a feeling that somebody copy and pasted a blurb here, anyways. The dogtown and Z boys was a wicked documentary, this is the movie version which i have to say pales in comparison to the documentary. The performances are flawed on many levels although heath ledger does do a good job as the drunken surfer. If you like this movie or are thinking about grabbing i would reccomend the doco dogtown and z boys instead.

this is a good low budget indie film based on a true story about Z-boys. lots of good skating scenes, really impressive most of the time, it made me feel inspired to take up skate boarding! some good acting in here considering that most of the actors were unknowns, this is a must see for all skaters.

This is pretty much a must-have item for anyone who skates, but I think it would be very interesting to alot of people who don't. The storyline (not sure whether you would really call it that since it is based on a true story) is really good, as is the acting, and soundtrack. Put this one on your christmas list, you want it.

The tough, gritty streets of "Dogtown" in Venice, California didn't look like much to outsiders, but to a handful of teenage surfers in the 1970s they were the hard, winding, sloping inspiration for a revolutionary style of skateboarding. Transferring the aggressive wave-riding moves to concrete from their death-defying surf skills at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, the Z-Boys--mostly kids with rough home lives and rougher attitudes--became sensations, local legends. They were freestyle wizards on urethane wheels, turning empty pools into arenas of wild, beautiful athleticism, the genesis of today's "extreme sports." Skating competitors didn't know what to make of them, girls threw themselves at them, and suddenly marketers and promoters wanted to grab a piece of them and what was fast becoming a worldwide counterculture phenomenon. But would the friendships of this tightly knit group last as a teenage pastime turned into big business, and energetic personalities became out-of-control celebrities?

I'm neither a surfer nor a skateboarder, so I couldn't really appreciate a lot of the techincal stuff that was going on in this film. But then, I still enjoyed it somewhat, and don't regret watching it at all. I suppose that it all you can really ask from a film, and on that basis I would reccomend it. Furthermore, it gave me something of an insight to the genesis of skate culture, which was interesting for an outsider.

I thought Lords of Dogtown was a very good movie. I have watched it twice. It was great to see three teenage surfers trying out for new style of skateborading by going to stranger's place with empty pools. Most of surfers and skateborads would love to watch it and it's worth to buy the DVD :o)