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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 7088
Released: September 27, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
LORDS OF DOGTOWN tells 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 (John Robinson, Elephant), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas) and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch, The Girl Next Door) 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. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (thirteen) and written by Stacy Peralta, Lords of Dogtown is "...a dazzling daredevil ride." (Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE)
Description of Lords of Dogtown (Unrated Extended Cut):
Lords of Dogtown captures the sheer kinetic joy of skateboarding like no other movie (except, perhaps, Dogtown and Z Boys, a documentary about the very skateboarders this movie depicts). Set in the mid-1970s in Venice, CA--a.k.a. Dogtown--the movie starts with three young aspiring surfers turned skateboarders: Stacy (John Robinson, Elephant), Jay (Emile Hirsch, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys), and Tony (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas). When alpha-stoner Skip (Heath Ledger, A Knight's Tale) recognizes the potential of skateboarding as a new sport, his surf shop becomes the center of the boys' universe. They swiftly rise as skateboarding stars and find their brotherhood threatened by sex, money, fame, and ego--it's a common enough story, but director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) has a gift for capturing the raw messiness of life. Lords of Dogtown seems to unfold haphazardly, yet every scene moves the increasingly dizzy rise (or fall) of each skater forward with headlong momentum. The excellent cast includes Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: The Movie), and Nikki Reed (Thirteen). Lords of Dogtown, written by skater Stacy Peralta (and based on his own life), both celebrates the excitement of testosterone-fueled recklessness and quietly reflects on the cost of getting what you want. --Bret Fetzer
Lords of Dogtown (Unrated Extended Cut) Reviews:
RAD film! Very accurate/historic portrayal of the 70's skate scene! 
2009-10-07 - WOW WOW WOW is all I have to say about this film! It portrayed a piece of Americana history so accurately and convincingly, it could have passed as a documentary (OK- not really, but you get the point). I'm 48 now, but I can clearly remember the skateboarding scene back in the 70's, since my brother and I were afficionados. Even back in the NYC area and Jersey, skateboarding caught on bigtime because of the media attention brought on by skate giants like Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta. I can remember the many skateboard shops that opened up, even in music/head shops or bicycle shops as a 'side business'. We then even built our own 'half pipes' in our backyards, and ate up every issue of 'Skateboarder' magazine. We found out where skateboard parks opened up, and had our parents drive us there (before we were old enough to get a driver's license). We pored over, and debated about Bahne, G&S, Alva, and Banzai boards. Ditto regarding which wheels and trucks were the best (I liked Bennett, Tracker, Red Rider, Green Alligator, and Bonez). I digress. Anywho, major kudos to all involved in making this highly entertaining film, and thank you for transporting us back to that era and subculture! GREAT JOB!
my son loved it
2009-06-19 - I had ordered this movie for my son and he ahd already seen it and loved it. I also received the order rather quickly after I had placed the order, thank you for getting it to me so fast,
revisit your youth 
2009-06-07 - Movie made me feel like I was there. Main characters gave a great performance, in that I felt that they were the real people. The sets, props, clothing and stunts brought back many wonderful memories if you grew up in the 70's. Was also educational for younger skateboarders, to see who started it all.
Great Music in this Movie!
2009-05-22 - This movie has great music from the 70's that I used to listen to, has a great story line, and the sound effects when they guys are skateboarding is really neat!
Catherine Hardwicke "get's it"
2009-05-17 - I bought this movie, because I loved the direction Catherine Hardwicke provided in Twilight...I wanted to check out more of her work. I was not disappointed. She just "get's teenagers." She brought each character to life, and the photography was really fantastic. The young actors each brought so much to their characters, that I wanted to know and see more about the actors and the people they portrayed. Needless to say Heath Ledger was as always over the top in the restrained way, he brought to all of his roles.
I highly reccomend this movie to young and old.
I also would reccomend "Thirteen" another Catherine Hardwicke directed movie.
