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    Lords of Dogtown

    PG-132005 · Drama · 1h 46m

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      • Bottom Line: Lords of Dogtown is a solid film. It is the second directorial outing for Hardwicke, who shows a lot of promise. The film will be fun for skateboarding and surfing aficionados, but the story makes a lot of assumptions about the audience’s knowledge. It would be helpful to view this with the documentary film Dogtown and the Z-Boys.
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  2. Jun 2, 2005 · Not only is there no need for this movie, but its weaknesses underline the strength of the doc. How and why Peralta found so much old footage of skateboarding in 1975 is a mystery, but he was able to give us a good sense of those kids at that time.

  3. Jun 3, 2005 · A drought in 1970s Southern California has an unexpected side effect: as people empty their swimming pools, a group of teen surfers from the Dogtown area of Venice Beach move in with skateboards...

    • (146)
    • Catherine Hardwicke
    • PG-13
    • Emile Hirsch
  4. LORDS OF DOGTOWN focuses on three wannabe Venice Beach surfers turned champion skaters -- Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk), Peralta (John Robinson), and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch) -- as well as their initial mentor, scruffy Zephyr team founder Skip (Heath Ledger).

    • Catherine Hardwicke
    • Cynthia Fuchs
    • Emile Hirsch, Heath Ledger, Rebecca Demornay
  5. Lords of Dogtown Reviews. The outfits, the cars, the lingo, the fantastic soundtrack – it’s all used seamlessly to recreate a highly believable 1970’s. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 ...

  6. Jun 3, 2005 · Summary From the dangerous waves off a long-forgotten pier to the concrete wasteland of a city slum, Lords of Dogtown brings to cinematic life the rebel beginnings of some unforgettable sports culture stars. (Sony) Biography. Drama. Sport. Directed By: Catherine Hardwicke. Written By: Stacy Peralta. Lords of Dogtown.

    • (35)
    • Catherine Hardwicke
    • PG-13
    • Heath Ledger
  7. Lords of Dogtown tells the story of how a group of Venice street kids changed the face of skateboarding (and, to some degree, youth) culture in the mid- to late 1970s. The adolescent adopted the Zephyr Shop, a surf store run by Skip Engblom (Heath Ledger), as their home away from the own dysfunctional homes.

  8. Lords of Dogtown: Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. With John Robinson, Emile Hirsch, Rebecca De Mornay, William Mapother. The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.

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