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Dominican Rep. The Lords of Dogtown
- Original title
- The Lords of Dogtown
- Year
- 2005
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Emile Hirsch
Heath Ledger
Victor Rasuk
John Robinson
Michael Angarano
Nikki Reed
Rebecca De Mornay
Johnny Knoxville
Laura Ramsey
William Mapother
Vincent Laresca
Pablo Schreiber
Elden Henson
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Shea Whigham- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Sports. Skateboarding. Based on a true story. 1970s
- Synopsis
- In the mid 1970's, a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as "Dogtown" in Venice, California pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, the Z-Boys, known for their aggressive style and hard street attitude, combined the death-defying moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding and became overnight sensations and local legends. With empty pools 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 turned into big business.
- Critics' reviews
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"Lords of Dogtown is as beautifully structured as one of the Z-Boys' graceful and intricate maneuvers."
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"Superficial and disconcertingly conventional."
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"It's hard to think of a movie since 1950's Sunset Boulevard that has gotten more dramatic impact out of a pool."
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"Unlike the documentary, the movie is reluctant to delve too deeply into the darker side of its protagonists."
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"Lords of Dogtown is a fictional feature that tries hard to mimic the sun-baked realism of the documentary that inspired it. But mimic is all it does."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 83 My Top 10 Movies from 2005 (29)
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