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Lords of Dogtown

 

USA 2005, 107 minutes
Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Rating: [M]
Genres: Drama

Topics: Sport.

 

Aroview: A quasi-fictional recreation of territory covered in DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS, about the invention of the skateboard by a group of scruffy Los Angelino's in the suburb of Venice in the 1970s.

Also written by Stacy Peralta, this skates over familiar ground yet manages to convey the pavement-level sensations of the sport, propped up by an admirable authenticity of period and urban culture. Mainly following the fortunes of four disenfranchised street dudes toward financial rescue by the forces of commercialism, this effectively taps a youth vibe, in much the same way as the dir.'s earlier THIRTEEN.

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DVD Features

  • audio commentary
  • deleted scenes
  • 'making of' documentary / featurette
  • extra stuff
 

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