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Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2002) -- A documentary exploring the rise and fall of 80s skateboard legend Mark "Gator" Rogowski.

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Director:
Helen Stickler
Writer:
Helen Stickler (writer)
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Release Date:
25 June 2004 (UK) more
Plot:
A documentary exploring the rise and fall of 80s skateboard legend Mark "Gator" Rogowski. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
A lurid tale from the inside of skate culture history more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Mark 'Gator' Rogowski ... Himself

Tony Hawk ... Himself
Jason Jessee ... Himself
John Brinton Hogan ... Himself
Steve Olson ... Himself
Brandi McClain ... Herself
Stacy Peralta ... Himself
Lance Mountain ... Himself
Steve Caballero ... Himself
John Hogan ... Himself
Kevin Staab ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johann Benét ... Himself
Michelle Chaves ... Herself
Shepard Fairey ... Himself

Eric Ian ... (archive footage)
Harry Jumonji ... Himself

Jason Lee ... Himself
Carol Leggett ... Herself
Kris Markovich ... Himself
MoFo ... Himself
Ken Park
Billy Smith ... Himself
Tod Swank ... Himself
Ed Templeton ... Himself
Mike Vallely ... Himself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Stoked (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexual content.
Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Certification:
Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R
Company:
HMS Projects more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Mark 'Gator' Rogowski,: I am a skater. I live it, breathe it, I sleep with it. more
Movie Connections:
References Skatevisions (1984) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Human Cannonball more

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A lurid tale from the inside of skate culture history, 1 May 2004
Author: culturedogs from United States

Mark `Gator' Ragowski (later `Mark Anthony' briefly) rode his skateboarding skills to the heights of fame and success in the mid-to-late eighties. He was one of the giants of the sport's development from vertical skating in trespassed abandoned swimming pools to pop phenomenon ramp touring. Unfortunately, he just as quickly hit the skids as the sport changed styles to street skating, leaving him and his over-commercialized and suddenly unpopular `vert' world behind. While skaters like Tony Hawk made the adjustment and thrived even to the present day, Ragowski took a hard dive instead into substance abuse, briefly emerging from an alcoholic haze as a `born-again' skater, only to take a harder descent into violent sexual crime, landing him in prison for a 31-year term. A fascinating doc, exploring a lurid tale from a rarely seen culture (last explored in 2003's "Dogtown and Z-Boys"), with clips of Ragowski in his "glory" MTV/ Swatch tour days, as well as intimate peeks into backstage shenanigans on tour, and his frustrations in trying to move to a street style.

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