Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (2002)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Helen Stickler

Writer:

Helen Stickler (writer)

Release Date:

25 June 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Plot:

A documentary exploring the rise and fall of 80s skateboard legend Mark "Gator" Rogowski.

Plot Keywords:

Skateboarding | Fame | Skateboard | Murder | California

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

Also Known As:

Stoked (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

HMS Projects

Quotes:

Mark 'Gator' Rogowski,: I am a skater. I live it, breathe it, I sleep with it.

Movie Connections:

References Skatevisions (1984) (V)

Soundtrack:

Human Cannonball

A lurid tale from the inside of skate culture history

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.