Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)

Director:

Stacy Peralta

Writers:

Stacy Peralta (written by) &
Craig Stecyk (written by)

Release Date:

3 January 2002 (Australia)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Tagline:

A Film About The Birth Of The Now

Plot:

Documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.

Plot Keywords:

Venice Beach | Los Angeles California | Skateboard | 1970s | Class Conflict

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Sean Penn	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay Adams	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Tony Alva	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Jeff Ament	...	Himself
Bob Biniak	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Steve Caballero	...	Himself (skateboard champion)
Paul Constantineau	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
'Baby' Paul Cullen	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Skip Engblom	...	Himself (Zephyr co-founder)
Steve Freidman	...	Surfer (archive footage)
Tony Friedkin	...	Himself
Glen E. Friedman	...	Himself
Marty Grimes	...	Himself (Dogtown skater)
David Hackett	...	Himself (70's skateboard champion)
Tony Hawk	...	Himself
Allan Jeff Ho	...	Himself
Jeff Ho	...	Himself (Zephyr co-founder)
Wes Humpston	...	Himself (Dogtown skater / artist)
Shogo Kubo	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Joe Leahy	...	50s Voice Announcer (voice)
Ronnie Jay Leipold	...	Himself (Zephyr surf team) (as Ronnie Jay)
Ian MacKaye	...	Himself
Jim Muir	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Peggy Oki	...	Herself (Zephyr skate team)
Steve Olson	...	Himself
Stacy Peralta	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Jake Phelps	...	Himself (editor, Thrasher magazine)
Nathan Pratt	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Mark Reiter	...	Himself (70's New York skater)
Fran Richards	...	Himself (Transworld skateboarding magazine)
Henry Rollins	...	Himself
Wentzle Ruml	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Allen Sarlo	...	Himself (Zephyr skate team)
Tom Sims	...	Himself (70's skateboard champion)
Craig Stecyk	...	Himself (Zephyr co-founder; writer / photographer)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and some drug references.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:S | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Brazil:Livre | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Santa Monica, California, USA

Company:

Agi Orsi Productions

Trivia:

One of 'Sean Penn' 's reasons for signing on as Narrator was that he himself had lived and surfed in and near the Dogtown area.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A brief shot of a news article/photo of the Z-Boys is flopped (so that the text is backwards).

Quotes:

Jay Adams: Once pool riding came in y'know, that's like all we wanted to do.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Holiday (2006)

Soundtrack:

Gut Feeling

Buy it, rent it, just watch it!

If you have ever been, has a friend, or a kid that is or was into skating at one time, then watch this flick!. I have seen it several times and I get something new out of it every time that I see it. It reminded me of why I got into skating in the first place (a long time ago) . It reminded me of what skating brings to a person and I have found will also help a person who doesn't understand why skaters, well, skate. Sure there is a very dark side to the whole seen, which the movie does touch on slightly. But it tends to focus more on what is at the core of skating. Just a person on a board, doing it because they love to do it. This movie was so inspirational to me that I'm now skating once again (I'm 32) and I haven't been this happy with my self in years….. Give this one a go, you will not be disappointed.