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Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
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Release Date:
3 January 2002 (Australia)
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A Film About The Birth Of The Now more
Plot:
Documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team. full summary | add synopsis
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California
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Swimming Pool
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1970s
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Skateboard
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Surfing
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Awards:
6 wins
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5 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
DVD: Review: Crips And Bloods: Made In America
(From The AV Club. 19 May 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
Games: Review: skate 2
(From The AV Club. 26 January 2009, 11:40 AM, PST)
(From The AV Club. 19 May 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
Games: Review: skate 2
(From The AV Club. 26 January 2009, 11:40 AM, PST)
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Edgy documentary on skateboarding...
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Cast
(Credited 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) |
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Rated PG-13 for language and some drug references.
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91 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Finland:S |
Iceland:L |
Australia:M |
Brazil:Livre |
Germany:o.Al. |
Netherlands:AL |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13
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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.
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Revealing mistakes: A brief shot of a news article/photo of the Z-Boys is flopped (so that the text is backwards).
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Application Anxiety (#3.3)" (2002)
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Soundtrack:
Disco Inferno
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A close-up look at the birth of skate board culture in Southern California, Dogtown and Z-Boys has attitude to burn, just like the sport it documents. Directed by Stacy Peralta, one of the legends of the sport, it captures the punk rock spirit of skate boarding, and perfectly places it into context within the boundaries of time (the 1970s) and location (a neighbourhood between Santa Monica and Venice, California). Even if you are not a fan you'll be fascinated by the story, which is told using a combination of narration, stills, great vintage 1970s skate boarding footage and new interviews with all the key players. Sean Penn provides the narration, and adds a flair all of his own. The opposite of stodgy, Penn speaks to the audience not at them, sounding like someone sitting at a bar telling the tale. At one point in mid-sentence he coughs, pauses for a moment and then continues. It's this kind of approach that gives this movie its edge.