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Lords Of Dogtown 2005

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Lords Of Dogtown
12A (Contains moderate violence, language and drug references)
Cast
Heath Ledger, John Robinson, Victor Rasuk, Emile Hirsch, Nikki Reed, Johnny Knoxville, America Ferrera, Pablo Schreiber, Elden Henson, Michael Angarano
Director
Catherine Hardwicke
Producer
Art Linson, Joe Drake, David Fincher, John Linson, Ginger Sledge
Writer
Stacy Peralta
Duration
01:45:00
Official Site
http://www.lordsofdogtown.co.uk
Release
Friday September 16 2005
Genres
Drama, Action/Adventure
Distributor
Columbia

Synopsis

In the 1970s, a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as "Dogtown" in Venice, CA, pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, the Z-Boys, known for their aggressive style and hard street attitude, combined the death-defying moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding and became overnight sensations and local legends. With empty pools as their canvas, the Z-Boys paved the way to what is now referred to as "extreme sports," and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to become a worldwide counterculture phenomenon. But all of this fame would take its toll on the friendships that they thought would last a lifetime, as the sport that started out as an afternoon hobby turned into big business.

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