Lords of Dogtown Movie

Director:
Catherine Hardwicke

Writer (WGA):
Stacy Peralta (written by)

Release Date:
3 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Biography | Drama | Sport

Cast :
* Heath Ledger as Skip Engblom
* Emile Hirsch as Jay Adams
* Nikki Reed as Kathy Alva
* Michael Angarano as Sid
* John Robinson as Stacy Peralta
* Victor Rasuk as Tony Alva
* Johnny Knoxville as Topper Burks
* Vincent Laresca as Chino
* Rebecca De Mornay as Philaine
* Don Nguyen as Shogo Kubo
* William Mapother as Donnie
* Melonie Diaz as Blanca
* Sofia Vergara as Amelia
* America Ferrera as Thunder Monkey
* Alexis Arquette as Tranny
* Elden Henson as Billy Z
* Bai Ling as Punky Photographer
* Shea Whigham as Drake Landon
* Charles Napier as Nudie
* Tony Hawk as Astronaut
* Stacy Peralta as TV Director
* Jay Adams as Party guest
* Tony Alva as Oregon man at party
* Skip Engblom as Seattle race starter
* Mitch Hedberg as Urethane wheels guy
* Rise Against as Black Flag
* Lance Mountain as UK policeman
* Eddie Cahill as Larry Gordon
* Laura Ramsey as Gabrielle
* Ned Bellamy as Peter Darling

Original Sound Track :
1. Death or Glory - Social Distortion
2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
3. I Just Want to Make Love to You - Foghat
4. Fox on the Run - Sweet
5. Motor City Madhouse - Ted Nugent
6. Turn to Stone - Joe Walsh
7. One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band
8. Fire - Jimi Hendrix
9. Space Truckin' - Deep Purple
10. Success - Iggy Pop
11. Suffragette City - David Bowie
12. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
13. Nervous Breakdown - Rise Against
14. 20th Century Boy - T-Rex
15. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
16. Wish You Were Here - Sparklehorse

Plot / Synopsis :
The true story of the kids who created modern skateboard culture is recreated in this drama. In the early '70s, skateboards were seen as a fad of the 1960s that had all but died out, but in a rough-and-tumble Venice, CA, community known as "Dogtown," that was about to change. Tony Alva (
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Victor Rasuk), Stacy Peralta (John Robinson), and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch) were three guys who liked to surf the rugged beaches around Venice and hung out at the Zephyr Surf Shop, a store run by Skip Engblom (Heath Ledger) that stocked gear for adventurous surfers and skateboarders. With the advent of new urethane wheels that connected with concrete in a way old metal and rubber wheels could not, Tony, Stacy, and Jay began exploring ways to translate radical surf style to skateboarding, and the guys invented a new way to skate inside the smooth, round surfaces of empty pools, employing vertical moves and edge flips that added a new and dramatic spin to skating. It didn't take long for word to spread about the wild new style of the Z-Boys, and they quickly became local celebrities, and later nationwide skating stars, though sudden fame took its toll on these young men. The true story of Lords of Dogtown was previously the basis of the acclaimed documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, directed by former Z-Boy Stacy Peralta, who like Tony Alva served as a consultant on this project.

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