| | | They broke all the rules and changed the world.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital Stereo, French, Subtitled
Before there were X-Games, there were Z-Boys. Narrated by Sean Penn and directed by skateboarding legend Stacy Peralta, Dogtown And Z-Boys is the award-wining documentary that took the Sundance Film Festival by storm. It's the story of a gang of discarded kids who virtually revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive style, awe-inspiring moves and street smarts, and, in the process, transformed youth culture forever. Featuring historic old-school skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock sound track, Dogtown And Z-Boys captures the meteoric rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice, California's Dogtown, a tough, "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing. Armed with a guerilla code, the notorious Z-Boys sharpened their skills in the concrete jungle of 70s L.A. and then took it to the next level. Getting vertical in abandoned suburban swimming pools, they ignited an underground phenomenon that shapes the attitude and culture of modern-day extreme sports. With rare appearances by skateboarding icons Tony Alva, Jay Adams and Tony Hawk, Dogtown And The Z-Boys is a thrilling all-access tour of the birth of a pop culture phenomenon.
"...a wild ride..." Mike Antonucci, San Jose Mercury News
"A dazzlingly crafted documentary." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"Fast-paced and wonderfully edited..." Dan Gross, Philadelphia Daily News
"...a detailed and fascinating picture of the Z-Boys phenomenon." Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"...as raw and colorful as the misfits it mythologizes." James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune
Editor's Note
In the late 1960s, a group of burnt out teenagers from broken homes ambled together and began to surf along Venice, California's Pacific Ocean Park pier, a ghostly shell of a former amusement park nicknamed "Dogtown." United by their attention to style and willingness to take risks, this group of unruly boys were handpicked and nurtured by maverick surfboard designer Jeff Ho, who christened them the Zephyr surf team (or Z-boys). Originally taking up skateboarding as a distraction for the non-surfing hours, the team ended up revolutionizing what was to become an internationally popular sport, using emptied out pools to create a surf-inspired style that was fluid and vertical and ultimately made them legends.In this fine, frenetic documentary, director Stacy Peralta (one of the most famous Z-boys) tells the inspiring story of himself and his team. Through interviews, archival film footage, and stunningly beautiful still photographs taken by the Z-boys photographers Craig Stecyk and Glen E. Friedman, Peralta delves into both the large and small of the story--from the personal details of skaters' lives to their lasting impact upon a sport that became a culture. The soundtrack--an expertly chosen mix of classic punk rock and heavy metal including The Stooges, Black Sabbath, and Alice Cooper--is the perfect aural complement to this story, reflecting the rebellious attitude that fueled the boys.
| Features | Scene Selection | | Deleted Scenes | | Production Notes | | Interactive Menus | | Extended "Raw" Skate Footage | | Weblinks | | Theatrical Trailers | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.0 | | Subtitles: French | | Director And Editor Commentary |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: First Look Pictures |
| Release Date: 8/6/2002 |
| Running Time: 91 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 07903 | | UPC: 00043396079038 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
| Cast & Crew | Stacy Peralta - Director | | Peter Pilafian - Director of Photography | | Paul Crowder - Editor | | Jay Wilson - Executive Producer | | Jay Adams - Featuring | | Tony Alva - Featuring | | Tony Hawk - Featuring | | Sean Penn - Narrated By | | Agi Orsi - Producer | | C.R. Stecyk - Production Designer | | Craig Stecyk - Writer | | Stacy Peralta - Writer |
| Awards |
Independent Spirit (2002) |  | Stacy Peralta, Winner, Best Documentary | |
Sundance Film Festival (2001) | | Stacy Peralta, Winner, Audience Award: Documentary | | Stacy Peralta, Winner, Director's Award: Documentary | | | Stacy Peralta, Nominee, Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
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"...Featuring a killer soundtrack of classic rock and new wave..." 04/01/2002 p.28Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...An exhilarating piece of filmmaking....An inventive, kinetic burst of cinematic brio..." 05/01/2002 p.41 Entertainment Weekly
"...A dazzlingly crafted documentary about the teenage surf punks of lower Los Angeles....The movie invites you to share their free ride..." 05/03/2002 p.61 New York Times
"...A giddy, thrilling, rock 'n' roll-saturated history of skateboarding....[A] taut, viscerally propulsive insider's history of the sport in its early years..." 04/26/2002 p.E25 Los Angeles Times
"...The Z-Boys' story is a compelling and culturally significant one, and the vintage footage that goes along with it is really something to see..." 04/26/2002 p.C1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The film has an infectious enthusiasm..." 05/10/2002 p.33 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
...the film has an infectious enthusiasm and we're touched by the film's conviction that all life centered on that place, that time and that sport. - Roger Ebert
The New York Times 8 of 10
...as this taut, viscerally propulsive insider's history of the sport in its early years skids and leaps forward with a jaunty visual panache, it is impossible not to be seduced by its hard-edged vision of an endless teenage summer. - Stephen Holden
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