Lords of Dogtown

Lords of Dogtown

They came from nothing to change everything.

Rating

2.5 (1)

Release Date

6/3/2005

Runtime

107 mins

Genres

Overview

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$13,411,957

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A kinetic chronicle of three teenage skateboarders riding the wave from creative nobodies to world-changing icons, then crashing as ambition and commerce corrode the bond that made them legendary.

Mood

ExhilaratingBittersweetDefiantWistful

Themes

FriendshipComing of ageAmbitionArt and creationBetrayal

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Brisk

Look

HandheldStylized genre

Structure

Linear

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