Lords of Dogtown (Unrated Extended Cut) | 
| Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Actors: Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Johnny Knoxville, Rebecca De Mornay
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 9260
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D12371D
ISBN: 1404995692
UPC: 043396123717
EAN: 9781404995697
ASIN: B000ALM4AS
Theatrical Release Date: June 3, 2005
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Lords of Dogtown captures the sheer kinetic joy of skateboarding like no other movie (except, perhaps, Dogtown and Z Boys, a documentary about the very skateboarders this movie depicts). Set in the mid-1970s in Venice, CA--a.k.a. Dogtown--the movie starts with three young aspiring surfers turned skateboarders: Stacy (John Robinson, Elephant), Jay (Emile Hirsch, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys), and Tony (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas). When alpha-stoner Skip (Heath Ledger, A Knight's Tale) recognizes the potential of skateboarding as a new sport, his surf shop becomes the center of the boys' universe. They swiftly rise as skateboarding stars and find their brotherhood threatened by sex, money, fame, and ego--it's a common enough story, but director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) has a gift for capturing the raw messiness of life. Lords of Dogtown seems to unfold haphazardly, yet every scene moves the increasingly dizzy rise (or fall) of each skater forward with headlong momentum. The excellent cast includes Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: The Movie), and Nikki Reed (Thirteen). Lords of Dogtown, written by skater Stacy Peralta (and based on his own life), both celebrates the excitement of testosterone-fueled recklessness and quietly reflects on the cost of getting what you want. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
THE RADICAL TRUE STORY BEHIND THREE TEENAGE SURFERS FROM VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA, WHO TOOK SKATEBOARDING TO THE EXTREME & CHANGED THE WORLD OF SPORTS FOREVER.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 65 more reviews...
 my son loved it June 19, 2009
E.C. Wolf (Illinois)
I had ordered this movie for my son and he ahd already seen it and loved it. I also received the order rather quickly after I had placed the order, thank you for getting it to me so fast,
revisit your youth June 7, 2009
Angela Orlowski (Detroit, Mich)
Movie made me feel like I was there. Main characters gave a great performance, in that I felt that they were the real people. The sets, props, clothing and stunts brought back many wonderful memories if you grew up in the 70's. Was also educational for younger skateboarders, to see who started it all.
Great Music in this Movie! May 22, 2009
Theresa A. Andrew (Bargersville, IN)
This movie has great music from the 70's that I used to listen to, has a great story line, and the sound effects when they guys are skateboarding is really neat!
Catherine Hardwicke "get's it" May 17, 2009
L. Lies (San Diego,CA)
I bought this movie, because I loved the direction Catherine Hardwicke provided in Twilight...I wanted to check out more of her work. I was not disappointed. She just "get's teenagers." She brought each character to life, and the photography was really fantastic. The young actors each brought so much to their characters, that I wanted to know and see more about the actors and the people they portrayed. Needless to say Heath Ledger was as always over the top in the restrained way, he brought to all of his roles.
I highly reccomend this movie to young and old.
I also would reccomend "Thirteen" another Catherine Hardwicke directed movie.
Funky film-making April 9, 2009
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
I don't give a whit about skateboarding. It's got to be the most annoying activity known to man. But this movie is a real thrill-ride, not because of the content, but because of the quality poured into the technical aspects. Shot in a violently saturated color motif, it's full of 70s surfer dudes who look quite contemporary as they depict the morphing of surfing into skateboarding in a true tale written by one of the dudes portrayed in the film. Great 70s soundtrack, to boot. I'd never heard of any of these people, but evidently they are legends in the field. They all appear in the extras, and some are extras in the film. Very entertaining from a film standpoint, if not content. The late Heath Ledger plays a stoner surf shop owner who invents the notion of a skateboard team back in Venice, Ca., when it wasn't full of tourists.
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