6.6 Score

2005 • 1h 47min • PG-13 • Drama

Lords of Dogtown

"They came from nothing to change everything."

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.

IMDb 7.1

RT 55%

MC 56

Director

Catherine Hardwicke

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Stacy Peralta

Composer

Mark Mothersbaugh

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John Robinson

Stacy

Emile Hirsch

Jay

Rebecca De Mornay

Philaine

William Mapother

Donnie

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Mr. Alva

Victor Rasuk

Tony

Nikki Reed

Kathy Alva

Heath Ledger

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