In Venice, California, in the mid '70s, the sport of surfing brought together a group of teenagers from a rough neighbourhood. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, a graveyard of a former amusement park, the boys from "Dogtown" joined the Zephyr skate team (or Z-Boys). Knows for their aggressive style, awe-inspiring moves and hard street attitude, the Z-Boys spent mornings surfing and afternoons skateboarding. Taking the death-defying moves of surfing and applying them to skateboarding, the Z-Boys became overnight sensations -- local legends -- and revolutionized the art of skateboarding, transforming youth culture forever.
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June 3, 2005: INT: Emile Hirsh:
In
the LORDS
OF DOGTOWN , it’s Emile Hirsch who is charged with the
film’s most challenging role – that of the brilliant yet
troubled skater Jay Adams. Among the Z-Boys, the...
June 2, 2005: INT: Reed/Hardwicke:
As
evidenced by her previous effort, 2003’s Sundance fave THIRTEEN ,
filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke is adept at chronicling the lives of
rebellious teenagers. So it
seemed natural...
June 1, 2005: INT: Lords of Dogtown:
Based
on Stacy Peralta’s 2002 documentary DOGTOWN
AND Z-BOYS , the LORDS
OF DOGTOWN had a turbulent ride to the big screen, going
through three directors before Catherine...
May 24, 2005: Worlds/Cind. Man clips:
There's clips from Tom Cruise's and Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS
popping up everywhere. There's one over at MSN, which you can check out HERE ,
there's another over at Yahoo, which you can check out HERE and apparently in between...
March 3, 2005: Dogtown trailer online:
They were the pioneers of modern skateboarding. They were the rock stars of their world - the legendary Z-Boys of Dogtown. However, before they pushed the
limits of their skateboards, they were just a bunch of kids from California who loved to...
December 6, 2004: First Dogtown pics:
The first pics from director Catherine Hardwicke's LORDS OF DOGTOWN
have popped up over at Film Listen. The film was inspired by Stacey Peralta's documentary about the legendary skateboarders know as Z-Boys. It
stars Heath Ledger and Emile Hirsch as...
March 3, 2004: Nikki visits Dogtown:
Nikki Reed, star and co-writer of last year's THIRTEEN, has signed on to the skateboard flick LORDS OF DOGTOWN for Columbia Pictures. The film will reteam Reed with her THIRTEEN director and co-writer Catherine Hardwicke. The DOGTOWN script was written by Stacy...
