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Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
Movies old and new combine to make a wonderfully circuitous, insulated world, as they feed off one another and produce more movies. Take, for example, "Dogtown and Z-Boys," Stacy Peralta's engaging, flavorsome new documentary on the West Coast skateboarding rage of the 1970s and the surfer kids who put it on the map. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
"Dogtown and Z-Boys," a documentary about how the humble skateboard became the launch pad for aerial gymnastics, answers a question I have long been curious about: How and why was the first skateboarder inspired to go aerial, to break contact with any surface and do acrobatics in mid-air? ...
Mike Antonucci
San Jose Mercury News
Every now and then, a documentary comes along that proves reality can compete with fiction. The people in "Dogtown and Z-Boys" are more exotic than characters in an overwritten miniseries. The vividness of their history flickers through like a grainy broadcast beamed directly from the past. Their social influence is no less than a revelation. ...
Chris Hewitt
St. Paul Pioneer Press
The people in "Dogtown and Z-Boys" are so funny, aggressive and alive, you have to watch them because you can't wait to see what they do next. These are the guys who first gave "Duuuuuude" its extra u's. ...
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Dogtown and Z-Boys
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(2002)
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Overview:
Directed by Stacy Peralta, one of the original members of the Zephyr Team -- aka Z-Boys, this documentary follows a group of skateboarders in Santa Monica that are credited with bringing the sport into the mainstream. Narrated by Sean Penn, this film reunites the original crew 25 years later.
Starring:
Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Bob Biniak, Paul Constantineau, Shogo Kubo, Jim Muir, Peggy Oki, Nathan Pratt, Wentzle Ruml, Allen Sarlo and Stacy Peralta
Narrated:
Sean Penn
Directed by:
Stacy Peralta
Written by:
Stacy Peralta and Craig Stecyk
Cinematographer:
Peter Pilafian
Composers:
Paul Crowder and Terry Wilson
Studio:
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date:
May 31, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(PG-13) - for language and some drug references
Running Time:
92 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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