Dogtown and Z-Boys

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Dogtown and Z-Boys

PG-13,

2002,

1h 30m,

Documentary

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91%

94 Reviews

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88%

10,000+ Ratings

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91%

Tomatometer

94 Reviews

88%

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10,000+ Ratings

"Dogtown and Z-Boys," directed and co-written by skateboard legend-turned-filmmaker Stacy Peralta, is the story of a group of accidental revolutionaries, gifted kids who inadvertently changed the world by doing what came naturally. It is also a unique documentary event: a ground-level, eyewitness account of the birth of an organic American pop culture phenomenon.

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Dogtown and Z-Boys is a colorful, exhilarating look at the skateboarding subculture.

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Joshua Rothkopf

In These Times

Mar 16, 2020

It's made with great authority; director Stacy Peralta, in his younger years, rode ramps with the best of them and was the movement's shrewdest self-promoter.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Nov 1, 2007

You want to know more about their private lives than you get. But most viewers may be too stoked by the sheer adrenaline rush of the subject to care.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Apr 2, 2007

Package is lively, if loosely structured.

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

Feb 22, 2019

3/5

The film's buoyancy is permissible in approximating the gusto that was the hallmark of the Z-Boys as they took their guerrilla surfing skills to the arena of skateboarding.

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Feb 26, 2012

7/10

Raw, baby, raw. That's what this documentary is, and that's why it's not meant for Blu-ray.

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Kelly Kessler

Common Sense Media

Jan 2, 2011

4/5

Before Tony Hawk, skateboarding had the Z-Boys.

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Synopsis

"Dogtown and Z-Boys," directed and co-written by skateboard legend-turned-filmmaker Stacy Peralta, is the story of a group of accidental revolutionaries, gifted kids who inadvertently changed the world by doing what came naturally. It is also a unique documentary event: a ground-level, eyewitness account of the birth of an organic American pop culture phenomenon.

Director: Stacy Peralta
Producer: Agi Orsi
Screenwriter: Stacy Peralta, Craig Stecyk
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Vans Off the Wall, Agi Orsi Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Drug References|Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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