The birth of extreme
This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.
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Nostalgic, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Jay AdamsSelf
- Tony AlvaSelf
- Stacy PeraltaSelf
- Steve CaballeroSelf
- Tony HawkSelf
- Jeff AmentSelf
- Henry RollinsSelf
- Jeff HoSelf
- Jake PhelpsSelf
- Glen E. FriedmanSelf
Crew
- Stacy PeraltaDirector
- Craig StecykWriter
- Stacy PeraltaWriter
- Sebastian JungwirthDirector of Photography
- Peter PilafianDirector of Photography
- Paul CrowderEditor
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