| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.0 stereo, presentation aspect ratio 1.33:1, full screen. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Sean Penn ; featuring [Zephyr skateboard team members] Shogo Kubo, Bob Biniak, Nathan Pratt, Stacy Peralta, Jim Muir, Allen Sarlo, Chris Cahill, Tony Alva, Paul Constantineau, Jay Adams, Peggy Oki, Wentzle Ruml. |
| Credits |
Editor, Paul Crowder ; director of photography, Peter Pilafian ; original music by Terry Wilson and Paul Crowder. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Summary |
In the early '70s, Dogtown was what habitués called the gone-to-seed beachfront sections of Santa Monica and Venice, California. A group of surfers, who were also skaters, hung out together at the Zephyr Surf Shop. Skateboarding was a dying '60s pastime when new polyurethane wheels and new uses for an endless supply of concrete rescued it. The Z-Boys, sporting surf-derived fluid styles and aggressive attitudes, reinvented it, and then reintroduced it to U.S. teenagers. The Z-Boys definitively added style to skating, while they created-out of thin air-the idea of skating as a lifestyle. |
| Contents |
Start -- Dogtown -- Jeff Ho Surfboards -- Urban graffiti art -- The Zephyr surf team -- Pacific Ocean Park -- The cove -- Aggressive performance ethic -- A brief history -- Cadillac wheels -- Super session -- Five school environments -- Devotion to style -- The birth of vertical -- Riding swimming pools -- Kings for a day -- Capt. Hook and the pirates -- The Del Mar Nationals -- Bought out -- The Dogtown articles -- Paid to skate -- Stacy Peralta -- Jay Adams -- No regrets -- Tony Alva -- The Dogbowl -- Final thoughts -- Where are they now? |
| Note |
Special features: freestyle experience (raw footage) ; director and editor commentary ; alternate ending: Alva 2000 ; trailers ; trailers (recommendations ) [separate menu]. |
| Awards |
Winner, Stacy Peralta, 2001 Audience Award and Directing Award, Documentary, Sundance Film Festival. |
| Language |
In English, with optional French subtitles ; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Skateboarding -- History.
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Skateboarding -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Surfing -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Extreme sports -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Orsi, Agi.
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Peralta, Stacy.
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Stecyk, Craig, 1950-
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Penn, Sean, 1960-
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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Vans "Off the Wall" Productions.
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AOP.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0767882989 |
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9780767882989 |
| Standard No. |
043396079038 |
| Music No. |
07903 Sony Pictures Classics |
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