Lords of Dogtown(2005)- Production Details

Poster of Lords of Dogtown

Synopsis

The tough, gritty streets of "Dogtown" in Venice, California didn't look like much to outsiders, but to a handful of teenage surfers in the 1970s they were the hard, winding, sloping inspiration for a revolutionary style of skateboarding. Transferring the aggressive wave-riding moves to concrete from their death-defying surf skills at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, the Z-Boys--mostly kids with rough home lives and rougher attitudes--became sensations, local legends. They were freestyle wizards on urethane wheels, turning empty pools into arenas of wild, beautiful athleticism, the genesis of today's "extreme sports." Skating competitors didn't know what to make of them, girls threw themselves at them, and suddenly marketers and promoters wanted to grab a piece of them and what was fast becoming a worldwide counterculture phenomenon. But would the friendships of this tightly knit group last as a teenage pastime turned into big business, and energetic personalities became out-of-control celebrities?

Production Details

In Theaters

  • June 3, 2005

MPAA Rating

PG 13 (for Drug and alcohol content, sexuality, violence, language, and reckless behavior--all involving teens)

Genres

Drama, Historical, Sports, Period

Run Time

1 hour 45 minutes

Distributors

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Box Office

$11,008,432

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Venice, California, USA
  • Los Angeles, California, USA

Produced In

United States

Director

CAST

Heath Ledger

Skip Engblom

John Robinson

Stacy Peralta

Victor Rasuk

Tony Alva

Emile Hirsch

Jay Adams

Nikki Reed

Kathy Alva

Johnny Knoxville

Topper Burks