"Lords of Dogtown" is based on the true story of three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to new heights and forever altered the sporting landscape. The Z-Boys are Stacy Peralta (John Robinson, Elephant), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas), and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch, The Girl Next Door), a group of nobodies who invent a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby turns into a business, their friendship suffers. Lords of Dogtown, directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) and written by Stacy Peralta, is "a dazzling daredevil ride." (Rolling Stone/Peter Travers)
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"Lords of Dogtown" is based on the true story of three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to new heights and forever altered the sporting landscape. The Z-Boys are Stacy Peralta (John Robinson, Elephant), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas), and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch, The Girl Next Door), a group of nobodies who invent a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby turns into a business, their friendship suffers. Lords of Dogtown, directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) and written by Stacy Peralta, is "a dazzling daredevil ride." (Rolling Stone/Peter Travers)
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