Lords of Dogtown Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

In the 1970s, a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as "Dogtown" in Venice, California pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, the Z-Boyz, known for their aggressive style and hard street attitude, combined the death-defying moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding and became overnight sensations and local legends. With empty pools as their canvas, the Z-boyz paved the way to what is now referred to as "extreme sports," and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to beomce a worldwide counterculture phenomenon. But all of this fame would take its toll on the friendships that they thought would last a lifetime as the sport that started out as an afternoon hobby turned into big business.

Drama Sports

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Lords of Dogtown.

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  Emile Hirsch

  The Comeback Trail, Inside Man

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  Heath Ledger

  I'm Not There, The Dark Knight

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  Jeremy Renner

  Untitled Bourne Movie 5 Project, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2

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  John Robinson

  Big Sur, Transformers

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  Nikki Reed

  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Empire State

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  Michael Angarano

  Sacramento, Horizon: An American Saga

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  Victor Rasukv

Crew Behind the Film

The Lords of Dogtown behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Catherine Hardwicke last directed Prisoner's Daughter and Mafia Mamma. The film's writer Stacy Peralta last wrote Bones Brigade: An Autobiography and Riding Giants.

Director

Catherine Hardwicke

Screenwriters

Stacy Peralta
Catherine Hardwicke

Producers

Joe Drake
David Fincher
Art Linson

Production Details

What we know about the Lords of Dogtown movie production.

Key Facts

• Fictionalized version of the 2001 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, written and directed by skateboard guru Stacy Peralta based on a Spin magazine article that explored 1970s skateboarding culture.

Production Updates for Lords of Dogtown

Dec 2004

Completed

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