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Release Date: June 3rd, 2005

Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min.

U.S. Box Office: $11,008,432

Rating: PG-13 for Drug and alcohol content, sexuality, violence, language, and reckless behavior--all involving teens .

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Starring: Heath Ledger, John Robinson, Victor Rasuk, Emile Hirsch, Nikki Reed

Critics Reviews: 6 out of 10

Chicago Sun-Times In the summer of 1975, modern skateboarding was invented in the Santa Monica and Venice Beach areas of California. The young members of the Zephyr Team, sponsored by a permanently stoned surfboard store owner, revolutionized the sport, performing acrobatics and crazy stunts on skateboards that had until then been seen as fancy scooters. Roger Ebert

Reelviews Watching Lords of Dogtown, I momentarily became nostalgic for the summer of 1977, when I would ride my skateboard down my inclined driveway, then see if I could make the sharp turn onto the sidewalk without wiping out. But nostalgia is hardly a reason to recommend a movie. James Berardinelli

USA Today We're talking skateboarders — specifically those of mid-1970s Southern California lore, as portrayed in Dogtown and Z-Boys and now in a dramatized rendering that in many ways replicates that justifiably praised 2001 documentary. Lords of Dogtown's claim to authenticity is that its screenplay is by Stacy Peralta... Mike Clark

The Movie Boy A dramatic retelling of 2001's documentary, "Dogtown and Z-Boys," "Lords of Dogtown" recounts the true story of a group of aimless Venice, California, teens in the mid-1970s, labeled the Z-Boys, who skyrocket to stardom amidst the rise of the skateboarding/surfing culture. Dustin Putman

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Lords of Dogtown Official site for the drama inspired by the true story of the Z-Boys turned to exteme skateboarding.

Lords of Dogtown Trailer In QuickTime format.