"Lords of Dogtown" tells the shocking true story of three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and forever changed the world of sports. Stacy Peralta (John Robinson, Elephant), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas), and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch, The Girl Next Door) play the Z-Boys, a group of nobodies who create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby turns into a business, the success shatters their friendship. Lords of Dogtown, directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) and written by Stacy Peralta, is "...a dazzling daredevil ride." (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone)
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"Lords of Dogtown" tells the shocking true story of three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and forever changed the world of sports. Stacy Peralta (John Robinson, Elephant), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas), and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch, The Girl Next Door) play the Z-Boys, a group of nobodies who create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby turns into a business, the success shatters their friendship. Lords of Dogtown, directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) and written by Stacy Peralta, is "...a dazzling daredevil ride." (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone)
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