Dogtown and Z-Boys

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Dogtown and Z-Boys
Directed by Stacy Peralta
Produced by Agi Orsi
Written by Stacy Peralta
Craig Stecyk
Narrated by Sean Penn
Starring Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Bob Biniak, Chris Cahill, Paul Constantineau, Skip Engblom, Jeff Ho, Shogo Kubo, Jim Muir, Peggy Oki, Stacy Peralta, Nathan Pratt, Wentzle Ruml IV, Allen Sarlo, Craig Stecyk, and Glen E. Friedman
Cinematography Peter Pilafian
Editing by Paul Crowder
Release date(s) January 19, 2001
Running time 91 min.
Language English

Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) is a documentary about the history of skateboarding. It won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Using a mix of film of the Zephyr skateboard team shot in the 1970s by Craig Stecyk and more recent interviews, the documentary tells the story of a group of teenage surfer/skateboarders and their influence on the history of skateboarding (and to a lesser extent surfing) culture. It is narrated by Sean Penn and directed by Stacy Peralta.

Much of the archival footage used in the film came from teenagers who wanted to be a part of the Z-Boys group but were not good enough skateboarders so they got to be a part of the Z-Boys group by filming and photographing them.

The film's $400,000 budget was financed by Vans, Inc., whose skateboarding shoes Stacy Peralta had been paid to endorse during his days as a professional skateboarder.[1]

Dogtown is the nickname of a portion of "the Santa Monica, California area that Pacific Ocean Park bridge[s].[2] Jeff Ho's shop was on the corner of Bay and Main, right next to where the Horizons West shop founded by Z-Boy Nathan Pratt currently exists.

The Z-Boy story was also made into a feature film, Lords of Dogtown, in late 2005.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Peralta, Stacy (2001), "Dogtown Chronicles: Stacy Peralta Interview by Steve Olson", Juice Magazine, http://www.juicemagazine.com/dogtownchron-PERALTA.html 
  2. ^ Beato, Greg (March, 1999), "The Lords of Dogtown", Spin Magazine, http://www.angelfire.com/ca/alva3/spin.html 

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