Dogtown and Z-Boys

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Sean Penn
Narrator

Jay Adams
Self

Tony Alva
Self

Bob Biniak
Self

Paul Constantineau
Self

Shogo Kubo
Self

Jim Muir
Self

Peggy Oki
Self

Stacy Peralta
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Nathan Pratt
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Stacy Peralta
Director

Agi Orsi
Producer

Jay Wilson
Executive Producer

Stacy Peralta
Writer

Craig Stecyk
Writer

Peter Pilafian
Cinematographer

Paul Crowder
Film Editor

Craig Stecyk
Production Designer

Glen Friedman
Co-Producer

Daniel Ostroff
Co-Producer

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• Jan 13, 2011

  Skip Engblom: Children took the ruins of the 20th century and made art out of it. "The Birth of Extreme" Dogtown and Z-Boys is one of the more entertaining documentaries I've ever seen and actually one of the first documentaries I remember watching. The craziest thing about my love for this movie, is that skateboarding and everything that goes with it, isn't something that really interests me. Stacey Peralta, who is a fantastic documentary filmmaker, know exactly how to keep this movie fast paced and interesting.  The movie did end up making me interested in the Z-Boys story. It's enjoyable to see how these street kid, surfers reinvented a dying sport and made it something that everybody knew about. Main highlights of the film include concrete warfare, where they would sneak into people's backyards and ride their pools and also the first skate competition that the Zephyr skate team was a part of. If you've seen Lords of Dogtown and enjoyed it, this is something you should give a look. It's a great companion film to Lords of Dogtown and both are fun and entertaining films to watch. If getting the more in depth look into the movement is important to you, then Dogtown and Z-Boys is the way to go.
  Melvin W Super Reviewer
• Aug 25, 2010

  <i>"This is concrete warfare we're talking about... if you're going to ride you gotta get on that shit."</i> Documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team. <center><font size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook"><b><u>REVIEW</u></b></font></center> Waycool documentary by legendary skateboarding ace Peralta chronicling the origins of the original extreme sport with vintage Super 8mm home movie archival footage, black & white stills, and assorted media combining with a classic rock and roll score to form a comprehensive and obvious valentine to a way of life. Gravity defying gravitas is captured like lightning in a bottle showing the wayfarer scruffy charisma and authority-defying nonchalance that has a visceral thrill in watching underdogs become cult heroes. Excellent portrayal of unbridled angst, anomie and pure adrenaline rushes from curling on a wave from the prototypical surf in the Pacific Ocean to the concrete playgrounds of abandoned suburban pools. Narrated by perfect choice, Sean Penn, The Artist Formerly Known As Spicoli.
  Lorenzo v Super Reviewer
• Jan 03, 2010

  Sean Penn was in this? Oh yes he was the narrator. That explains why I didn't see him. It takes a special documentary to make a person who doesn't care about a subjec to take an interest in it. I have no interest in the 1970s Zephyr team and I don't have much interest afterwards. Very insider baseball.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Jun 24, 2008

  Interesting documentary on the birth of skateboarding. Best watched as a companion piece with the superior 'Lords of Dogtown'.
  Marcus W Super Reviewer

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