You can't fake cool, which is one reason DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS, superstar skateboarder-turned-filmmaker Stacy Peralta's 2003 documentary about his younger days as a member of the legendary Zephyr Skating Team, was so, well, rad. Peralta used vintage photos and Super-8 footage of the Z-Boys in action to capture their skills and authentic street style: Vans, tube socks, skinned knees, busted teeth. So if anyone could hope to carry that cool over into a Hollywood feature about these most unlikely sports heroes, the combination of Peralta himself, who wrote the screenplay, and director Catherine Hardwicke, whose debut feature, THIRTEEN (2003), told the unvarnished truth abo...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
107 mins