Anyone seen it yet?
Jay, Stacy and Tony are my new (anti) heroes.
One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Great surfing, skateboarding, acting, soundtrack and directing....MUST SEE
It all started from an..
"Edgy documentary on skateboarding..., .....A close-up look at the birth of skate board culture in Southern California, Dogtown and Z-Boys has attitude to burn, just like the sport it documents. Directed by Stacy Peralta, one of the legends of the sport, it captures the punk rock spirit of skate boarding, and perfectly places it into context within the boundaries of time (the 1970s) and location (a neighbourhood between Santa Monica and Venice, California). Even if you are not a fan you'll be fascinated by the story, which is told using a combination of narration, stills, great vintage 1970s skate boarding footage and new interviews with all the key players. Sean Penn provides the narration, and adds a flair all of his own. The opposite of stodgy, Penn speaks to the audience not at them, sounding like someone sitting at a bar telling the tale. At one point in mid-sentence he coughs, pauses for a moment and then continues. It's this kind of approach that gives this movie its edge." Author: mrchaos33 from Toronto, Ontario 5 July 2003
KILLER
Heath Ledger was a terrific boozed up - drugged out hippie surfer / board manufacturer and small Dogtown bidness owner.
The entire young triple threat called the J-Boyz acted heads and shoulders above nearly all the adults in the movie BUT NOT including Rebecca Demorne (sp?).
Most of these new faces have only been in a handful of films like Emperor's Club with Kevin Kline (another great actor) and I'm going to follow their careers to see if they can ever match this film again.
AWESOME
I see this movie as a revolution on the streets.
PUN INTENDED and stolen.
Just like the punk music and new rock (bowie, acdc, etc) music that we were listening to at the time, this event pretty much helped shape the counter-culture that is alive and kicking and marketed to death today.
JUST as it was back than.
Whjat a wicked film.
Bands at the time and after: Iggy, T-Rex, Clash, Suicidal Tendancies and Honk added to the rallying cry & importance of this scene.
"We're gonna fight your brother...,...And raise HELL". Joe Srummer
I love that music man.
FUCKING A
Back in the 70's and STILL today people eat what they are fed from the media and this movie just killed me with their attitude and badassedness and anti-hero nonconformity. I wish there was a movie like this when I was 13 years old. I had "Pump up the Volume" which I believe did me OK, but this would have been a little more enlightening
Like it is NOW for me at age 37.
Sincerely,
Flo
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Enjoy....Flo
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A settlement has been proposed in a lawsuit brought against SONY BMG Music Entertainment, Inc., SunnComm International Inc., and First 4 Internet, Ltd. ("Defendants"). The lawsuit, In re SONY BMG CD Technologies Litigation, Case No. 1:05-cv-09575-NRB, is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and relates to XCP and MediaMax content protection software installed on certain SONY BMG music CDs.
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