| Dogtown and Z-Boys | | Cast : | Sean Penn | | Director : | Stacy Peralta | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar Hom | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | January 01, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | April 06, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 30, 2005 | | Summary | Dogtown | Content
 | This DVD is excellent, It really brings you back to an innocent time in the country when the boys of Dogtown could invent something new from imagination, athletics and make it a sport. It is part of Venice California's history, let alone the country, and world history. Peralta does a great job on this must have documentary. Even if you are not into skateboarding this will interest you because this DVD is done so well! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 07, 2005 | | Summary | Dog Town Z boys | Content
| This is on of the best documentaries of all time. Shows the entire evolution of skate boarding. Extremely well done and really shows how "X" or "X games" started. Great old footage and very well narrated by Sean Penn. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 28, 2005 | | Summary | Fascinating | Content
| Even if you've never skated before, this documentary will keep you tuned in till the end. And, in the event that you are a skateboard enthusiast, you'll sink your teeth into this one like a junkie on crack. Invigorating, illuminating, heart-warming, eye-opening, educational, depressing (Jay Adams...what could have been). All of these adjectives at some time or another are fitting throughout Dogtown and Z-Boys. Stacy Peralta writing and directing flows well with the superb narration of Sean Penn. Tony Alva and all of the Zephyr Crew join in to recount this larger than life tale that's almost too cool to be true.
The invention of an incredible art form in emptied swimming pools along with the cool story of skating in the Dogbowl at the home of a cancer stricken youth skating enthusiast who simply longed as a last wish for the Z-Boys to skate in his pool truly make truth stranger, and in this case better, than fiction. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 06, 2005 | | Summary | A different slant on a bit of history | Content
| Was this movie the best skate flix ever? No but then I haven't seen that one yet. Was it cool, make a statement? Yes, here's my take.
If you pre-date `Dogtown Z-boy' period and were involved in lets say conventional sports. Then you might just pick up on Peralta's central theme in the movie, that `We set the stage for the future of extreme sports'. Although never a skater, I tend to agree and here's why.
Check out the scenes of the revived Delmar event. Notice the competition, they were athletes 1st, and skaters second, e.g., handstands, gymnastic moves etc. Were they good, talented? Sure but they were acrobatic and there is nothing new about acrobatics other than the equipment used.
Then along comes the Z-boys with a unique, spontaneous (out of the box) style. Were Z-boys the best? Maybe not but they put something on the map that was not there before and has since changed the face of sports. I keep this in mind when enjoying the modern X-Games, surfing etc. the EXTREME stuff. And ponder, how did they get there?
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| Rating | | | Date | June 02, 2005 | | Summary | Come on you old sour grapes! It was a fun movie! | Content
| Of course they are full of themselves! That's part of their "thing"
So what if they weren't THE pioneers, they were pioneers.
It was a great fun documentary that my 13 year old son and I really enjoyed. It was interesting and well made. Much better than the Lords of Dogtown we saw last night.
Let them have their glory. They earned it. |
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