Dogtown and Z-Boys

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{{short description|2001 film by Stacy Peralta}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Dogtown and Z-Boys
| alt =
| image = Dogtown and Z-Boys FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Stacy Peralta]]
| producer = Agi Orsi<br/>Daniel Ostroff<br/>Stephen Nemeth
| writer = Stacy Peralta<br />[[Craig Stecyk]]
| narrator = [[Sean Penn]]
| music =
| cinematography = Peter Pilafian
| editing = [[Paul Crowder (filmmaker)|Paul Crowder]]
| studio =
| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Classics]]
| released = {{Film date|2001|1|19}}
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $400,000
| gross = $1,293,295
}}
'''''Dogtown and Z-Boys''''' is a 2001 American [[documentary film]] co-written and directed by [[Stacy Peralta]], produced by Agi Orsi, and narrated by [[Sean Penn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/movies/film-review-skating-on-top-of-the-world-during-an-endless-summer.html|title=Film Review: Skateboarding on top of the World During an Endless Summer|last=Holden|first=Stephen|website=New York Times|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410200130/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/movies/film-review-skating-on-top-of-the-world-during-an-endless-summer.html|archive-date=April 10, 2020|access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref> The documentary explores the pioneering of the [[Z-Boys|Zephyr skateboard team]] in the 1970s (of which Peralta was a member) and the evolving sport of [[skateboarding]]. Using a mix of film of the Zephyr skateboard team (Z-Boys) shot in the 1970s by [[Craig Stecyk]], along with contemporary 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.

==Synopsis==
''Dogtown and Z-Boys'', narrated by [[Sean Penn]], begins with the history of [[skateboarding]] in [[Southern California]] and how it had been strongly influenced by the [[surf culture]] in the surrounding areas of [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] and [[Venice, California|Venice]], nicknamed ''[[Santa Monica neighborhoods#Ocean Park Neighborhood|Dogtown]]''.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D06E3DC153EF935A15757C0A9649C8B63|title=Dogtown and Z Boys (2001) FILM REVIEW; Skating on Top of the World During an Endless Summer| author=Stephen Holden|date=April 26, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> Surf shop owners [[Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions|Jeff Ho]], [[Skip Engblom]], and [[Craig Stecyk]] established the Zephyr Skateboard Team with local teenagers from broken homes.<ref name=hollywood>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/static/lords-of-dogtown-interviews-tony-alva-skip-engblom-and-stacy-peralta|title="LORDS OF DOGTOWN" INTERVIEWS: TONY ALVA, SKIP ENGBLOM AND STACY|publisher=Hollywood.com|access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> The sport of skateboarding evolved as the [[Z-Boys]] continued to bring edgy moves influenced by surfing. During one of California's record-breaking droughts, local backyard pools were emptied and became hotspots for these young skateboarders looking for places to skateboard.<ref name=nytimes/> The members of the Zephyr team gained notoriety and national attention when they competed in skateboard championships and started to receive media attention for their skills as young athletes. Testimonials and commentary provided by the members and founders of the Zephyr team combined with the rock-and-roll soundtrack and vintage footage all come together in this documentary about the history and lives of the original Z-Boys and skateboarding subculture of California.<ref name=cave>{{cite web|url=http://skateboard.about.com/od/videosreviews/fr/DogtownZBoysV.htm|title=Dogtown and Z-Boys DVD Documentary Review|author=Steve Cave|publisher=About.com|access-date=July 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713171616/http://skateboard.about.com/od/videosreviews/fr/DogtownZBoysV.htm|archive-date=July 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Cast==
The documentary includes footage, commentary, and interviews from eleven of the original members of the Z-Boys team, along with the team's co-founders, skateboarding champions, and other relevant skateboarding figures, journalists, and musicians from the era.<ref name="IMDB">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275309/fullcredits?ref_=ttco_ql_1|title=Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref>

* [[Sean Penn]] as the narrator
* [[Jay Adams]] (Zephyr Skate Team member) as himself
* [[Tony Alva]] (Zephyr Skate Team member) as himself
* [[Stacy Peralta]] (Zephyr Skate Team member) as himself
* [[Jeff Ament]] as himself
* [[Steve Caballero]] as himself
* [[Skip Engblom]] (Zephyr Co-Founder) as himself
* [[Craig Stecyk]] (Zephyr Co-Founder) as himself
* [[Tony Hawk]] as himself
* [[Henry Rollins]] as himself
* [[Tom Sims]] as himself
* [[Peggy Oki]] (Zephyr Skate Team member) as herself
* [[Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions|Jeff Ho]] (Zephyr Co-Founder) as himself

==Production==
The documentary features vintage video footage and photos of the Zephyr skateboard team from the 1970s, along with contemporary interviews from the original members of the Z-Boys group.<ref name="sundance">{{cite web |date=2002 |title=Dogtown and Z-Boys |url=http://history.sundance.org/films/2222/dogtown_and_z-boys |access-date=July 27, 2014 |publisher=Sundance Institute}}</ref> The film combines the 8-mm and 16-mm vintage footage with modern editing and a soundtrack crafted from music of the 1970s era.<ref name="sundance" />

''Dogtown and Z-Boys'' was directed by [[Stacy Peralta]], an original member of the Zephyr team, and written by Peralta and Craig Stecyk, a leading surf and skateboard film producer and photojournalist.<ref name="nytimes" />

The film operated on a budget of $400,000 financed by [[Vans|Vans, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Olson |first=Steve |year=2001 |title=Dogtown Chronicles: Stacy Peralta interview |url=http://juicemagazine.com/home/dogtown-chronicles-stacy-peralta/ |journal=Juice Magazine |publisher=[[Juice (skateboarding magazine)]] |issue=53 |access-date=September 1, 2001}}</ref> Stecyk and photojournalist [[Glen E. Friedman]], were the film's co-writer and co-producer, respectively,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Steinhart |first1=Daniel |date=April 2002 |title=Stacy Peralta: Dogtown and Z-Boys |journal=Independent Film & Video Monthly |volume=25 |issue=3 |page=12 |id={{ProQuest|2356719}}}}</ref> Daniel Ostroff and Stephen Nemeth were also co-producers, and Debra MacCulloch and Christine Triano were associate producers involved with the film.<ref name="IMDB" />

==Reception==
''Dogtown and Z-Boys'' debuted at the 2001 [[Sundance Film Festival]] where it won two awards: the Audience Award and Directing Award.<ref name="sundance2">{{cite web |title=2001 Sundance Film Festival |url=http://history.sundance.org/events/36 |access-date=July 27, 2014 |publisher=Sundance Institute}}</ref> The film also won the [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] for Best Documentary in 2001.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/239388/Dogtown-and-Z-Boys/details |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810123738/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/239388/Dogtown-and-Z-Boys/details |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |access-date=July 27, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |department=Movies & TV Dept.}}</ref>

The film was well received by many critics, including reporter Steve McKee of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' who stated that the documentary had opened with "boffo reviews" from around the country.<ref name="wsj">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1020090914919364040|title=Sun's Shining, Pool's Empty: It's a Great Day for the Z-Boys|author=Steve McKee|date=April 29, 2001|publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> The film received a rating of 92% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and a generally favorable rating of 76 on [[Metacritic]].<ref name="rottentom">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dogtown_and_zboys/|title=Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/dogtown-and-z-boys|title=Dogtown and Z-Boys|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> Stephen Holden of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said the film was a "giddy, thrilling, rock 'n' roll-saturated history of skateboarding in Southern California."<ref name="nytimes" />

On the opening weekend of April 2002, ''Dogtown and Z-Boys'' made $103,355. By August 2002, the film had grossed $1,293,295 in the United States.<ref name="IMDB" /> According to Peralta in a 2004 interview, "''Dogtown'' has sold over a million DVDs and more than 700,000 VHS."<ref>{{cite web |title = Stacy Peralta Riding Giants Sundance Surfer |first = Ben |last = Marcus |url = http://surfermag.com/magazine/stcper/index1.html |work = [[Surfer (magazine)|Surfer]] |publisher = Source Interlink Media |year = 2004 |access-date = December 10, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080604075058/http://surfermag.com/magazine/stcper/index1.html |archive-date = June 4, 2008 }}</ref>

==Music==
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* [[Aerosmith]] – "[[Seasons of Wither]]"
* Aerosmith – "[[Toys in the Attic (song)|Toys in the Attic]]"
* [[Alice Cooper]] – "Billion Dollar Baby"
* Alice Cooper – "Generation Landslide"
* [[The Allman Brothers Band]] – "[[One Way Out (song)|One Way Out]]"
* [[Black Sabbath]] – "Into the Void"
* Black Sabbath – "[[Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)|Paranoid]]"
* [[Blue Öyster Cult]] – "[[Godzilla (Blue Öyster Cult song)|Godzilla]]"
* [[Buzzcocks]] – "Fast Cars"
* Buzzcocks – "Boredom"
* [[David Bowie]] – "Aladdin Sane"
* David Bowie – "[[Rebel Rebel]]"
* [[Devo]] – "Gut Feeling"
* [[Emilio Pericoli]] – "Volare"
* [[Fila Brazillia]] – "Subtle Body"
* Fila Brazillia – "Harmonicas are Shite"
* [[Herb Alpert]] – "[[A Taste of Honey (song)|A Taste of Honey]]"
* Herb Alpert – "[[Lollipops and Roses (song)|Lollipops and Roses]]"
* [[James Gang]] – "Funk 49"
* [[Jan and Dean]] – "Sidewalk Surfing"
* [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] – "[[Ezy Ryder]]"
* The Jimi Hendrix Experience – "[[Foxy Lady]]"
* The Jimi Hendrix Experience – "[[Freedom (Jimi Hendrix song)|Freedom]]"
* The Jimi Hendrix Experience – "[[Bold as Love (song)|Bold as Love]]"
* [[Joe Walsh]] – "[[Rocky Mountain Way (song)|Rocky Mountain Way]]"
* [[Led Zeppelin]] – "[[Achilles Last Stand]]"
* Led Zeppelin – "[[Hots On for Nowhere]]"
* [[The Lively Ones]] – "Surfrider"
* [[Massive Attack]] – "Exchange"
* [[Neil Young]] – "[[Old Man (song)|Old Man]]"
* [[Peter Frampton]] – "I'll Give You Money"
* [[Pink Floyd]] – "[[Us and Them (song)|Us and Them]]"
* [[Robin Trower]] – "Hannah"
* [[Rod Stewart]] – "[[Maggie May]]"
* [[Sneaker Pimps]] – "[[6 Underground (song)|6 Underground]]"
* [[The Stooges]] – "Gimme Danger"
* The Stooges – "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
* [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] – "Children of the Revolution"
* [[The Pretenders]] – "Bad Boys Get Spanked"
* [[Thin Lizzy]] – "Bad Reputation"
* [[Ted Nugent]] – "Cat Scratch Fever"
* Ted Nugent – "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (Live)"
* Ted Nugent – "Motor City Madhouse"
* [[The Trammps]] – "[[Disco Inferno]]"
* [[ZZ Top]] – "La Grange"
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==See also==
*''[[Lords of Dogtown]]''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0275309|title=Dogtown and Z-Boys}}
* [http://www.DogTownBook.com ''Dogtown – The Legend of the Z-Boys''] - The book that inspired the film

{{Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature}}

[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:2001 documentary films]]
[[Category:Sundance Film Festival award–winning films]]
[[Category:American sports documentary films]]
[[Category:Skateboarding films]]
[[Category:Sony Pictures Classics films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about surfing]]
[[Category:Documentary films about Los Angeles]]
[[Category:American surfing films]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
[[Category:2000s American films]]
[[Category:English-language documentary films]]

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