Lords of Dogtown? Just flashed on the radar… Heath Ledger – okay, ah – Rebecca De Mornay (just an aside, always had a thing for her since Risky Business – I guess that dates this editor). She’s probably playing someone’s mother now… **sigh**

What’s it about? After reading the synopsis on Yahoo! Movies, I am familiar with the plotline, based on a true story(s)- and it’s a film based on a documentary (go figure):

“In the 1970s, a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as “Dogtown” in Venice, CA pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean pier, the Z-Boys, known for their aggressive style and hard street attitude, combined the death-defying moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding and became overnight sensations and local legends. With empty pools as their canvas, the Z-boys paved the way to what is now referred to as “extreme sports,” and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to become a worldwide counterculture phenomenon…”

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Cast: Heath Ledger, Samantha Lockwood, Victor Rasuk, Rebecca De Mornay
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke

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