Dogtown and Z-Boys

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Theatrical Release Date:

04/26/2002

DVD Release Date:

08/06/2002

Run Time:

91min.

Starring:

Sean Penn

Director(s):

Stacy Peralta

Distributor(s):

Sony

MPAA Rating:

PG-13 for language and some drug references.

Genre(s):

Foreign

Plot: In the mid-'70s, skateboarding was widely seen as a fad of the 1960s that had all but died out, except for a handful of committed fans in California. But that began to change with the emerge of the Z-Boys, a team of teenaged skateboarders who emerged ... Read More

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