Description: "In the 1970s a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as 'Dogtown' in Venice, California, pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding."
Lords of Dogtown is a 2005 biographical film based on the story of "The Z-Boys", an influential group of skateboarders who revolutionized the sport. The movie is dedicated to the memory of comedian Mitch Hedberg, who appears in the movie but died before the film was released.
Starring Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch (from Into The Wild), Victor Rasuk, John Robinson, Nikki Reed and Johnny Knoxville.