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Lords of Dogtown (2005) More at IMDb Pro »

• Originally David Fincher and the other producers hired Fincher "protege" Fred Durst to direct "Dogtown," with Fincher helping out with the second unit skateboarding scenes. As Durst's participation came into doubt, Fincher then became the director, even going as far as having sets built, doing extensive pre-visualizations for the feature and hiring Roger Avary to rewrite the script. Fincher then left to take on another feature, paving the way for former Production Designer Catherine Hardwicke to sign on based on the success of her first feature Thirteen (2003).
  
  
• Brian Vaughan was considered for the role of Sid.
  
  
• Was shipped to theaters under the code name "Extreme".
  
  

• This Mitch Hedberg's final on screen appearance.
  
  
• To prepare for his role as young Jay Adams, Emile Hirsch flew to Hawaii to spend time with Jay Adams who had just been released from jail for assault and drug charges and had just gotten married.
  
  
• Emile Hirsch claims the hardest trick he performed for the film was bombing down Bicknell Hill in Venice because he had to do the trick fast, shirtless, and with the camera car alongside him.
  
  
• Emile Hirsch already had some experience as a street skater from Southern California prior to appearing in this film.
  
  
• The real Skip Engblom wanted Heath Ledger to play him.
  
  
• Cameo: [Stacy Peralta] The real Stacy Peralta plays the director of the "Charlie's Angels" (1976) episode during the montage of the boys rising to fame.
  
  
• Cameo: [Skip Engblom] The real Skip Engblom appears as a race starter at the Del Mar Event.
  
  
• Cameo: [Tony Alva] The real Tony Alva is at the party in Jay Adams's house, telling his mother about Oregon.
  
  
• The band playing during the fight scene is mainstream punk band, Rise Against.
  
  
• Many parts of the dilapidated pier set (e.g. the big dipper) were added using CGI to keep costs down. However, the derelict ferris wheel was real and had been purchased on eBay for a few thousand dollars.
  
  
• While filming a scene in an empty pool, director Catherine Hardwicke fell and was knocked unconscious for two minutes. Many of the cast and crew thought she had died. When she came to, the pro-skaters there said "Now you know how it feels. Welcome to the club."
  
  
• The cameraman-skater for the pool scenes was 1980s skateboarder Lance Mountain, a Powell Peralta rider.
  
  
• The real Jay Adams makes a cameo appearance during the scene of the party at Jay Adams's mother's house.
  
  
• During the scenes of Alva and Peralta traveling, the Astronaut who asks to try to ride the skateboard is skateboarding legend Tony Hawk
  
  
• Cameo: [Tony Hawk] has a cameo as the astronaut with Stacy during the montage.
  
  

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