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Skateboard (Blu-ray)

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Collection: Factory 25
Format: Blu-ray
Year: 1978
Director: George Gage
Genre: Drama
Cast: Alan Garfield, Leif Garrett, Tony Alva, Ellen O’Neal, Richard Van der Wyk, Steve Monahan, David Hyde, Pam Kenneally, Anthony Carbone, Patricia Hitchock, Orson Bean, Thelma Pelish
Runtime: 97
Language: English
Release Date: 2024-01-30
Description

Skateboard was the first feature film to depict the height of the 70s skateboard craze. Many refer to it as the Bad News Bears of the sport. A Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race. If they win, they will get $20,000. It’s star studded cast includes Alan Garfield, 70s teen idol Leif Garrett, skateboarding legend Tony Alva, and iconic female freestyler and member of the Skateboarding Hall of Fame Ellen O’Neal. -2023 Restoration of the film
-Interview with Director George Gage
-2010 Commentary Track with Tony Alva and George Gage
-Trailer
-Booklet with Tony’s Alva’s Skateboard Glossary written in 1978 and essays by Skateboard Hall of Fame founder Todd Huber and Jenny Gage (director of All This Panic)