Skateboard [Blu-ray]

Skateboard Blu-ray presents George Gage’s 1978 sports comedy-drama from Factory 25 and OCN Distribution, restored in 2023. One of the first feature films to capture the height of the 1970s skateboarding craze, the film follows a Hollywood agent who finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie and needs a quick way out.

To raise the money, he assembles a team of talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race with a $20,000 prize on the line. Blending underdog sports-movie energy with real skate culture, Skateboard has often been described as a Bad News Bears-style take on the sport.

Starring Alan Garfield, Leif Garrett, Tony Alva and Skateboarding Hall of Fame member Ellen O’Neal, Skateboard is a time capsule of 1970s skateboarding, youth culture and stunt-driven sports cinema. This Region Free Blu-ray includes the 2023 restoration, director interview, commentary with Tony Alva and George Gage, trailer, booklet and a limited spot gloss slipcover.

directed by: George Gage
starring: Alan Garfield, Leif Garrett, Tony Alva, Ellen O’Neal, Richard Van der Wyk, Steve Monahan, David Hyde, Pam Kenneally, Anthony Carbone, Patricia Hitchcock, Orson Bean, Thelma Pelish
1978 / 97 min / English Dolby Digital 2.0 Audio / 1-Disc Region Free Blu-ray