CinemaOSMovie · 2011 · 2h 5m

Hooked for Life

53%(3)IMDbDocumentary

In the summer of 1978 the Swedish film director Staffan Hildebrand encountered a group of young people with skateboards in Stockholm city, it resulted in a documentary about this new subculture "skateboard". The documentary, "14 års landet" (The land of 14) was presented in Swedish national TV (SVT) in the christmas of 1978. Now 30 years later Staffan and his crew have followed up the skateboarders from "14 års landet" what happened to them, what has happened with the skateboard industry in Sweden since then and why these people are "hooked for life".

Directed byStaffan Hildebrand

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 5m
Language
SV
Released
May 23, 2011

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Tony Alva

Tony Alva

Self

Allysha Le

Allysha Le

Self

Steve Berra

Steve Berra

Self

Ali Boulala

Ali Boulala

Self

Mika Edin

Mika Edin

Self

Andreas Engelkes

Self

Henrik Grassman

Self

Lasse Gringo

Self

David Hackett

Self

Greger Hagelin

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Staffan Hildebrand
Staffan Hildebrand
Written by
Andreas Alfredsson
Staffan Hildebrand
Staffan Hildebrand

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