

Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
70%
21 TMDB ratings
Directed by Patrick O'Dell
A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.
from idiots to icons
Trailer
Cast

Chad Muska
Self - pro skateboarder

Jonah Hill
Self - Big Brother reader

Jeff Grosso
Self - pro skateboarder

Johnny Knoxville
Self - writer / actor

Rob Dyrdek
Self - pro skateboarder

Jeff Tremaine
Self - art / editorial director of Big Brother
Marc Johnson
Self - pro skateboarder

Bam Margera
Self - pro skateboarder

Tony Hawk
Self - pro skateboarder

Jason Jessee
Self - pro skateboarder
Tim Gavin
Self - pro skateboarder

Spike Jonze
Self - photographer / filmmaker

Jamie Thomas
Self - pro skateboarder

Steve Rocco
Self - founder of World Industries and Big Brother

Mike Vallely
Self - pro skateboarder
Damon Way
Self - co-founder of DC Shoes
Dave Swift
Self - former editor of Transworld magazine
Walter Sims
Self - editor on Big Brother #1

Natas Kaupas
Self - art director on Big Brother #1

Sean Cliver
Self - graphic artist / writer for Big Brother
Marc Mckee
Self - graphic artist / editor of Big Brother
Earl Parker
Self - writer for Big Brother

Rick Kosick
Self - photo editor of Big Brother

Tim O'Connor
Self - pro skateboarder
Jerry Hsu
Self - pro skateboarder

Andy Roy
Self - pro skateboarder

Gavin McInnes
Self - co-founder of Vice Media
Michael Burnett
Self - editor of Thrasher magazine
Simon Woodstock
Self - pro skateboarder

Ken Block
Self - co-founder of DC Shoes
Heather Lee Jones
Self - advertising director for Big Brother

Atiba Jefferson
Self - skateboard photographer

Chris Pontius
Self - writer for Big Brother

Dave Carnie
Self - writer for Big Brother
Kendra Gaeta
Self - writer for Big Brother

Keith Hufnagel
Self - pro skateboarder

Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña
Self - local legend
Lance Conklin
Self - pro skateboarder
Ed Templeton
Self - pro skateboarder
Socrates Leal
Self - videographer

Dimitry Elyashkevich
Self - photographer / writer for Big Brother

Jeremy Klein
Self - pro skateboarder
Allan Macdonell
Self - former editor of Hustler magazine

Larry Flynt
Self - president of Larry Flynt Publications

Ryan Sheckler
Self - pro skateboarder
Chris Nieratko
Self - writer for Big Brother

Steve-O
Self - amateur stuntman
Van Toffler
Self - former president of MTV Networks
Greg Carroll
Self (archive footage)

Tom Araya
Self (archive footage)

Jeff Hanneman
Self (archive footage)

Kerry King
Self (archive footage)

Dave Lombardo
Self (archive footage)
Jovontae Turner
Self (archive footage)
Jason Lee
Self (archive footage)

Mark Gonzales
Self (archive footage)

Rodney Mullen
Self (archive footage)
Billy Pepper
Self (archive footage)

Phil Margera
Self (archive footage)
Sheryl Templeton
Self (archive footage)
Jeff Michael
Self (archive footage)

Jay Leno
Self (archive footage)
Sofia Lopez
Self (archive footage)

Ronnie James Dio
Self (archive footage)

Loomis Fall
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Patrick O'Dell
Director

Sean Cliver
Producer

Jeff Tremaine
Executive Producer
Lizbeth Gonzalez
Co-Producer

Rick Kosick
Associate Producer

Dave Carnie
Associate Producer
Lauren Graham
Associate Producer

Shanna Zablow Newton
Supervising Producer
Greg Iguchi
Line Producer
Volney Howard IV
Post Producer
Trevar Cushing
Camera Operator
Consuelo Althouse
Additional Camera
Details
- Release date
- June 3, 2017
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Director
- Patrick O'Dell
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