The Endless Summer

Starring:Robert August, Lord 'Tally Ho' Blears, Terence Bullen, Michael Hynson, Wayne Miyata
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

The greatest surf movie ever made. "On any day of the year it is summer somewhere in the world..." Go with Robert August and Mike Hynson as they follow the summer season to Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii and California in search of the perfect wave. Still the ultimate surf film of all time!

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Directed By: Bruce Brown.
Running Time: 92 Min., Color.
This film is presented in "Standard" format.
Copyright 2003 Image Entertainment.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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The definitive surf movie, this 1966 documentary by Bruce Brown is beautifully shot and thrilling to see in its portrait of youthful freedom on the world's shores. Brown followed two surfers around the globe in their quest for the perfect wave, finding it eventually on a remote beach far from home. The narration by "Big Kahuna Brown" cuts through the reverence a bit, being cheeky in tone. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

You don't have to surf to like this movie.......2007-03-06

I'm not a surfer. In fact, I don't think I've ever toughed a surfboard.
But I do like the BEACH BOYS!! Anyway, the point is; you don't have to surf to enyjoy this film. I've always been interested in the sport but never got involved. Sort of an armchair surfer, I guess. This is a great film and very exciting to watch. Bruce Brown did an amazing job and the overall look of the film is great. Following the two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave is an interesting concept and was well executed. The scenery is great, the surfing scenes are great, and I really enjoyed this movie. So, if you are a surfer,or, like me, just a spectator, you will like ENDLESS SUMMER. I know, I'll put a TV in my bathroom, splash around in the tub and watch ENDLESS SUMMER II tonight.

Return to sunnier days!.......2007-02-17

This movie plays just as well as when it came out. A cold, snowy New England winter faded from my mind as I was transported around the world and back in time to a simpler era. The photography is spectacular and the talent of the surfers is without question. What a great escape! I'll be watching it a lot this winter and for years to come.

The Ageless Summer.......2007-02-01

It was a fantastic movie when it was first released and it is still just as good. Great photography, good narrative. Makes me long for the summer days I used to spend on the beach at Santa Cruz.

Im Might Not Be A Surfer..........2007-01-17

I Might Not Be A Surfer But I Really Like This Movie. I Thought It Was Gona Be One Of The Worst Things I'll Ever Buy But I Really Gotta Say This Movie Is One Of My Top 10 Favorite Movies In General.

Don't Miss This Classic!.......2006-11-05

I hadn't seen Endless Summer since it was first released in theaters...a long time ago. WOW...Did it bring me back. The music, the filming: top notch and captivating. A trip down Memory Lane when life was simpler and my madras shorts weren't old-school.

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This film will bring back memories of your youth, even if you've never surfed
Surf Classics
greatest surfing documentary of all time
Another Classic
Full screen = no sale

The Endless Summer II
Starring: Jeff Booth , Tom Curren , Mike Diffenderfer , Sunny Garcia , and Johnny Boy Gomes
Manufacturer: Monterey Video
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The Endless Summer
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ASIN: B0000AOV6J
Release Date: 2003-09-30

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Twenty-eight years after directing the hit documentary The Endless Summer, Bruce Brown went on a similar quest with two surfers to find the perfect wave. With a bigger budget and more sophistication in the production, this sequel is even more spectacular. What is lost in innocence--which The Endless Summer was rich in--is made up for in stunning looks at pristine beaches on exotic and even unlikely (for example, Alaska) shores. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

This film will bring back memories of your youth, even if you've never surfed.......2007-06-13

This film follows a meandering path of a few dudes attempting to get "stoked" while riding waves on various continents. It combines surfing, humor, nature, beauty, and cool. You might even get stoked while watching it & take a trip down the beach. The film rarely takes itself seriously and instead, gives a light side of surfing entertainment. It's my favorite surf film (I have about a dozen).

Rent or buy this film for the content, not the quality. If the quality was there it would rate as 5+ stars.

Please note; don't waste your time or money on another film called "The Endless Summer Revisited". It's a discredit to have "Revisited" associated with this film.

Surf Classics.......2007-04-02

Simply the most classic surf video ever!
Certainly a "must have" for any respectful surfer

greatest surfing documentary of all time.......2007-01-29

this is perhaps the greatest surfing documentary of all time. i thought no one could top the endless summer I, but clearly i was wrong.

Another Classic.......2007-01-04

Endless Summer II joins its predecessor in the "Classic Surf" movie genre. It's not quite as good as the original or I'd have given it 5 stars.

Full screen = no sale.......2006-11-29

I wont buy this title until they release the original WIDESCREEN version.

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The endless wave
Brian Brown career retrospective, outstanding
Classics you cannot miss . . .

The Endless Summer Collection
Starring: Endless Summer Collection
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: B0001BKAGC
Release Date: 2004-03-16

Description

Splash back into the surf with the landmark series that shaped half a century and changed the world of surfing forever! The breakthrough film for surfing's premiere filmmaker, Bruce Brown, The Endless Summer rides the globe in search of the perfect wave with California surfers pursuing their dream from West Africa to Tahiti. Then paddle back out for the spray, speed and spills of The Endless Summer II, which picks up the adventure with a pair of surfing pros from Hawaii's Waimea to the Australian Shark's Bay. Conclude your journey with The Endless Summer Revisited, a collaboration between Bruce Brown and his son, Dana, featuring never-before-seen footage from the original classic complete with incredible footage of fifteen-foot walls of water and the further pursuit of life's greatest pleasure, the perfect wave. Filled with breathtaking scenery and all the fun and foam you could possibly want, this classic trilogy will make it summer in your home all year long!

Customer Reviews:

The endless wave .......2007-04-08

The Endless Summer Collection is great. Being a surfer for 20 yrs. There are few movies/documentries out there that capture the pure eurphoric state of mind surfing gives and Bruce Brown hit the bulls eye with Endless Summer and Endless Summer 2. Iv had the pleasure meeting Robert August and "Wingnut" who both are featured in the collection. Now if only i could get the Astrodeck guys to put the Wave Worrior series on DVD i would have my ultimate collection.

Brian Brown career retrospective, outstanding.......2006-01-11

Separtate Ratings: Endless Summer ***.5 stars
Endless Summer II *** stars
The Filming of the Endless Summer ***-

Classics you cannot miss . . ........2004-06-01

These films are like the 80's movies that made everything that mattered happen. Ferris, Goonies, Breakfast Club, etc . . . except they are surfing classics, epic documentaries if you will.

**Bruce Brown has the classic surfer aesthetic, and narrates each film poignantly and humorously.

Endless Summer 1 is the classic older film, paced a little more slowly and fun-lovingly. It sets a great preface to Endless 2, an incredible multi-hemisphere journey.

Both films have excellent cinematography as well as dialogue and interplay between characters. Endless 2 is as goofily trivial as it is deep, as beautiful as it is mundane. . .

There are gorgeous scenery shots that do Cape Town, Indonesia, Figi, (my fav) and Alaska, justice as incredible places not only to surf, but also to just be.

Our two fascinating and yin and yang protagonists, 1, a Pat O'Connell gives suffusively satisfying short board licks, and 2, a. wing-nut supplies all of the long board smoothness to coalesce.

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Incomplete (where is Hynson?) and not much new material.......2003-07-14

Quick review: Dana Brown opens this documentary by describing it as (paraphrased) "another chance to rip off the public," and he's somewhat right. "The Endless Summer Revisited" is mostly a series of interviews of the original filmmakers, promoters, and one of the stars of "The Endless Summer" and it doesn't reveal a whole lot that wasn't covered during the Surfer's Journal series on surf movies. I can't recommend buying this, but it might be worth a rental if you can find a copy.

More details: "The Endless Summer Revisited" tells the story of the filming and distribution of the original "Endless Summer" as well as a little bit about its sequel. It runs chronologically, startingwith some early footage of Bruce Brown as a surfer and then progressing forward. Interviews shot on video are mostly of Bruce Brown, Dana Brown, and Robert August, with appearances by Greg Noll, Steve Pezman, Dale Velzy, Hobie Alter, Nat Young, Wingnut, Pat O'Connell, and some other old guys whose names I don't recall.

I got a few chuckles from Noll taking digs at Brown whenever he could get a chance, and there was some interesting grainy footage here and there from the original film that I hadn't seen before. They show a little bit of from-shore shots of the filming of the water camera footage, and Brown tells the real story of how Cape St. Francis was discovered by Mike Hynson. Hynson, by the way, is not interviewed at all for this film. The lack of his perspective is a major gap. The film winds up with details that I hadn't heard before of how they found a distributor for "The Endless Summer," including taking the film to Kansas during a snowstorm to prove that it could be shown to a wider audience. By the time they get to the sequel, the makers of "Endless Summer Revisited" have run out of gas, and don't have much to say other than "it's the same thing only better." There's not much additional footage at all from that film, which is disappointing since they must have a lot of it in the can.

Summary: Don't buy it, rent it if you're interested in surf media history.

Don't waste your time on Revisited.......2002-12-22

Endless Summer Revisited is not worth the time you spend watching it, not to mention your wasted money buying/renting it. Instead, try Endless Summer II: you'll watch it several times and enjoy it each time.

It Got Better.......2002-10-22

I had seen "The Endless Summer" (TES) and was fully expecting "The Endless Summer Revisited" (TESR) not to live up to it, if only for the fact that it was not a follow up to the original TES or "The Endless Summer II" (TES2). This was more of a documentary of how they made TES, TES2 and some other surfing during that timeframe. When it started, I was fully prepared for 2 stars. However, many of the interviews led me to 3 stars. Some of the new surfing footage led me to 4 stars. Then, with footage from TES2 (which is not available on DVD yet), I had to go with 5 stars. It is not the same as TES, so if you expect that, it will be disappointed. But, if you want to know more of the surfer life, then TESR is worth it. I especially liked them pointing out that it is NOT like "Beach Blanket Bingo" or other silly movies where they just throw sex into the mix. Sure, hormones are prevalent, especially when young, but that goes out the window when riding waves. I was glad that they pointed that out and that they followed it in the films.

RIP OFF.......2001-07-09

IF YOU LIKE HOME MOVIES YOU MAY LIKE THIS, NO NEED TO BUY THIS IF YOU HAVE THE ENDLESS SUMMER, I SUGGEST WAITING FOR ENDLESS SUMMER 2 ON DVD.

If you like Bruce then this is for you........2000-08-16

This is a very nostalgic look back at when Bruce Brown started making moviesin the 50's until he finished with Endless Summer 2. There are several great cameos by Dave Velzy, Greg Noll, and Robert August(just to name a few) who tell the viewer about their experiences with Brown and the movies they made together. It unfortunatley is only 70 minutes long. It has great out takes from ES and ES 2 and a short blooper series that is classic. I only gave it 3 stars because it didn't have enough surfing and it wasn't long enough.

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Endless Summer (UMD Mini For PSP)
Starring: Robert August , Mike Hynson , and Patrick O'Connell
Director: Bruce Brown
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: UMD for PSP

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ASIN: B0009K7RRU
Release Date: 2005-06-28

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Robert August, star of Bruce Browns surf movie the endless summer, 30th Anniversary Tribute narrated by Robert "Wingnut" Weaver

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Robert August, star of Bruce Browns surf movie the endless summer, 30th Anniversary Tribute narrated by Robert "Wingnut" Weaver
Starring: Robert August , Sam August , Wingnut , Mark Martinson , and Peter Townend
Manufacturer: Endless Fun Productions
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Never before seen footage of California surfing in the 1950's!
Travel with Robert to Costa Rica and Australia
Interviews from legendary surfers Robert August, Mark Martinson, Peter Townend, and Wayne Lynch
2 Disc Set includes feature movie and a bonus disc packed with never before seen footage, pictures, and interviews

ASIN: B000JFLKOG

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Robert August was raised literally on the wave lapped shores of Seal Beach, California. Robert began surfing at the early age of 6, under the wing of his father and early surf pioneer Blackie August. Blackies love for fun and the ocean lifestyle was deeply ingrained in Robert at an early age. At the age of 18, Robert circled the globe with Bruce Brown in search of of the perfect wave. This adventure resulted in the classic film "The Endless Summer" and inspired thousands of surfers to travel the world. To this day, the movie remains not just a cultural milestone, but also a defining tribute to the surfing lifestyle. Since starring in the Enless Summer movie in 1964, Robert has built a recognized brand name world wide with hard work and dedication focused on the surfing industry. The Robert August Surf Company celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2005 as one of the most prosperous and highly respected companies in the surf industry. The "Robert August 30th Anniversary" is a real tribute to a legend that simply has a passion for surfing and having Endless Fun. Please visit www.endlessfun.com for more information

Bruce Brown 6-Pack (The Endless Summer / Barefoot Adventure / Surf Crazy / Surfing Hollow Days / Slippery When Wet / Surfin' Shorts) (Amazon.com Exclusive)

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Bruce Brown 6-Pack (The Endless Summer / Barefoot Adventure / Surf Crazy / Surfing Hollow Days / Slippery When Wet / Surfin' Shorts) (Amazon.com Exclusive)
Starring: Bruce Brown
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ASIN: B00009XUM8
Release Date: 2003-06-17

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Get stoked for the coolest surfing set ever! There's no limits to adventure in these six DVDs from the one-and-only Bruce Brown, director of the greatest surf movie ever made. Along with THE ENDLESS SUMMER, you'll see top surfers shredding the waves from the California coast to the shores of Japan in BAREFOOT ADVENTURE, SURF CRAZY, SURFING HOLLOW DAYS, SLIPPERY WHEN WET and SURFIN' SHORTS. Be there for the original wave-riding adventures from surfing's golden age!

THE ENDLESS SUMMER
Newsweek called it "Breathtaking! Sweeping and Exciting!" Time magazine described it as "a dazzling ode to sun, sand and surf!" Live the dream with California surfers as they follow the summer season to Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii and California in search of the perfect wave. Still the ultimate surf film of all time!

BAREFOOT ADVENTURE
Explore the guts and the glory as well as the trials and tribulations of these barefoot adventurers as they cruise prime waves up and down the California coast and tame massive breakers in Hawaii. This film features an original score by jazz great Bud Shank, brand-new narration and some of the biggest surf ever ridden at that time, including the legendary Point surf at Makaha.

SURF CRAZY
Ocean pioneer Bruce Brown takes a group of surfers exploring deep into unsurfed Mexico, shows some vintage California surfing and then goes on to the mammoth waves of Hawaii. Features one of the biggest waves ever ridden at Waimea Bay. Be there as some of today's hottest surfing spots are discovered.

SURFING HOLLOW DAYS
Shot in the early '60s when the surfing phenomenon was exploding, this film shows what the surfer lifestyle is really all about. Legendary Bruce Brown travels to Mexico, California and Florida, along with a trip to Australia and Hawaii with Phil Edwards. Features a fifteen-foot shark checking the line-up at Rincon and the first wave ever ridden at Pipeline. Time to hang ten with another of Brown's outstanding surf films--it's almost better than being there!

SLIPPERY WHEN WET
This is surf filmmaker supreme Bruce Brown's first film, made when he was just 20 years old: the story of five surfers on their dream trip to Hawaii, spending an entire winter living and surfing on the North Shore of Oahu on $100 a month. Slippery When Wet features an original score by jazz legend Bud Shank. The surfing lifestyle at its realest!

SURFIN' SHORTS
This program includes three of Bruce Brown's short films: The Wet Set, featuring the Hobie-MacGregor Sportswear Surf Team; America's Newest Sport, presenting the Hobie Super Surfer Skateboard Team; and an early television special that includes the first surfing trip to Japan with 12-year-old Peter Johnson and Del Cannon in a segment filmed, but not used for, The Endless Summer. These films feature an amazing group of surfing greats, including Hobie Alter, Herbie Fletcher, Mickey Munoz, Billy Hamilton, Bobby Patterson, Corky Carroll and Phil Edwards.

Customer Reviews:

One of my prize possesions.......2005-10-09

I bought this for my wife to give to my kids to give on Christmas. There's a lot of great surf footage and some very funny vintage Southern California surf culture in these DVD's. If you learned how to surf pre-leash then you'll get it otherwise it might go right over the heads of the gen x'ers.

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Surfabout: Down Under

Manufacturer: CustomFlix
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In this innovative narrative documentary, a fifth-generation California surfer girl sets out on a journey into the soul of surfing, seeking answers to life's mysteries in Australia and New Zealand. After a series of mishaps, Australian pro surfer Pauline Menczer takes her under her wing for an inside look at the life and the making of a champion. What she discovers has little to do with the elusive perfect wave or pipe dreams. Events unfold rapidly as unexpected comedic twists and heart-pumping turns take her down the less-traveled path. As Pauline and the pro tour depart for Fiji, the surfer girl house-sits at the bottom of New Zealand, where she encounters snowy sheep, gale force winds, men who shape boards out of felled trees and the love of her life. Just as she holds tight to her newfound happiness, the seams unravel. She takes solace in the source of the ocean, and in doing so, discovers answers within.

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The Endless Summer 2 [Region 2]

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ASIN: B00005U1ZD

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You don't have to surf to like this movie
Return to sunnier days!
The Ageless Summer
Im Might Not Be A Surfer...
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Customer Reviews:

You don't have to surf to like this movie.......2007-03-06

Return to sunnier days!.......2007-02-17

The Ageless Summer.......2007-02-01

It was a fantastic movie when it was first released and it is still just as good. Great photography, good narrative. Makes me long for the summer days I used to spend on the beach at Santa Cruz.

Im Might Not Be A Surfer..........2007-01-17

I Might Not Be A Surfer But I Really Like This Movie. I Thought It Was Gona Be One Of The Worst Things I'll Ever Buy But I Really Gotta Say This Movie Is One Of My Top 10 Favorite Movies In General.

Don't Miss This Classic!.......2006-11-05

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