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The Endless Summer

The Search for the Perfect Wave!

1966 · 1h 31m · Not Rated Documentary
Directed by Bruce Brown

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Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.

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Part surfing film, part travelogue, occasionally even anthropological study and wildlife film, ultimately it visually taps into the wanderlust that sends us to far-flung beaches in search of an escape from life that we can't find at home.

Ian Buckwalter, NPR
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Just breathtaking.

Linda Stasi, New York Post
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Shunning the tons of equipment ordinarily taken along on location, Brown used only what he could carry. The beautiful photography he brought home almost makes you wonder if Hollywood hasn't been trying too hard.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Visually fascinating.

Robert Alden, New York Times
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Brown leaves analysis of the surf-cult mystique to seagoing sociologists, but demonstrates quite spiritedly that some of the brave souls mistaken for beachniks are, in fact, converts to a difficult, dangerous and dazzling sport.

TIME Magazine

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