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| The Endless Summer | |
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 Theatrical release poster[1][2] by John Van Hamersveld from photograph of Bruce Brown (left),[3] Robert August and Mike Hynsen by Bob Bagley, taken at Salt Creek Beach;[4] artwork also used for handbills[5] (1964-1966) and show program booklets.[2] | |
| Directed by | Bruce Brown |
| Produced by | Bruce Brown |
| Starring | Mike Hynson Robert August |
| Narrated by | Bruce Brown |
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| Edited by | Bruce Brown |
| Music by | The Sandals |
Production company | Bruce Brown Films |
| Distributed by | Cinema V[5][7] |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50,000 |
| Box office | $20 million[8] |
The Endless Summer is a 1966 American surf documentary film directed, produced, edited and narrated by Bruce Brown. The film follows surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August on a surfing trip around the world. Despite the balmy mediterranean climate of their native California, cold ocean currents[9] make local beaches inhospitable during the winter, without later, modern wetsuits. They travel to the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, Senegal (Dakar),[10] Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa in a quest for new surf spots while introducing locals to the sport along the way.
The narrative presentation eases from the stiff, formal documentary of the 1950s and early 1960s to a more casual, fun-loving and personal style filled with sly humor, honed from six years of live narration. The film's surf rock soundtrack was provided by The Sandals, and the theme song was written by Gaston Georis and John Blakeley of the Sandals; Theme From "The Endless Summer"[11] has since become one of the best known film themes in the surf movie genre.[citation needed]
In 1994, it was followed by the sequel The Endless Summer II. In 2000, Dana Brown, compiled The Endless Summer Revisited, later directing Step into Liquid, in 2003, documenting tow-in surfing.[12]
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- "How The Endless Summer Movie Poster Has Endured for 50 Years". Vanity Fair. March 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- Anolik, Lili (March 2014). "One Summer, Forever". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020.
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- van Hamersveld, John. "Original poster from 'The Endless Summer'". National Museum of American History. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
Original, silk screened, 60 x 40 inch, Day-Glo poster for "The Endless Summer" movie designed by John van Hamersveld....the Art Director for Surfer Magazine and a friend of R. Paul Allen..., the assistant cinematographer on the movie, hired silk screener, Eric Askew to produce the poster in a garage in Costa Mesa, California....The poster's premise was Browns but Van Hamersveld took Bob Bagley's image of the movie's stars Mike Hynson and Robert August and Brown and transformed it into a 1960s neon masterpiece. The lettering was handwritten by Van Hamersveld.
- Van Hamersveld, John. "'The Endless Summer' film poster". Gallery. ArtCenter College of Design. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
I was a student at ArtCenter and also art director for Surfer magazine when I made the poster for Bruce Brown's 1966 surfer movie 'The Endless Summer.'
- "Program from the movie, 'The Endless Summer'". National Museum of American History. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- "The Endless Summer (1964)". Surf Classics. April 29, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- Harl, Thomas (November 13, 2015). "The Story Behind the "Endless Summer" Poster, from The Artist Who Created It". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- van Hamersveld, John. "Original poster from 'The Endless Summer'". National Museum of American History. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "It's History: 'The Endless Summer'". Dana Point Times. October 7, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "'The Endless Summer' Historical Marker". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- Allen, R. Paul. "The 'Dana Point Mafia'". OC Surf Stories. Oceanside, California: OC PL .org. Retrieved May 10, 2022 – via California Revealed.
- A, RP. "The Dana Point Mafia". OC Stories Videos. OC PL. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
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- A, RP. "Dana Point Mafia". OC Surf Stories. OC PL. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
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- A, RP (December 5, 2019). "The "Dana Point Mafia"". OC Surf Stories. OC PL .org. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
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- ^ pronounced "cinema five"
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- "California Current". Britannica.com. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- "California Coastal Current". Earth Observatory. NASA. March 1, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "'The Endless Summer' Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Theme From 'The Endless Summer'". Universal Music Group. March 31, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
- ^ Farhi, Paul (December 13, 2017). "Perspective: The beautiful lie Bruce Brown and 'The Endless Summer' told us about surfing". Washington Post. Retrieved May 10, 2022.