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India Press Store - The Endless Summer
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List Price: $14.99
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Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Starring: Robert August, Lord 'Tally Ho' Blears, Terence Bullen, Michael Hynson, Wayne Miyata
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305837381
Format: Color
ISBN: 6305837384
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-05-23
Running Time: 92
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
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Summary: All Good Summers Must Come To An End
Comment: I suspect everybody has certain movies that became almost mythic for them, even though they never quite got around to seeing them. ENDLESS SUMMER was such a film for me. It debuted in 1966 when I was in junior high school, and, like the BEACH PARTY movies and the motorcycle flicks of the era, it was a film I wanted desperately to see, but one I was just a few years too young for. "Youth culture" was a very ill-defined term at the time, but anything that seemed to smack of freedom from familial and societal restraints, i.e. just bumming around, was inherently intriguing to me. Unfortunately, my mom and dad didn't always agree.
Within a few years, surf culture probably started seeming relatively wholesome compared to the more illicit activities that were starting to gain a foothold in the culture. But even as a young teen, I was vaguely aware that there was sort of a Beatnik underside to the surfing scene. Sure the Gidgets of the world would grow up, and Frankie and Annette would settle down in the suburbs. But there were also those guys you'd hear about, like the two dudes in this movie, who were doing wild things like traveling the world searching for the perfect wave in "an endless summer." There was something Romantically "Kerouac-ian" about people like that.
Or so it seemed 'til I finally saw the movie. For years I had labored under the impression that the two guys at the heart of this documentary were the hardcore, near-beatnik beachbums who would spend their entire lives on this kind of quest. Turn out they were a couple of average Joes (or given their surfer dude status, maybe I should say "average Chads") who probably jumped at the chance to make this doc and travel around the world for one GLOBAL summer (but hardly an "endless one") before heading to business school or wherever their real life career paths would lead them.
Still, the cinematography--while perhaps a bit primitive by today's standards--is good enough to suggest something of the thrill of the sport, and there are plenty of scenes that give the viewer a feel for the Zeitgeist. But it's still pretty much a conventional documentary, with a "youthful orientation" that hasn't aged all that well. And, yes, some of the non-PC commentary about native tribesmen and customs in the various locales IS grating, even if it's more or less understandable given the era. Gripes about $30.00 a night hotel rooms and $1.00 cups of coffee (and--EGAD-- $1.00 per gallon GAS!!) are bound to give contemporary viewers a chuckle or two.
Worth a look-see, but this viewer was somewhat disappointed to find out after all these years that "The Endless Summer" was really more like "a protracted spring break." Maybe somebody will do the Miki Dora story sometime. Now that could get into some Neal Cassidy-type territory.
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Summary: Ok video, but not as great as Endless Summer II
Comment: If you get both Endless Summer 1 and 2, be sure to watch 1 first and its a little of a letdown if you want 2 first (because the videography is so much better, and narration alot more humorous in 2)
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Summary: Endless Summer For Bruce Brown - Endless Winter For Me
Comment: This is only one of three surfing movies I have ever paid to see in a movie theater.
I can honestly say that this movie changed my life. I started surfing, and that was the beginning of the end. It directly resulted in my being sent away to military school in Texas. No surfing for 4 years. Good thing I wasn't a senior in high school. (It would be interesting to see how badly California college enrollment dropped in the fall of 1966.)
I have owned this movie in every format since it came out. I can watch it today with the same pleasure that I did when it was first released 40 years ago. It is a timeless classic.
It also started US Surfing Imperialism; so now, no matter where in the world you go to catch waves, someone has already been there.
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Summary: A Piece of Sports History
Comment: The coolest thing about this video has got to be the fact that it is both timeless as well as informative about a specific time period. As many reviewers have said the narrator is extremely funny. The comments he makes about the time period are, in retrospect, really interesting and telling about a very specific time period and how the surfers featured perceive international cultures at the time.
If you're remotely interested in surfing or the time period, please do your self a favor and check out this video. It's really cool and you'll develop a deeper love for timeless sports and summer activities. Simply terrific!
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Summary: Awesome surfer classic - love life!
Comment: A classic surfer bum adventure. If you ever wanted to chuck it all and live life to the fullest, you should enjoy this movie. It follows some young guys bumming around the world and surfing remote spots around the globe.
I originally saw this movie as a young teen girl in southern california in the 70s and the memory of this movie has always stuck with me.
It's a classic as is the pipeline sequence soundtrack that accompanies it.
Enjoy...
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Editorial Reviews:
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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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