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Bruce Brown
Like other early surf film makers, Bruce's career began with a heavy dose of surf fever and a hunger to make a living around what he loved most. As a teenager, Brown hopped a stearage passage aboard the Matson Liner steamship to Hawaii for his first trip over in the early 1950s, and after serving the pre-requisite stint as a beach lifeguard in San Clemente, CA began filming surfing in 1958.
His first film "Barefoot Adventure," financed by California surfing's P.T. Barnum, Dale Velzy, established Bruce as a major player in the genre. His footage was solid, his editing OK too, but what set his films apart were his original jazz soundtracks by Bud Shank and Brown's casual narrative style seemed to embody all that was truely cool about surfing and surfers. He followed with "Slippery When Wet" in '61, "Waterlogged" in '62, "Surfing Hollow Days" in '63, then in 1964 Bruce released "The Endless Summer" which was to become the most popular and widely seen surf film of all-time. More... (more)
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Your search for "bruce brown" found 18 item(s).
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Zen & Zero
Gonzo road trip action meets The Endless Summer as a group of surf-crazed Austrians go on the road to find new waves, adventure, and Allan Weisbecker (author of In Search Of Captian Zero).
Fueled by the promise of selling their used cars for...
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The Endless Summer
They call it "The Endless Summer," the ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. From the uncharted waters of West Africa, to the shark-filled seas of Australia, to the tropical paradise of Tahiti and beyond, these...
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Legends of Malibu
Proto-point surf of California dreams; birthplace of hotdogging; glamorous symbol of the world's imagined California lifestyle; spawning ground of the surf-caper; one-time home to Gidget, Moondoggie and the great Kahuna (both Hollywoods fantasy...
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On Safari to Stay
The story of two modern longboarders - Clash, played by 15-year old Joel Tudor, and the equally hot Wingnut. They're looking for the magical '60s. On their quest, they meet longboard legends Skip Frye and Donald Takayama. They borrow Takayama's van...
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Biographies - Robert Weaver
Wingnut is always up for a good time and his infectious demeanor and legit-by-any-measure surfing skills are a good matchup with Robert August, who happens to be his traveling partner. Learning to surf on a heavy longboard in the late-'80s, no less...
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Search for Surf
Greg Noll made a number of films when he wasn't out there surfing, and here he collaborates with Brown to rekindle the memories. Featured: Noll in his teens, Buffalo surfing Makaha, great people shots from the old Makaha Internationals, Pat Curren...
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Filmmakers - Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown's early films demonstrated his dry wit and a casual rapport with the best surfers of the late '50s and early '60s. Borwn worked almost non-stop from 1958, when he made a low-key classic called "Slippery When Wet" to hiss sixth film, The...
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Slippery When Wet
"It was the summer of 1958. I was a 20-year-old lifeguard in San Clemente, California, which to date is the only real job I've ever held. At nights I worked as a glorified janitor at Dale Velzy's surf shop. Occasionally, while I swept up, Dale would...
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Surfing Hollow Days
"In 1961, I made my fourth film, SURFING HOLLOW DAYS. The world of surfing was changing. Most of the boards were now made of foam, surfers were doing more traveling (often on jets, which were replacing prop planes) and Phil Edwards became the first...
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Barefoot Adventure
"By 1960 I had the making of my surf films down to a science, which was, basically, work my guts out. If the film was done right it looked effortless. People would say, "Boy, making that movie must have been a lot of fun." Somehow they'd be oblivious...
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Long Board TV - Episode 13
The year was 1964, on the beach it was Lance Carson hanging ten, in the Auditoriums it was Bruce Brown's "The Endless Summer." Climaxing with flawless Cape St. Francis, Bruce's classic inspired thousands to leave their homes and discover their own...
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Waterlogged
"By 1962, I'd spent five years full-time making surf films, one per year. I'd shoot during the fall and winter, edit during the spring and show the complete film during the summer. There was never enough time. I felt if I could take two years to make...
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