The Endless Summer 2 (1994)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Bruce Brown

Writers:

Bruce Brown (writer)
Dana Brown (writer)

Release Date:

3 June 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Adventure | Sport

Tagline:

The journey continues...

Plot:

Bruce Brown, king of surfing documentaries, returns after nearly thirty years to trace the steps of...

Plot Keywords:

Surfing | Surfer | Narration | On The Road | Wave

Cast

Robert 'Wingnut' Weaver	...	Principal Surfer
Patrick O'Connell	...	Principal Surfer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert August	...	Surfer
T.J. Barron	...	Surfer
Jeff Booth	...	Surfer
Bruce Brown	...	Narrator (voice)
Todd Chesser	...	Surfer
Tom Curren	...	Surfer
Mike Diffenderfer	...	Surfer
Darrick Doerner	...	Surfer
Herbie Fletcher	...	Surfer
Sunny Garcia	...	Surfer
Johnny Boy Gomes	...	Surfer
Craig D. Gree	...	Surfer
Laird John Hamilton	...	Surfer
Derek Ho	...	Surfer
Michael Ho	...	Surfer
Cheyne Horan	...	Surfer
Ricky Irons	...	Surfer
Jack Johnson	...	Surfer
Pete Johnson	...	Surfer
Made Kasim	...	Balinese surfer (as Made)
Brian L. Keaulana	...	Surfer
Rabbit Kekai	...	Surfer
Buzzy Kerbox	...	Surfer
Wes Laine	...	Surfer
Brock Little	...	Surfer
Gerry Lopez	...	Surfer
Francois-Xavier Maltin	...	Surfer
Liam McNamara	...	Surfer
Tom Morey	...	Surfer
Walter Ngcobo	...	Surfer
Marco Pacheco	...	Surfer
Rusty Pedersen	...	Surfer
Larry Rios	...	Surfer
Kelly Slater	...	Surfer
Rell Sunn	...	Surfer
Chris Taloa	...	Surfer (as Chris Won)
Rizal Tanjung	...	Balinese surfer (as Risal)
Shaun Tomson	...	Surfer
Glenn Winton	...	Surfer
Beau Young	...	Surfer
Robert Nat Young

Also Known As:

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer 2

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Australia:G | Iceland:L | New Zealand:G | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Quotes:

[As a pride of Lions attack the buggy they're driving in]
Patrick O'Connell: I thought the locals at Huntington were mean!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Better Camera-work, Better Film

I found this sequel much better than the more-famous "Endless Summer" which had been made 30 years before this film. That was good, but this is far better and a big reason is better camera lenses and techniques.

The photography in here is spectacular and I'm not a fan of surfing but this is amazing footage....and who isn't awed by huge waves? The camera puts you inside and underneath some of these mammoth waves and they aren't just spectacular; they are beautiful.

As in the first film, the narration and the travelogue is interesting and humorous. Bruce Brown, the man who narrated both films, is consistently entertaining in this area as he navigates us to distant countries and islands. We see, for example, the beaches of Australia, France, Fiji, Alaska, Indonesia, Africa, on and on - just magnificent scenery.

Also featured are wild animals, poisonous reptiles, a topless beach and assorted other goodies. It also was interesting to see familiar faces from the mid- 1960s movie and see how they've aged.

It all makes the 110-minute film interesting for anyone, surfers or not.