Surf's Up (2007)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Directors:

Ash Brannon
Chris Buck

Writers:

Don Rhymer (screenplay) and
Ash Brannon (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

Hang six Summer 2007.

Plot:

A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.

Plot Keywords:

Surfing | Penguin | Island | Competition | Chicken

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Shia LaBeouf	...	Cody Maverick (voice)
Jeff Bridges	...	Zeke 'Big Z' Topanga / 'Geek' (voice)
Zooey Deschanel	...	Lani Aliikai (voice)
Jon Heder	...	Chicken Joe (voice)
James Woods	...	Reggie Belafonte (voice)
Diedrich Bader	...	Tank 'The Shredder' Evans (voice)
Mario Cantone	...	Mikey Abromowitz (voice)
Kelly Slater	...	Kelly (voice)
Rob Machado	...	Rob (voice)
Sal Masekela	...	SPEN Announcer (voice)
Ash Brannon	...	Filmmaker (voice)
Chris Buck	...	Filmmaker (voice)
Brian Posehn	...	Glen Maverick (voice)
Dana Belben	...	Edna Maverick (voice) (as Dana L. Belben)
Reed Buck	...	Arnold (voice)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS (8 channels) | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:G | UK:PG | Ireland:G | South Africa:A | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | USA:PG (certificate #41481) | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Mexico:AA | Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | South Korea:All | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:AL | Brazil:Livre | Taiwan:GP | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | Denmark:A | Norway:A | Australia:G | Italy:T

Company:

Sony Pictures Animation

Trivia:

The character of "The Geek", is likely based on Jeff Bridges's character the Dude in The Big Lebowski (1998)

Goofs:

Continuity: After the argument with Big Z, Cody rips his big Z necklace off and during his walk to the line up its clearly seen that he's no longer wearing it, However in the long shot of the line up, you can see that Cody has the necklace on..and then in the following closeup its gone again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Filmmaker: Quiet on the set. And we're rolling. Cody Maverick interview, take one.
Cody Maverick: So why are you guys here to interview me?

Movie Connections:

References "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965)

Soundtrack:

Steel Guitar Blues

What a nice surprise.

I went in not expecting much. My husband just wanted to catch a movie, and we usually limit our movie outings to good, clean family fun.

Well, Surf's Up turned out to be quite a pleasant little diversion. No, we weren't rolling in our seats with laughter, but we left the theater happy that we had given the movie a chance.

I was never bored. I loved the look of the animation. The characters were quite enjoyable. As I said in my title, the movie was just a nice surprise.

Give it a chance. You too might just walk out the theater glad that you had gone.