Jan-Michael Vincent,
William Katt,
Gary Busey,
Patti D'Arbanville,
Lee Purcell
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Jan-Michael Vincent plays a self-destructive beach bum to whom surfing is a Zen experience. We first meet Vincent in the devil-may-care 1960s, in the company of his carefree buddies William Katt and G... read more
DVD Release Date: July 9, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (350)
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February 8, 20093 buddy matt, jack, and leroy(jan-michael vincent, william katt, and gary busey)who surfer and the life from 1960's to 1970's. wow robert englund(who play freddy krueger in "a nightmare on elm street" series)early role.
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September 3, 2007Great passage of time movie covering the lives of three surfing buddies. Superb surfing scenes highlighted by an equally superb soundtrack. Theepitome of surfing movies.
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May 30, 2007The most overlooked film of the 70's. The greatest surfing film ever made, but also one of the best movies about friendship.
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February 10, 2007Great movie and good characters make this a favorite of mine. This is probably the granddaddy of fictionalized surf films and paved the way for later films. Life imitates art because in a few years Laird Hamilton would become the legend that Jan Michael's character strives for.
Critic Reviews
July 14, 2011
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
July 5, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Ambitious in goal, John Millius' tale suffers from an inconsistent tone, trying to be elegiac, nostalgic, and mythical in depicting the impact of Vietnam and aging on a clique of three surfers between... Full Review
January 1, 2000
Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
Imparts quintessential elements of the male psyche more persuasively than Milius' other gung-ho action pictures
October 5, 2006
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
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October 9, 2005
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
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November 10, 2003
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