Surf’s Up is a 2007 American computer-animated mockumentary comedy film directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck. It features the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, Mario Cantone, James Woods, and Diedrich Bader among others. In production since 2002 at Sony Pictures Animation, it was the studio’s second theatrical feature film. The film premiered in the United States on June 8, 2007, and was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
It is a parody of surfing documentaries, such as The Endless Summer and Riding Giants, with parts of the plot parodying North Shore. Real-life surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado have vignettes as their penguin surfer counterparts. To obtain the desired hand-held documentary feel, the film’s animation team motion-captured a physical camera operator’s moves. It was also nominated at the 80th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, losing to Pixar’s Ratatouille. A sequel, titled Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania, was released direct-to-video on January 17, 2017.
- Starring : Shia LaBeouf / Jeff Bridges
- Genre : Animation / Comedy / Family / Sport
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : Ash Brannon / Chris Buck
- Production : Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation
- Distributor : Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) / Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures International / Audio Visual Entertainment / B&H Film Distribution / Buena Vista International / Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina / Falcon / Sony Pictures Filmverleih / Sony Pictures Releasing / Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR) / Channel 4 / Nickelodeon Network / RTL Entertainment / SBS6 / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Surf’s Up movie
Surf’s Up release date
- June 2, 2007 : USA (Westwood, California) (premiere)
- June 8, 2007 : USA
- June 20, 2007 : Singapore
- August 3, 2007 : India
- August 9, 2007 : Israel
- August 10, 2007 : UK
- August 10, 2007 : Ireland
- August 14, 2007 : Spain
- August 15, 2007 : Philippines
- September 1, 2007 : France (Deauville Film Festival)
- September 13, 2007 : Australia
- September 13, 2007 : Germany
- October 24, 2007 : France
- October 28, 2007 : Japan (Tokyo International Film Festival)
- November 16, 2007 : Sweden
- November 25, 2007 : Japan (Tokyo) (premiere)
- December 15, 2007 : Japan
Surf’s Up cast
- Shia LaBeouf as Cody Maverick (voice)
- Jeff Bridges as Zeke ‘Big Z’ Topanga / ‘Geek'(voice)
- Zooey Deschanel as Lani Aliikai (voice)
- Jon Heder as Chicken Joe (voice)
- James Woods as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
- Diedrich Bader as Tank ‘The Shredder’ Evans (voice)
- Mario Cantone as Mikey Abromowitz (voice)
- Kelly Slater as Kelly (voice)
- Rob Machado as Rob (voice)
- Sal Masekela as SPEN Announcer (voice)
- Ash Brannon as Filmmaker (voice)
- Chris Buck as Filmmaker (voice)
- Brian Posehn as Glen Maverick (voice)
- Dana Belben as Edna Maverick (voice)(as Dana L. Belben)
- Reed Buck as Arnold (voice)
A documentary crew follows the adventures of Cody Maverick, a 17-year-old northern rockhopper penguin who lives in Shiverpool, Antarctica, with his mother Edna and his older brother Glen. Cody has yearned to be a professional surfer ever since meeting the famous surfer Big Z many years ago, so when a talent scout shorebird named Mikey arrives to find entrants for the Big Z Memorial surfing contest on Pen-Gu Island, Cody jumps at the chance. En route to the contest, Cody befriends another entrant, Chicken Joe of whom is based on Joe Piggott.
The entrants arrive at Pen-Gu Island where Cody meets and immediately falls in love with Lani, a female gentoo penguin who is a lifeguard. He also meets the contest’s arrogant champion, Tank “The Shredder” Evans, who has won the Big Z Memorial nine times since it was first held after Z’s presumed death during a previous match ten years ago. Cody sees him vandalizing Big Z’s memorial and immediately challenges Tank to a surfing duel. Tank easily wins the duel while Cody nearly drowns and is stung by a sea urchin. Lani rescues him and takes him to her uncle, the “Geek”, to help Cody recover from his injuries. Cody wakes up, but cannot find the souvenir necklace given to him as a kid by Big Z. Geek then finds it in his hut.
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