The Endless Summer
“The search for the perfect wave!”
Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, himself a competition-level surfer, follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August on an around-the-world surfing adventure. With Brown's wry, sardonic narration and a twangy, guitar-driven instrumental soundtrack by The Sandals playing over the silent footage, Mike and Rob leave their California home to visit Hawaii, Australia, South Africa and other secluded surfing spots in a search for the surfer's holy grail that Brown dubs "The Perfect Wave.”
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Part of The Endless Summer Collection
3 films
Cast
7 people
Michael Hynson
Himself
Also in
Rainbow Bridge
Boardroom - Legends of Surfboard Shaping
Robert August
Himself
Also in
Hang: The Manifest Destiny of the Longboard Cult
Boardroom - Legends of Surfboard Shaping
Lord James Blears
Himself
Also in
Magnum, P.I.
Hawaii Five-O
Bruce Brown
Narrator
Chip Fitzwater
Himself
Chuck Gardner
Himself
Wayne Miyata
Himself
Bruce Brown Director · Gaston Georis Composer John Blakeley Composer
Worldwide gross $20M · Budget $50K · United States release June 15, 1966
Box office
Budget
$50,000
Worldwide gross
$20,000,000
Gross vs. budget
400.0×
Production
Bruce Brown Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 15, 1966
Theatrical
Australia
February 1, 1984 · Physical
France
September 18, 1968 · Theatrical
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