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

Directed by
Bruce Brown

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bruce Brown		writer
Dana Brown		writer

Produced by
Dana Brown	....	associate producer
Michael Harpster	....	executive producer
Carey Michaels	....	associate producer
Ron Moler	....	producer
Roger Riddell	....	producer

Original Music by
Gary Hoey
Phil Marshall

Cinematography by
Mike Hoover

Film Editing by
Bruce Brown
Dana Brown

Production Management
Cindy Hornickel	....	executive in charge of production
Steven Kaminsky	....	post-production supervisor
Sara Romilly	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Beverly Johnson	....	second unit director: Texas
Don King	....	second unit director: Hawaii

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Ricardo Broadus	....	sound effects editor
David Farmer	....	sound effects editor
Marc Fishman	....	supervising sound editor (as Marc D. Fishman)
William Freesh	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Guastini	....	adr editor
Beverly Johnson	....	sound recordist
Vince Nicastro	....	foley artist
Terry O'Bright	....	adr engineer
Ann Scibelli	....	sound effects editor
Tony Sereno	....	sound re-recording assistant
Cathie Speakman	....	dialogue editor
Ken Teaney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Harry Woolway	....	apprentice sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Brian Hanable	....	digital corrector (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dana Brown	....	assistant camera
Aaron Chang	....	still photographer
Michael Graber	....	camera operator: Africa, France, Hawaii
Gary Haselau	....	assistant camera
Mike Hoover	....	camera operator: Africa, Australia, Costa Rica, France, Hawaii, Indonesia
Beverly Johnson	....	assistant camera
Beverly Johnson	....	camera operator: Texas
Don King	....	camera operator: Africa, Fiji, France, Hawaii, Indonesia
Don King	....	still photographer
Don King	....	underwater camera operator: Africa, Fiji, France, Hawaii, Indonesia
Jack McCoy	....	camera operator: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia
Jack McCoy	....	underwater camera operator: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia
Dan Merkel	....	still photographer
Brad Ohlund	....	camera operator: Costa Rica, Fiji, Indonesia
Roger Riddell	....	still photographer
Antoine Rosset	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
James Carter	....	color timer (as Jimmy Carter)
Elizabeth Castro	....	assistant editor
Syd Cole	....	assistant editor
Randy Coonfield	....	telecine operator
Evan Edelist	....	post-production video executive
Joe Fineman	....	executive in charge of post-production
Spencer Hill	....	associate editor
Edvin Megrabyan	....	assistant conforming editor
Philip Pucci	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Andre Champagne	....	music recordist
Marylou Eales	....	film music consultant
Toby Emmerich	....	executive in charge of music
Tim Jaquette	....	music mixer
Tim Jaquette	....	score mixer
Phil Marshall	....	music editor
Bill Pearson	....	associate music producer
Joel Sill	....	executive music producer
Lonnie Sill	....	executive music producer

Other crew
John L. Anderson	....	production coordinator
Leona G. Barad	....	production assistant
Wolfgang Bayer	....	bear handler
Kate Brandon	....	production assistant
Gabrielle L. Brooker	....	assistant to producer (Ron Moler)
Christine Calandra	....	production coordinator
Mike Diffenderfer	....	crew helper
Leon Dudevoir	....	production executive
Michael Dutra	....	production assistant (as Michael J. Dutra)
Kirt Eftekhar	....	production assistant
Paul Fillingim	....	crew helper
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Heather M. Hart	....	contract administrator
Tony Hoffman	....	production executive
Holly Hoover	....	production assistant
Chip Houseman	....	bear handler
M.J. Koreiva	....	assistant production coordinator
David Lear	....	production assistant
Ed Marsh	....	special consultant
Mark Martinson	....	crew helper
Billy Pittard	....	title designer (as Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald)
Paul Prokop	....	production accountant
Randy Rarick	....	location scout
James Reach	....	crew helper
Phillip L. Rosen	....	production attorney
Adam Salazar	....	production assistant
Tom Sartori	....	video mastering
Jim Stanley	....	production coordinator
Robin Weiner	....	production coordinator
Cynthia Hillard Whalen	....	representative: Gaviota Federal Express
Cynthia Zanboni	....	assistant: Ron Moler

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Image Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Monterey Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• New Line Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• EFX Systems  digital sound
• EFX Systems  re-recording
• Great Northern Brokerage Services  insurance
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Media Services  payroll
• Merkel Films  underwater camera operator: costa rica
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Saturn Sound  score mixer
• Surf Dog Productions  music supervisor
• Windswept Pacific Entertainment  music supervisor

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)

Another great surfing adventure from Bruce Brown and company

ENDLESS SUMMER II was written, directed and edited by surfer-filmmaker Bruce Brown with his son Dana 30 years after Bruce created the original.

ES2 has much the same "feel" as the original but the technical quality is on a higher level with a much bigger budget, bigger production staff and a studio and sponsors behind it from the get-go. Problem is NEW LINE CINEMA was in a state of transition when the ES2 was coming to market and it never got the promotion that any film needs. Although it was made in 1994, like many people, I never even knew it existed until I was surfing the internet in 2006.

This "sequel" is quite comparable to the original and if you enjoyed that, you will definitely want to see this.

The photography is absolutely spectacular – much of it actually better than the original - and many of the shots literally take the viewer right INSIDE and UNDER the waves.

Fantastic surfing, great action, beautiful scenery, magnificent waves, gorgeous color, good soundtrack – what a treat – like a 2 hour mini-vacation.

The original seems more authentic but this film is excellent as well.

Pulling off all the necessary logistics and photographing this round-the-world adventure and including some of the best surfers on Earth was a major achievement and an entertaining one at that.

There's a little too much real-life risk-taking the film - much of it OUT of the water "playing" with lions and clowning around at the top of a precipice near a waterfall.

Nevertheless, the film makes a great armchair adventure for those of us who no longer surf. It also serves as a beautiful inspiration to those who do enjoy surfing or might want to try it. Just don't be as daring as these guys. They've been at it a long time and even with that, they come up with some nasty wounds along the way.

Interesting too that one featured champion surfer is smart enough to wear a helmet surfing the big waves over coral reefs. I think there's a good lesson in that.