The Ultimate Wave Tahiti (2010)

Director:

Stephen Low

Writer:

Alexander Low (written by)

Release Date:

5 July 2010 (France)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

THE ULTIMATE WAVE TAHITI plunges audiences into the stunning beauty of an island paradise on a quest to find the perfect wave-riding experience...

Cast

Michael Hanrahan	...	Narrator
Kalani Miller	...	Herself
Kelly Slater	...	Himself
Raimana Van Bastolear	...	Himself

Directed by
Stephen Low

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alexander Low		written by

Produced by
Jeff Cutler	....	executive producer
Terry Hardy	....	executive producer
Karl Kresser	....	executive producer
Pietro L. Serapiglia	....	producer
Kelly Slater	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Michel Cusson

Cinematography by
Mark Poirier

Film Editing by
James Lahti

Production Management
Michel Chauvin	....	production manager
Jill Kasian	....	post-production manager
Chris Kroitor	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Buck Deachman	....	assistant director

Art Department
Asmara Nayyar	....	concept artist
Lucie Tremblay	....	set designer

Sound Department
Michel B. Bordeleau	....	supervising sound editor
Ed Douglas	....	sound editor
Ed Douglas	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gavin Fernandes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marc Gagnon	....	sound effects editor
Brooke Graeff	....	foley assistant
Raymond Legault	....	sound effects editor
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Karl Mohr	....	sound effects editor
Thierry Morlaas-Lurbe	....	sound recordist
Vincent Riendeau	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Kyle Switzer	....	sound editor
Peter Thillaye	....	supervising sound editor
Brad Thornton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tod Van Dyk	....	sound recordist
Don White	....	foley recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Cynthia Carrier	....	visual effects artist
Cynthia Carrier	....	visual effects coordinator
Francois Croteau	....	digital effects artist: Oblique FX
Vanessa Delarosbil	....	digital compositor
Carl Gagnon	....	modeler
Catherine Hébert	....	visual effects artist
Aélis Héraud	....	visual effects compositor
Bruno-Olivier Laflamme	....	digital effects artist
Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput	....	visual effects artist
Mario Rachiele	....	visual effects supervisor
David Raymond	....	visual effects artist
Craig Edward Rogers Jr.	....	digital compositor
Craig Edward Rogers Jr.	....	film recording

Camera and Electrical Department
Will Allen	....	underwater camera assistant
Ronald Condon	....	camera operator
Claude Fortin	....	master rigger
Francis Hanneman	....	first assistant camera: SI2K 3D camera
Francis Hanneman	....	stereoscopic advisor
Stephen Low	....	underwater cameraman
Jean-François Lépine	....	key grip
Mike Prickett	....	surf cinematographer
Philippe Prud'homme	....	first assistant camera: Gemini 3D camera
Claude Sauvageau	....	best boy grip
Filipe Teixeira	....	3d timelapse specialist
Warner R. Wacha	....	camera assistant: high speed camera

Animation Department
Peter Stephenson	....	animation director

Editorial Department
Mathieu Barbeau	....	assistant editor
Jorge Zavagno	....	assistant editor

Music Department
François Arbour	....	score mixer
François Arbour	....	score recording engineer
Kim Gaboury	....	electronic music arranger
Guillaume St-Laurent	....	music programming

Other crew
Manu de Schoenburg Waldenburg	....	production assistant
Charles Heaphy	....	production financing
Jill Kasian	....	production coordinator
Christine B. Picard	....	production coordinator
Kelly Slater	....	creative consultant
Ksenia Yurganova	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Perfect Wave

Distributors

• La Géode (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• D3D Cinema (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• K2 Communications (2010) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Oblique FX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Cinepool  grip and lighting equipment
• Gemini 3D Camera  3D camera systems

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Moorea, French Polynesia

Company:

Perfect Wave

Trivia:

Each of the 4 stereoscopic cameras used on this film was a prototype - a one-of-a-kind instrument: the Gemini (35mm Vistavision), a 3D Camera Co. 2K digital, a 3D time-frame 65mm camera and the "Bunny Cam", a 35mm high-speed stereoscopic camera. For aerials, a 5th camera was used: Spacecam Systems' 2D Imax camera.

Soundtrack:

I Want Cake

Forget the rating

Catch the ride and forget about the rating. Unless you are completely against surfing. I myself have never surfed. My cousins have and I was only watching. But this movie (which I watched in 3-D) is bringing the waves into your face (literally)

Beautifully shot and with nice effects, this is all about the ride. But it is difficult to rate. Actually there shouldn't be a rating for a documentary like this. But how would you know it if makes sense to watch it ... that's why I put a number on it. Even for me, as a non-surfer this was exciting to watch. And there is other eye candy than waves (male and female), so there should be enough to entertain anyone who just lets loose and just wants to get a feeling of the Ultimate Wave ...