The Endless Summer
1966 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 6,527 VOTES · DIR. Bruce Brown
Overview
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,164 lines
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00:00:20 ♪♪ [Surf Rock]
00:07:29 And here goes Wayne doing the ultimate thing.
00:11:21 The warm water and waves, without the summer crowds of California.
00:14:37 riding waves back in the U.S.A., except you aren't.
00:18:01 showing them around his country of Ghana.
00:21:23 They thought that was great.
00:25:00 First time this little African boy had ever been on a surfboard in his life.
00:29:08 The water temperature here in Nigeria, almost on the equator
00:32:47 and go to different beaches, trying to avoid crowds.
00:37:04 [wind whistling]
00:40:54 and when he's not extracting their venom
00:44:26 If you park your car out in the country and forget to lock it
00:47:50 and got stuck up there.
00:52:12 from squatting down for so long in the curl.
00:56:45 like right in the middle of a pullout in midair.
01:00:50 or surf a sailboat
01:03:54 He said, "Remember that dry dirt road you came in on today?
01:07:47 If it gets too big and closes out, the closest place you can get ashore...
01:12:24 The guy said, "well, we're going out surfing here. You wanna go out?"
01:16:32 Tim and John went home to spend Christmas with their parents...
01:20:02 Mike was discussing highlights of the trip.
01:23:53 Except you weren't. You were riding out.
01:28:08 You hang onto your board
06:00:00 were lost last year--
Cast & Characters
Robert August
Principal surfer
Michael Hynson
Principal surfer
Lord James Blears
Self
Bruce Brown
Narrator
Terence Bullen
South African guide
Lance Carson
Self
Roy Crump
North Shore Surfer
Chip Fitzwater
Self - Bodysurfer at the Wedge with 'rigor mortis of the stomach.'
Chuck Gardner
Self - Bellyboarder at the Wedge throwing board over wave
Fred Hemmings
Self
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,164
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line06:00:00
Production Record
DirectorBruce Brown
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000
IMDb votes6,527