Mickey Munoz Movies
With the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, skater-cum-filmmaker Stacy Peralta introduced viewers to the history of the West Coast skateboarding culture and made a huge splash at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, taking home both the Documentary Directing Award and the Documentary Audience Award. For this follow-up effort, Peralta leaves the land for the sea, focusing his lens on the world of surfing. Narrated by Sean Penn, just as Dogtown and Z-Boys was, Riding Giants attempts to trace the origins of surfing and also explore the growth and progress of surf culture. Among the surfing luminaries who chime in on topics varying from the business of the sport to "the big wave" are Laird Hamilton, Greg Noll, and Jeff Clark. Hoping to find the critical success akin to its predecessor, Riding Giants premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sean Penn, Sam George, (more)
- 1968
This colorful surfing documentary finds world-class surfers searching for the perfect wave in California, Peru, Hawaii and Mexico. Spectacular overhead and on-shore camera shots record the daring rides on the Banzai Pipeline, Wainea Bay and other famous locales known to be a mecca for serious surfers. Narration and interviews with the participants give first-hand information on this exciting sport. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
Famed surfing documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown made short films, commercials, and worked in television before hitting it big with The Endless Summer. This video features three of these early works. The Wet Set is a film produced for Hobie-MacGregor Sportswear, which features surfers modeling swimwear (on the waves). America's Newest Sport is a short film about skateboarding. The third piece consists of surfing footage shot in Japan that was cut from The Endless Summer. ~ Heather M. Fierst, Rovi
