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THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY
"I started this film six years ago with the simple idea of taking my father on a road trip, but never finished it. Now after his passing, it’s time." -Dana Brown
It's the fall of 1962. Bruce Brown, a young filmmaker from Dana Point, CA, has an idea for new project. He calls it Endless Summer, and it’s going to be ambitious on his shoestring budget.
His idea was simple: follow a rag-tag crew of soulful surfaholics who wanted nothing more than to live in a perpetual state of summer. They’d circumnavigate the globe in search of uncrowded beaches, secret point breaks, perfect sets of dream waves… and endless stoke.
Turns out, Bruce was on to something. Not only did the film become a hit, it earned a cult following, became the most successful surf film of all time and established him as arguably the founding father of action sports films and documentaries.
A Life of Endless Summers is the story of a man, a father, a husband, a filmmaker, a pioneer, a legend. Please join us in experiencing the story of a life well lived, and A Life of Endless Summers, The Bruce Brown Story.
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Only a Dad connects fathers and sons via the Endless Summer, surfing, music, and life.
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SCS in association with Dana Brown Films present a
A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
A Dana Brown Film
SCS in association with DANA BROWN FILMS in partnership with Red Bull Media House & Bruce Brown Films
Presents: A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
Director & Narrator: DANA BROWN Starring: BRUCE BROWN, HOBIE ALTER, MERT LAWWILL, MALCOLM SMITH, GERRY LOPEZ, KENNY ROBERTS, PAT O’CONNELL, ROBERT WIGNUT WEAVER, MIKE SLATTERY, WING LAM, STEVE VAN DOREN, TROY LEE, JOEL TUDOR, CHAD MCQUEEN, GORDON 'GRUBBY' CLARK, and JACK O'NEILL
Produced by: MARK COLLINS & CHRIS HUSBAND Director of Photography: STEVE MATZINGER Edited By: LUKE STIRTZ
Head of Marketing: Vicki Patterson Sound: CHRIS HUSBAND Written By: DANA BROWN Key Cameramen: RYAN YOUNG, CHRIS ZAMOSCIANYK, STEVE MATZINGER, JOHN TIPICH, DANA BROWN, WADE BROWN, CHRIS HUSBAND
Distributed Globally By: 1091 Media
Executive Producers: JAMES SCHIEFER, ZACH LYONS, GREGORY JACOBS, JEFF ROACH, and ALEX MECL
