Surf's Up (film)
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| Produced by | Chris Jenkins |
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| Music by | Mychael Danna |
| Edited by | Ivan Bilancio |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 million |
| Box office | $149 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | June 5, 2007 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Length | 50:17 |
| Label | Columbia Records |
Surf's Up is a 2007 American computer-animated mockumentary film directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck. It features the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods, and Jon Heder among others. In production since 2002 at Sony Pictures Animation, it was the studio's second theatrical feature. The film premiered in the United States on June 8, 2007, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is a parody of surfing documentaries, such as The Endless Summer and Riding Giants, with parts of the plot parodying North Shore. Real-life surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado have vignettes as their penguin surfer counterparts. To obtain the desired hand-held documentary feel, the film's animation team motion-captured a physical camera operator's moves.
A sequel, titled Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, was released on January 17, 2017.
A documentary crew follows the events of Cody Maverick, a 17-year-old macaroni penguin who lives in Shiverpool, Antarctica with his mother Edna and his older brother Glen. Cody has wanted to be a professional surfer ever since a visit from legendary surfer Ezekiel "Big Z" Topanga several years ago. When a talent scout shorebird named Mikey (Mario Cantone) arrives to find entrants for the "Big Z Memorial" surfing contest, Cody jumps at the chance despite the lackluster support from his family. En route to the contest, Cody befriends another entrant, Chicken Joe.
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