{"id":2572,"date":"2007-03-18T16:34:05","date_gmt":"2007-03-18T23:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2020-12-31T19:49:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T02:49:04","slug":"endless-summer-the-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2572","title":{"rendered":"Endless Summer, The (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t help but think of all the waves which had gone to waste.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo American surfers (Michael Hynson and Robert August) travel the world in search of the &#8220;perfect wave&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Sports<\/li>\n<li>Surfers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBruce Brown&#8217;s 16 mm documentary about surfing the world&#8217;s waves is, as noted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/411628\/the-endless-summer#articles-reviews?articleId=24036\">TCM&#8217;s article<\/a>, little more than a glorified home video. Nonetheless, it received reasonable reviews upon its release, and, despite the hokey narration by Brown, has developed a nostalgic cult following over the years. Naturally, there&#8217;s <em>lots <\/em>of footage of the surfers out on the waves, which can get tedious if you&#8217;re not a fan &#8212; but if you&#8217;re going to see one documentary about this hugely popular sport, this should be it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An often amusing time-capsule glimpse at one of the world&#8217;s most popular water sports<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1747\" height=\"985\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Still.png 1747w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Still-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Still-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Still-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Still-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Endless-Summer-Still-1536x866.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1747px) 100vw, 1747px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brown&#8217;s unintentionally campy narration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This cult documentary should be seen by all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0060371\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/411628\/the-endless-summer#articles-reviews?articleId=24036\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t help but think of all the waves which had gone to waste.&#8221; Synopsis: Two American surfers (Michael Hynson and Robert August) travel the world in search of the &#8220;perfect wave&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Documentary Sports Surfers Review: Bruce Brown&#8217;s 16 mm documentary about surfing the world&#8217;s waves is, as noted in TCM&#8217;s article, little more than a glorified home video. Nonetheless, it received reasonable reviews upon its release, and, despite the hokey narration by Brown, has&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2572\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60802,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions\/60802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}