Bustin' Down the Door
Bustin' Down the Door
During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and a brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into a culture that was not ready for revolution. Surfing was never to be the same again …--©Official Site
3.5 out of 5 based on 3 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
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| Genre |
Documentary |
| Director |
Jeremy Gosch |
| Cast |
Ian Cairns, Tom Curren, Edward Norton, Mark Richards, Kelly Slater, Shaun Tomson, Peter Townend Wayne Bartholomew |
| Studio |
Metrodome Group |
| Release Date |
August 2009 |
| Running Time |
96 minutes |
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During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and a brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into a culture that was not ready for revolution. Surfing was never to be the same again …--©Official Site
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“...Jeremy Gosch... has a new interesting story to tell, one that meshes the history of surfing with political history - and he has some great surf footage, the sort of thing that I can watch all day and it always sends me into a vaguely goofy and euphoric trance.”
04/09/2009
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The Observer
Philip French
“This surfing documentary has the usual surfeit of surf feats and mystical macho talk from bronzed guys on Hawaiian beaches. But the story it tells of mortal dangers on the beach as frightening as those provided by the pounding waves is new to me.”
06/09/2009
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The Independent on Sunday
Laurence Phelan
“A surprisingly dramatic documentary...”
06/09/2009
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