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Surf's Up
With a documentary crew in tow, Cody Maverick—a young surfer from Antarctica—travels to the pacific for his first professional competition. Determined to earn respect and live up to his idol, Big Z, Cody pushes himself to the limit. But all that changes when an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.
2007 · Directed by Chris Buck · 85 min · Animation · Comedy · Family · 17 frames
Tagline
A major ocean picture.
Crew
- Screenplay: Ash Brannon, Don Rhymer, Chris Buck, Christopher Jenkins
- Edited by: Ivan Bilancio
- Music: Mychael Danna
- Production design: Paul Lasaine
- Produced by: Christopher Jenkins, Lydia Bottegoni
Cast
- Shia LaBeouf as Cody Maverick (voice)
- Jeff Bridges as Big Z / Geek (voice)
- Zooey Deschanel as Lani Aliikai (voice)
- Jon Heder as Chicken Joe (voice)
- James Woods as Reggie Belafonte (voice)
- Diedrich Bader as Tank Evans (voice)
- Mario Cantone as Mikey Abromowitz (voice)
- Kelly Slater as Kelly (voice)
- Rob Machado as Rob (voice)
- Selema Masekela as SPEN Announcer (voice)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation
- Budget: $85,000,000
- Box office: $149,000,000
- Themes: sea, surfer, surfboard, wave, chicken, giant wave, penguin, world champion, mockumentary, anthropomorphism
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