Tamarindo was made known to the world through the cult classic surf
film The Endless Summer II.
When surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August set off on the original surf trip of a lifetime in Bruce Brown's
film The Endless Summer, they had nothing more than a paper map and the idea that they wanted to surf new spots the world over.
Then the classic surf
film Endless Summer II put the town on the map, and it quickly burgeoned into a veritable southern California.
It is well known due to the fact that
the film Endless Summer II was filmed here on the dark sand beach.
Not exact matches
Used as a
filming location for the seminal surf movie, The
Endless Summer, Senegal is one of the best places to go boardriding in Africa.
The
film is such an homage to The
Endless Summer, the old documentary that turned the planet onto surfing just as much as the Beach Boys did.
Also new on DVD: M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender (Paramount), an adaptation of the animated TV series and one of the most critically reviled
films of the year, the feature
film version of Beverly Cleary's Ramona And Beezus (Fox), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (Warner), Marina de Van's Don't Look Back (IFC) with Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci, The Lightkeepers (Image) with Richard Dreyfuss and Blythe Danner, Lau Kar - Leung's classic martial arts movie Shaolin Mantis (Vivendi) and the newly remastered The
Endless Summer: Director's Special Edition (Monterey).
«I am a Flatbush girl», first - time feature director Eliza Hittman said proudly at the world premiere of It Felt Like Love in the Next section (it later went to Competition in Rotterdam), and, while not entirely autobiographical, the
film draws from her experience of growing up in this largely working - class neighbourhood of New York City's most populous borough, of these
endless summers where you have to escape to the sea with your friends for fear of melting like the asphalt under your feet.
Highlights include: Cage introducing himself («I'm an American filmmaker»), describing why he likes this movie («I like seeing people from different cultures co-existing in a harmonious way... that's just good energy») and how it reminded him of
Endless Summer, explaining how he knew Christensen's work in the
films of his dear family friend George Lucas, and his abrupt end to the session.
-- Courtney Small [LOVED] Though the
film is steeped in sadness in the shadows of Disney World, the mischievous and completely adorable 6 year - old Moonee and her friends still manage to carve out an
endless summer of freedom as they roam between brightly coloured strip motels, souvenir shops and abandoned buildings.
St Francis Bay Surfing
film pioneer Bruce Brown hunted the world's perfect surf spots in the 1960's cult
film classic» The
Endless Summer».
Surfing
film pioneer Bruce Brown hunted the world's perfect surf spots in the 1960's cult
film classic» The
Endless Summer».
Robert helped put Costa Rica on the global surf map back in the early 90's when he and Bruce Brown
filmed Witch's Rock, Ollie's Point, and Tamarindo for their sequel movie, The
Endless Summer II.
The
film follows two young surfers Mike Hynson and Witch's Rock's own, Robert August as they travel the world looking for waves in search of an «
endless summer.»
Ask any surfer to name the top ten surfing destinations, and Tamarindo will probably be on the list (the classic surf movie
Endless Summer II was
filmed here).