The search for the perfect wave!
Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, himself a competition-level surfer, follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August on an around-the-world surfing adventure. With Brown's wry, sardonic narration and a twangy, guitar-driven instrumental soundtrack by The Sandals playing over the silent footage, Mike and Rob leave their California home to visit Hawaii, Australia, South Africa and other secluded surfing spots in a search for the surfer's holy grail that Brown dubs "The Perfect Wave.”
Directed byBruce Brown
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- June 15, 1966
- Budget
- $50,000
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Michael Hynson
Himself
Robert August
Himself
Lord James Blears
Himself
Bruce Brown
Narrator
Chip Fitzwater
Himself
Chuck Gardner
Himself
Wayne Miyata
Himself
- Directed by
- Bruce Brown
- Produced by
- Bruce BrownRobert Bagley
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