A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story

2020

1 hr 28 min

English

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Follow the summer season around the world with two surfers on a quest for the perfect wave. As it turned out, Bruce was on to something. Not only did the film become a hit, it earned a cult following, became the most successful surf film of all time and arguably made him the founding father of action sports films. Directed by second generation, award winning and documentarian filmmaker Dana Brown his projects have included such titles as Endless Summer 2, Step Into Liquid, Dust to Glory, Highwater, On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter and Dust 2 Glory. A Life of Endless Summers is the story of a man, a father, a husband, a filmmaker, a pioneer, a legend.

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1091 Pictures, Schiefer Chopshop

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Bruce Brown as Self

Dana Brown as Self

Mert Lawwill as Self

Gerry Lopez as Self

Chad McQueen as Self

Steve McQueen as Self (archival footage)

Jack O'Neill as Self

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Dana Brown · Director

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