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Blue Crush
Blue Crush Blue Crush is a 2002 surfer film directed by John Stockwell
and based on the Outside magazine article "Life’s Swell"
by Susan Orlean.[1] Starring Kate Bosworth, Michelle Ro-
driguez, Sanoe Lake, and Mika Boorem, it tells the story
of three friends who have one passion: living the ultimate
dream of surfing on Hawaii’s famed North Shore.
Plot
Anne Marie (Kate Bosworth), Eden (Michelle Rodriguez),
and Lena (Sanoe Lake) are best friends. Anne Marie and
her friends have been raising her 14-year-old sister, Pen-
ny (Mika Boorem), ever since their mother took off to Las
Vegas with a boyfriend, who was not comfortable with
the idea of bringing the two girls along. While Penny
is at school, Anne Marie, Eden, and Lena work as maids
at a large resort hotel, but more importantly, they are
surfers. Anne Marie rises every morning before dawn to
train for her surfing comeback. She was once considered
a rising star in women’s surfing and competed as a youth,
but a bad wipeout and near-drowning incident temporar-
Theatrical release poster ily halted her career and left her with deep-seated fears.
Directed by John Stockwell Her friends, especially Eden, have encouraged her to try
it again.
Produced by Brian Grazer
Anne Marie has been invited to join in an upcoming
Screenplay by Lizzy Weiss surf competition at the famed North Shore surf spot,
John Stockwell Pipeline. She hopes to gain the attention of sponsors and
Story by Lizzy Weiss get herself and her friends out of the near-poverty they
are living in. As the Pipeline competition gets closer,
Starring Kate Bosworth Anne Marie struggles to keep Penny under control and
Michelle Rodriguez
deal with her own personal issues.
Matthew Davis
Sanoe Lake At work, Anne Marie meets and catches the eye of
Mika Boorem Matt Tollman (Matthew Davis), a National Football
League quarterback in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl (it is hint-
Music by Paul Haslinger
ed that he plays for the Minnesota Vikings). Matt is there
Cinematography David Hennings with several of his rowdy teammates and instantly be-
comes attracted to the surfer. Through a series of
Editing by Emma E. Hickox
"chance" encounters, she agrees to teach him how to
Studio Imagine Entertainment surf, bringing Lena, Eden, and Penny along for the ride.
Distributed by Universal Pictures Her acceptance of a non-local begins to cause friction be-
tween her and many of the young men in her surfing
Release date(s) August 16, 2002 social circle. Anne Marie faces more problems when she
Running time 104 min. and Eden argue about Anne Marie’s lack of dedication to
training for the Pipeline contest due to the sudden ap-
Country United States
pearance of Matt. She also has to hear vicious comments
Language English from several of the other football players’ wives and girl-
friends staying at the hotel about how she is undergoing
Budget $30 million
the "Matt Tollman makeover" while attending a luau at
Box office $51,599,647 the resort.
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Anne Marie confronts Matt about their situation, and the action real. All the surfing takes place in the ocean;
soon resolves to step up her game as she finally commits no green screens or tanks were used.
herself to the Pipeline Masters. On the day of Pipeline, While the actresses did learn to surf, some of the
Anne Marie wipes out during her first heat, but advances more difficult surfing scenes were not only dangerous,
to the next heat after narrowly beating pro surfer Kate but impossible for them to perform. Some of the world’s
Skarratt. She is shaken, but Matt tells her a story about top female surfers, including ones featured in the origi-
his first game as a quarterback and helps her regain her nal magazine article, surfed the larger waves for the film.
wavering confidence. Determined, but still afraid, Anne The actresses’ faces were later digitally superimposed on
Marie returns to the water. Competing in the same heat the surfers. Michelle Rodriguez did most of her own jet
is Keala Kennelly, one of the first professional female ski stunts, including towing Kate Bosworth’s stunt double
surfers, playing herself. While Keala surfs the first few out to the biggest waves.
sets of waves without wipe-outs, Anne Marie still has Actor/Pro Surf Instructor John Philbin was Bos-
inhibitions about riding one, visions of another near- worth’s trainer for the film. Philbin starred in the film
drowning incident holding her back. Keala finishes her North Shore many years prior which was shot on the is-
turn, then paddles out and takes Anne Marie under her land of Oahu at the world famous North Shore.
wing and encourages her to take the best wave of the Former surfing world champion Tom Carroll appears
day, on which Anne Marie manages to score perfectly. early in the film as a surfer with a cut eye. According
Although she does not advance to the next heat, she has to producer Brian Grazer, this was a real injury —Carroll
regained her lost confidence, but more importantly, at- had wiped out on the reef just seconds earlier— and it
tracted the notice of sponsors, one of which includes an made Kate Bosworth and Michelle Rodriguez nervous
offer to join the Billabong women’s surf team. about going in the water.
Cast Influence
• Kate Bosworth as Anne Marie Chadwick Although Blue Crush depicts a women’s heat in the
• Matthew Davis as Matt Tollman Pipeline Competition, this did not exist at the time of
• Michelle Rodriguez as Eden the film’s release. Despite the advances made by Title IX,
• Sanoe Lake as Lena there was no place for women surfers to compete. It was
• Mika Boorem as Penny Chadwick not until March 2005 that there was a women’s compe-
• Faizon Love as Leslie tition at the Banzai Pipeline.[2] [3] Some have suggested
that the film inspired real-life change.[4]
Appearances from real-life surfers
• Keala Kennelly Soundtrack
• Carol Anne Philips
• Rochelle Ballard Music from the Motion Picture Blue Crush
• Layne Beachley Soundtrack album by Various Artists
• Megan Abubo
• Brian Keaulana Released August 16, 2002
• Tom Carroll Genre Soundtrack
• Jamie O’Brien
Length 50:16
• Bruce Irons
• Makua Rothman Label Virgin Records
Producer Steven Marley, Josh Debear, Moby, Don Great,
Filming Pharrell Williams, Lenny Kravitz, Justin Stanley
The movie was shot primarily on the island of Oahu, in-
1. "If I Could Fall In Love" (4:23) – Lenny Kravitz
cluding the North Shore, Mākaha, Waikīkī, and the JW
2. "Rock Star (Jason Nevins Remix Edit)" (3:50) –
Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina. The production
N.E.R.D
depended heavily on local talent. Many of the characters
3. "Party Hard" (4:00) – Beenie Man
in the film are portrayed by real surfers found on the
4. "Cruel Summer (Blestenation Mix)" (5:13) –
North Shore. Ruben Tejada, who plays J.J., was found by
Blestenation
director John Stockwell outside of a grocery store. He
5. "Big Love" (3:48) – Chicken Josh Debear (rap/vocals)
liked him so much that he cast him in the movie. The
6. "Daybreaker" (3:54) – Beth Orton
fresh talent lent some raw energy to the film and kept
7. "Everybody Got Their Something" (4:22) – Nikka
Costa
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8. "Front To Back (Fatboy Slim Remix)" (3:53) – [2] [1]
Playgroup [3] Lavin, Maud (2010). "Push Comes to Shove: New
9. "And Be Loved" (3:02) – Damian Marley Images of Aggressive Women", p. 36. The MIT
10. "Destiny" (5:40) – Zero 7 Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780262123099.
11. "Firesuite" (4:37) – Doves [4] Jenkins, Bruce, "For the Most Part, "Blue Crush"
12. "Youth Of The Nation" – P.O.D. Gets it Right, "The San Francisco Chronicle", 2002
13. "Alive" - P.O.D. [5] Box office/business for Blue Crush
Box office See also
The film opened on 3,002 screens in the United States on • Ride the Wild Surf, a 1964 film about three men
August 18, 2002. It grossed $14.2 million and placed 3rd visiting Hawaii to surf
that opening weekend. It went on to gross $40.4 million
in the U.S., and a total of $51.6 million worldwide. The
film’s estimated budget was $30 million.[5]
External links
• Official website
• Blue Crush at the Internet Movie Database
References • Blue Crush at AllRovi
[1] "Life’s Swell" by Susan Orlean the article the film is • Blue Crush at Rotten Tomatoes
based on • Blue Crush at Box Office Mojo
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