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Five Summer Stories
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[Opens Aug. 12 in select theaters in celebration of its 50th anniversary.] Awesome cinematography, scenery, nostalgic soundtrack, and surfing footage dominate MacGillivray and Jim Freeman's engaging, insightful, colorful, fascinating, well-paced, 94-minute, 1972 documentary that showcases attire, music, lifestyle, and skateboarding in the 1970s and is divided into numerous segments: 1) "An Hawaiian Odyssey," 1-3/4) "Sea Changes," 2) "Women in Motion," 2-1/2) "Different Drummers," 3) "The Shaun Tomson Story," 3-1/4) "Contest Weight," 3-3/4) "Magic Rolling Board," 4) "Connections," 4-1/2) "Closed Out," and 5) "Heaven's Gift to Men Tunnel of Love" and highlights talented surfers such as Eddie Aikau, Dru Harrison, Gerry Lopez, David Nuuhiwa, Rory Russell, Angie Reno, Yuri Farrant, Tom Stone, Bud Browne, Ray Beatty, Herbie Fletcher, Curt Mastalka, Bill Hamilton, Laird Hamilton, Ryan Dotson, Jock Sutherland, Mark Martinson, Corky Carroll, Linda Benson, Jeff Hakman, Drew Kampion, Shaun Tomson, Ben Aipa, Larry Bertleman, Johnny Fain, Mike Purpus, Dale Dobson, Tiger Makin, Nat Young, Eddie Aikau, Peter Townend, Brad MaCaul, and Mark Lydell.

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Year:
2022
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