Blue Crush (2002)

Director:

John Stockwell

Writers (WGA):

Susan Orlean (magazine article "Surf Girls of Maui")
Lizzy Weiss (story)
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Release Date:

16 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

If you want to feel the rush you have to take the risk.

Plot:

As a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Surfer | Wave | Surfer Girl | Hawaii

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Kate Bosworth	...	Anne Marie Chadwick
Matthew Davis	...	Matt Tollman
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Eden
Sanoe Lake	...	Lena
Mika Boorem	...	Penny Chadwick
Chris Taloa	...	Drew
Kala Alexander	...	Kala
Ruben Tejada	...	JJ
Kaupena Miranda	...	Kaupena
Asa Aquino	...	Asa
Faizon Love	...	Leslie
Fiji	...	Fiji (as George Veikoso)
Shaun Robinson	...	Omar
Paul Hatter	...	Paul
Tamayo Perry	...	Tamayo
James Grant Benton	...	Mr. Pukui
Blossom Lam	...	Mrs. Milari
Paul Chicoine	...	Hotel Manager
Denise Bee	...	Cashier
Rosie Jaffurs	...	Girl at Gas Station
Alana Mock	...	Girl at Gas Station
Fredrick Patacchia Jr.	...	Ben
Jason Castillo	...	Jimmy
Kimo Kahoano	...	Luau MC
Jenn Bonenza	...	Marisa
Kim Chipman	...	Pam
Tara Sweatt	...	Devon
Donna Perry	...	Denise
Sonny Miller	...	Contest Announcer
Carol Anne Philips	...	Event Coordinator
Keala Kennelly	...	Herself
Kate Skarratt	...	Herself
Rochelle Ballard	...	Herself
Layne Beachley	...	Herself
Megan Abubo	...	Herself
Brian L. Keaulana	...	Lifeguard
Kai Garcia	...	Lifeguard
Daryl Stant	...	Lifeguard
Chad Lerma	...	Chiropractor
Darren Crawford	...	Surf Magazine Reporter (as Daren Crawford)
Todd Messick	...	Surf Photographer
Zandi Eguires	...	Girl on Beach
Sage Erickson	...	Girl on Beach
Jessica Trent Nichols	...	Billabong Rep
Jenn Marr	...	Surf Rep
Braden Dias	...	Surfer
Tom Carroll	...	Surfer
Jaime O'Brien	...	Surfer
Rico Jimenez	...	Surfer
Bruce Irons	...	Surfer
Larry Rios	...	Surfer
Kalani Robb	...	Surfer
Perry Dane	...	Surfer
Makua Rothman	...	Surfer
Gavin Sutherland	...	Surfer
Coco Ho	...	Young Anne Marie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Edney	...	Beach Goer (uncredited)
Veronica Grey	...	Surfer girl (uncredited)
Ender Lee	...	Hotel Bellman (uncredited)
Kehau Lee	...	(uncredited)
Mia Marcus	...	Luau Guest (uncredited)
Kym Stys	...	Maid (uncredited)
Joji Yoshida	...	Guy on Beach (uncredited)

Directed by
John Stockwell

Writing credits (WGA)
Susan Orlean		(magazine article "Surf Girls of Maui")
Lizzy Weiss		(story)
Lizzy Weiss		(screenplay) &
John Stockwell		(screenplay)

Produced by
Rick Dallago	....	co-producer
Louis G. Friedman	....	executive producer
Suzy Gilstrap	....	co-producer (as Suzy Barbieri)
Brian Grazer	....	producer
Kathy Jones	....	executive producer
Karen Kehela	....	producer
Buffy Shutt	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Paul Haslinger

Cinematography by
David Hennings		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Emma E. Hickox

Casting by
Margaret Doversola
Sarah Finn		(as Sarah Halley Finn)
Randi Hiller

Production Design by
Tom Meyer

Art Direction by
Denise Hudson

Set Decoration by
Meg Everist

Costume Design by
Susan Matheson

Makeup Department
Jean Ann Black	....	makeup artist
Chantal Boom'la	....	hair stylist
Bridget Cook	....	key hair stylist
Paulette Crammond	....	hair stylist
Elizabeth Dahl	....	makeup artist (as Liz Dahl)
Tarra D. Day	....	key makeup artist
Tania Kahale	....	assistant hair stylist
Karen Iboshi Preiser	....	makeup artist
Laine Rykes	....	makeup artist (as Laine Kealoha-Rykes)
James Sartain	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Irish Barber	....	production supervisor
Renee Confair	....	production supervisor: additional photography
Louis G. Friedman	....	unit production manager
Sean T. Stratton	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bernie Bonner Axelrod	....	second second assistant director
Gregory J. Barnett	....	second unit director
Sally Sue Beisel	....	second assistant director
J. Stephen Buck	....	assistant director: second unit (as Stephen Buck)
Ric Groenendal	....	assistant director: second unit
Kristen Jimenez	....	assistant director: second unit
John Nelson	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Kristen Ploucha	....	second second assistant director
Mary Ellen Woods	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jonathan Bobbitt	....	lead man
Curtis Crowe	....	construction coordinator
Jonah Markowitz	....	assistant to art director
Shanna Norton	....	art department coordinator
Jeffrey M. O'Brien	....	property master
Dwane Platt	....	on-set dresser
Eric Reichardt	....	lead scenic artist
Carly Starr Brullo Niles	....	assistant property master
Lynette Wich	....	art assistant
Liloa Wong	....	greens coordinator
Phyllis Bowie	....	intern (uncredited)
Camille Komine	....	buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Barney Cabral	....	adr editor
Kelly Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Frank Fleming	....	sound recordist
Tim Gedemer	....	sound effects editor
Hector C. Gika	....	sound effects editor
Cameron Hamza	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor
Tom Hartig	....	boom operator
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Claude Letessier	....	sound designer
Claude Letessier	....	supervising sound designer
Steve Maslow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Neutra	....	foley mixer
Aynee Osborn	....	assistant sound editor
Brion Paccassi	....	sound recordist
John Reynolds	....	utility sound technician
Perry Robertson	....	sound effects editor
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Frederick H. Stahly	....	sound effects editor
Lauren Stephens	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer
Mark Ulano	....	sound
James Bailey	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
G. Bruno Stempel	....	special effects supervisor (as Bruno Stempel)

Visual Effects by
Jeff Beattie	....	visual effects editor
Thad Beier	....	visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead
Constance Bracewell	....	CG supervisor: Hammerhead
Timothy Michael Cairns	....	2D paint artist: Matador, EFILM
Daniel Chuba	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead Productions (as Dan Chuba)
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Carole Cowley	....	visual effects producer
Thomas Dadras	....	animator: Hammerhead Productions
Jamie Dixon	....	animator: Hammerhead Productions
Syd Dutton	....	visual effects
Michelle Eisenreich	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead Productions
Fish Essenfeld	....	compositing supervisor: KWCC
Jon Farhat	....	visual effects supervisor
Patrick Finley	....	digital artist: KWCC
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Justin Jones	....	visual effects
Mark Kenaston	....	digital artist
Rebecca Marie	....	animator: Hammerhead Productions
Fumi Mashimo	....	animator
Mamie McCall	....	visual effects coordinator: Illusion Arts
Don McCuaig	....	visual effects director of photography
Kelvin McIlwain	....	matte artist
Laurie Powers	....	title designer
Eric Sanford	....	modeling supervisor
Steven J. Scott	....	digital intermediate colorist: EFilm
R. Michael Stringer	....	grip: visual effects department
Bill Taylor	....	visual effects
Bruno Vilela	....	visual effects supervisor: KWCC
Robert Cole	....	surf camera rigger (uncredited)
Hilda Saffari	....	digital intermediate coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Megan Abubo	....	stunt double
Megan Abubo	....	stunts
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunt coordinator
Jeffrey G. Barnett	....	stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunt double: Matthew Davis
Alex Daniels	....	stunts
Craig H. Davidson	....	stunts
Cara Hemperly	....	stunt double
Brian L. Keaulana	....	co-stunt coordinator
Mark Kubr	....	stunts
Jonathan Paskowitz	....	stunts: surf instructor
Kym Stys	....	stunts
Kym Stys	....	utility stunts
Michael Trisler	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Matthew Berner	....	assistant camera: "b" camera
Rick Crum	....	electrician
Mark Shane Davis	....	key grip
Glenn Grimes	....	grip
John Johnson	....	still photographer
Don King	....	camera operator
Marcos O. Lopez	....	second assistant camera: water unit
John McEveety	....	assistant camera
David Morton	....	gaffer
Chris Moseley	....	camera operator
David 'D.R.' Rhineer	....	first assistant camera
Lance Jay Velazco	....	video assist operator
Troy N. Wade	....	dolly grip

Casting Department
Courtney Gross	....	casting associate
Scott D. Moore	....	casting assistant
Tana Roller	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeannine Bourdaghs	....	set costumer
Anne Hoss	....	set costumer: second unit
Antonnette C.K. Reed	....	costume supervisor
Susan Strubel	....	set costumer
Robyn Zucker	....	set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Charise E. Angone	....	assistant editor
Bob Berman	....	first assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Carole Cowley	....	digital intermediate producer
James Durante	....	assistant editor
Steven T. Ellis	....	post-production coordinator
Patrick Day Kennedy	....	assistant editor
Alexandra Leviloff	....	first assistant editor
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Chris Regan	....	color timer
Amy Tompkins	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	electronic scoring mixer
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	music mixer (as Wolfgang 'Amadeus' Aichholz)
Michael Farrow	....	music scoring mixer
Richard Ford	....	music editor
Gordon Fordyce	....	assistant music editor
Peymon Maskan	....	music coordinator
Blake Neely	....	conductor
Blake Neely	....	orchestrator
Angie Rubin	....	co-music editor
Dana Sano	....	music supervisor
Christopher S. Parker	....	additional music clearances (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Kelly Loo	....	transportation dispatcher
John Reed	....	transportation captain
Leroy Reed	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Ittay Arad	....	assistant: Ms. Barbieri
Anna Culp	....	executive assistant: Mr. Grazer
Sara Demenkoff	....	assistant: Ms. Kehela
Laurie Foi	....	assistant: Mr. Friedman
Laura J. Fox	....	first assistant accountant
Roxann Langlois	....	travel coordinator
Angela Laprete	....	assistant production coordinator
Lisa Lee Mitchell	....	production secretary
Andrew Lipschultz	....	unit publicist
Brenda Lopez	....	script supervisor
Gary MacPherson	....	production coordinator
Erin Mast	....	assistant: Mr. Stockwell and Mr. Dallago
Brendon McQueen	....	production assistant
Robert Sidney Mellette	....	script coordinator
Kevin Nakatsuka	....	production assistant
Tony Natoli	....	assistant: Ms. Barbieri, Hawaii
Jonathan Paskowitz	....	surfing advisor
Geeta Patel	....	associate writer
John Philbin	....	surf instructor
Jon Philion	....	technician: Libra Mount
Bill 'Chico' Powell	....	assistant accountant
Miguel Raya	....	assistant: Mr. Grazer
Corrie Safris	....	assistant to director and producer
Lalo Vasquez	....	assistant: Ms. Shutt and Ms. Jones
Donald H. Walker	....	production accountant
Amy Wilkins	....	set production assistant
Randee Lynne Jensen	....	creative assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Imagine Entertainment
• Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG
• Shutt/Jones Productions
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• GAGA (2002) (Japan) (all media)
• GAGA (Japan)
• Momentum Pictures (UK) (video)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Argentina)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Germany)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (France)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (UK)
• Universal Pictures Video (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Universal Pictures (North America)

Special Effects

• Composite Image Systems (CIS) (nightmare sequences)
• Custom Film Effects (additional visual effects)
• Hammerhead Productions
• Illusion Arts (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Bishop Museum  various lithographs
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cinesite Digital Imaging  scanning and film recording
• Custom Film Effects  title design: main and end titles
• EFilm  digital color timing
• Paramount Stage M  music recording facility
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Signet Soundelux Studios  music mixing facility
• Turbo Surf  pwc rescue sleds
• Universal Studios Sound Facilities  re-recording services
• Virgin Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Blue Crush (Germany)
Surf Girls (USA) (working title)
Surf Girls of Maui (USA) (working title)
Untitled Surf Project (USA) (working title)
Olas salvajes (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
A Onda dos Sonhos (Brazil) [pt]
Blue crush - merten valtiaat (Finland) [fi]
Blue crush: Olas salvajes (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Défi bleu (Canada: French title) [fr]
En el filo de las olas (Spain) [es]
I mageia tou surfing (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Sorsdöntõ nyár (Hungary) [hu]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, teen partying, language and a fight.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (VHS rating) | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG | Germany:6 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39064) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Hawaii Film Studio - 18th Avenue & Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

Michelle Rodriguez did all her own jet ski stunts, including towing Kate Bosworth's stunt double out to the biggest waves.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Ann Marie comes out of the water after surfing her last wave at the end of the film, her shirt is wet. Yet when she is hugging all of her friends, her shirt is dry.

Quotes:

Manager of Lanakai: You can pick up your last paycheck next week, surf's up Anne Marie!
Anne Marie: Please don't suspend me.
Manager: I'm not suspending you, I'm firing you!
Eden: Well, if she's fired, I quit!
Lena: Me too!
Anne Marie: So you're seriously firing all of us?
Manager: No, I'm firing you, they quit, so don't get any ideas about un-employment!
Anne Marie: Seriously, guys, don't quit! We need to make rent.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Comebacks (2007)

Soundtrack:

Feel Good

A "must have" DVD if you also have a surround sound system with subwoofer.

Critic Ebert has a very complete and accurate review, and I will not repeat any of it here. I bought "Blue Crush" as a used rental DVD, real cheap, and it is a perfect disk. The basic story has been told many times, but it is done here better than many. However, there is one thing that moves it from the "ordinary" to "outstanding - the cimematography and the sound.

After most of the first hour of the film sets up the characters and the situations, we are treated to surfing the Hawaii "pipeline" by surfers. One DVD extra shows how they do "face replacement" so that the pro surfer appears to be star Kate Bosworth. With many cameras in the waves, and sometimes under them, we get a unique perspective of being on top of a giant wave, or being inside the wave as it is breaking. All the while a very aggressive sound mix makes you feel like you are there also. This is definitely a good DVD to have for demonstrating the quality of your digital 5.1 surround sound system with good powered subwoofer.

I suspect anyone who saw "Blue Crush" at home, on VHS or DVD, with sound fed into the TV speakers has seen a different movie. That's because the sound track plays such a key role. This isn't a great movie, but a very good one. I believe its most realistic IMDb rating is somewhere around "7" or "8".