Five Summer Stories
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Five Summer Stories is a surfing film by Jim Freeman and Greg MacGillivray
starring David Nuuhiwa
, Eddie Aikau
, Gerry Lopez
, and Sam Hawk. It was released in 1972
. The soundtrack is by Honk
.
The film is generally acknowledged as the start of the second generation of surf films, the first generation being typified by Bruce Brown
's The Endless Summer
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Greg MacGillivray
Greg MacGillivray is an American film director and cinematographer. MacGillivray was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1995 for directing The Living Sea , and was nominated in the same category again for Dolphins in 2000.He has initiated the development of three cameras for the IMAX format...
starring David Nuuhiwa
David Nuuhiwa
David Kealohalani Nuuhiwa III is a Hawaiian surfer.- Life :After his mother died in 1952, he lived with various relatives. Nuuhiwa competed in contests when he was as young as six. He originally became interested in Paipo boarding, an equivalent to skimboarding, but soon transitioned to larger...
, Eddie Aikau
Eddie Aikau
Edward Ryon Makuahanai Aikau was a well-known Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer. The words Makua Hanai in Eddie Aikaus full name means feeding parent, an adoptive, nurturing, fostering parent, in the Hawaiian language...
, Gerry Lopez
Gerry Lopez
Gerry Lopez , aka Mr. Pipeline, is an American surfer, shaper, journalist, and film actor.-Early life:Lopez was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, grew up in East Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii and attended Punahou School. He frequented the semi secret reefs in and around Aina Haina as well as better known surf...
, and Sam Hawk. It was released in 1972
1972 in film
The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB...
. The soundtrack is by Honk
Honk (band)
Honk is an American band, based in Laguna Beach, California. The band's first album, the soundtrack to the surfing movie Five Summer Stories, brought them national recognition. In the early 1970s they toured with The Beach Boys, Chicago, Jackson Browne and Dave Mason before splitting up in 1975...
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The film is generally acknowledged as the start of the second generation of surf films, the first generation being typified by Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown is an American documentary film director, known as an early pioneer of the surf film...
's The Endless Summer
The Endless Summer
The Endless Summer is a 1966 film in the surf movie genre.Director Bruce Brown follows two surfers, Mike Hynson and Robert August, on a surf trip around the world. Despite the balmy climate of their native California, cold ocean currents make local beaches inhospitable during the winter...
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