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Surf's Up (film)
Surf's Up
is a 2007 American
computer-animated
mockumentary
family
comedy film
directed by
Ash Brannon
and
Chris Buck
. It features the voices of
Shia LaBeouf
,
Jeff Bridges
,
Zooey Deschanel
,
James Woods
and
Jon Heder
among others. In production since 2002 at
Sony Pictures Animation
, it was the studio's second theatrical feature. The film premiered in the United States on June 8, 2007, and was distributed by
Columbia Pictures
. It is a parody of surfing documentaries, such as
The Endless Summer
and
Riding Giants
, with parts of the plot parodying
North Shore
. Real-life surfers
Kelly Slater
and
Rob Machado
have vignettes as their penguin surfer counterparts. To obtain the desired hand-held documentary feel, the film's animation team motion-captured a physical camera operator's moves.
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