The Endless Summer followed surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they traveled around the world on a surfing trip in search of the perfect wave. The movie was narrated by Brown, and the soundtrack music came from The Sandals.
“Shot on 16-millimeter film, with post-synchronized sound, it's a glorified home movie that nevertheless captures a short-lived period in American popular culture,” the outlet shared.
In an interview with The Guardian, Brown revealed that he stretched his budget when he started working on the film in late 1963.
Brown told The Guardian he couldn’t get any major Hollywood studios to distribute his film, so he rented out a theater in New York himself. Distributors then came calling, with Cinema V, agreeing to distribute the film without making changes to it.
Good reviews helped the film take off
The theater release of The Endless Summer sparked great reviews from unexpected critics. "For some reason, the real entrenched film critics seemed to like it, maybe because it was different from what they were used to seeing,” Brown said, per TCM. “If they did a review and wrote, ‘Brown did a s---ty movie,' we'd have been dead. But nobody knew who I was, and maybe they felt it wasn't worth criticizing, so they pretty much gave us good reviews and helped us out."
'The Endless Summer' movie poster.Photo by LMPC on Getty Images
“The film itself offers exactly what it promises — 91 minutes of wish fulfillment,” Ebert added. ‘Shunning the tons of equipment ordinarily taken along on location, Brown used only what he could carry. The beautiful photography he brought home almost makes you wonder if Hollywood hasn’t been trying too hard."
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