Surf's Up is a 2007 American animated Stop-Motion mockumentary comedy film directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, and written by Brannon, Buck, Don Rhymer and Chris Jenkins. The film features the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, and James Woods. 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 stop-motion a physical camera operator's moves.
Surf's Up was released in the United States on June 8, 2007, by Focus Features
Production
company
Laika[1]
Distributed by
Focus Features[1]
Release date
June 8, 2007
Running time 85 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $100 million[2]
Box office $153 million[3]
sequel, Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, was released in 2017
