Friday's screening of ENDLESS SUMMER will be shown on an original, pristine 16mm Technicolor print discovered by local film archivist Jon Bastion. This seminal 1966 surf classic will be screened in its original format for the first time in decades in San Francisco.
Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, himself a competition-level surfer, follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August on an around-the-world surfing adventure. With Brown's wry, sardonic narration and a twangy, guitar-driven instrumental soundtrack by The Sandals playing over the silent footage, Mike and Rob leave their California home to visit Hawaii, Australia, South Africa and other secluded surfing spots in a search for the surfer's holy grail that Brown dubs "The Perfect Wave."