Surf's Up

Surf's Up is a 2007 American computer-animated mockumentary comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation. Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, the film features the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, Mario Cantone, James Woods, and Diedrich Bader. 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.

The film was released on June 8, 2007 by Sony Pictures Releasing through Columbia Pictures, and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the animation and humor. The film grossed $152 million during its theatrical run against a budget of $100 million. It was nominated at the 80th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Disney and Pixar’s Ratatouille. Another movie, titled Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, was released direct-to-video in the United States on January 17, 2017, and theatrical in select countries.

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