Highwater (2009)
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43% of critics liked it
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56% of users liked it
(983 ratings)
Laemmle Theatres and Outsider Pictures are pleased to present the sports documentarian Dana Brown's (Step Into Liquid)HIGHWATER "a propulsive... non-fiction thriller" (John Anderson, Variety) that follows the men and women who gather every year on Hawaii's "Seven Mile… More Laemmle Theatres and Outsider Pictures are pleased to present the sports documentarian Dana Brown's (Step Into Liquid)HIGHWATER "a propulsive... non-fiction thriller" (John Anderson, Variety) that follows the men and women who gather every year on Hawaii's "Seven Mile Miracle," Oahu's North Shore, for big wave surfing's ultimate challenge, the Triple Crown. Starting on Halloween and ending around Christmas, the event attracts the sport's very best, all of whom are profiled here.)-- (C) Laemmle and Outsider
- Directed By
- Dana Brown
- Genres
- Documentary, Sports & Fitness
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Aug 27, 2010 Limited
- On DVD
- Apr 12, 2011
- Studio
- ATO Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Everyone is a saint in Brown's eyes, and few are especially interesting as a result.
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Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Serving as director, co- editor and narrator, Brown turns the obsession of top-ranking surfers into a universally appealing celebration of excellence on the treacherous North Shore of Oahu.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
[Director Dana] Brown's main talent is the way he blends stunning cinematography and crisp editing into you-are-there immediacy.
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Mike Hale, New York Times
Has enough magical shots of surfers standing deep in the curl, their hands rippling along the faces of giant waves, to keep you watching.
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Surfing devotees might be impressed, but other viewers will be left wondering what all the fuss is about.
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Cast
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Dana Brown
as Narrator
- Tommy Curren
- Pat O'Connell
- Joey Cabell
- Sunny Garcia
- Andy Irons
- Kelly Slater
- Rochelle Ballard
- Chelsea Georgeson
- Sofia Mulanovich
- Malik Joyeux
- Jon Jon Florence
- Carrissa Moore
- Mark Healy
- Poncho Sullivan
- Kalani Chapman
- Eric Haas
- Robbie Page
- Owl Chapman
- Brian Kealana
- Mark Cunningham
- Dan Duane
