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List Price: $19.94 | | Label: Columbia Pictures
Salesrank: 2360
Released: October 9, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Come join Cody (Shia LaBeouf) a Rockhopper penguin as he journeys from his home in Shiverpool Antarctica to take part in the Big Z Memorial Surf-Off on the beach of Pen Gu Island. During his adventure he meets some new friends including surf nut Chicken Joe (Jon Heder) and the spirited lifeguard Lani (Zooey Deschanel). Cody believes that winning is everything until he meets The Geek (Jeff Bridges) and old washed-up pro-surfer who may just show Cody that a true winner isn't always the one who comes in first.System Requirements:Run Time: 85 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Rating: PG UPC: 043396177468 Manufacturer No: 17746
Description of Surf's Up (Widescreen Special Edition):
Surf's Up is a computer-animated sports mockumentary about penguin surfing contests, which makes it stand out from the crowd of penguin movies. The story unfolds as it would on ESPN, with interviews (with penguins) overlapping footage of (penguin) surfing action, gradually unveiling the tale of Cody Maverick (voiced by Shia LaBeouf, Holes), a young penguin from Antarctica with dreams of winning a surfing competition--a competition named after his idol, the missing Big Z (Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski). But when he joins the competition, Cody finds his zeal for winning may not be enough to defeat the cruel reigning champ, Tank Evans (Diedrich Bader, Grim & Evil). The story of Surf's Up is typical stuff: Youngster learns to value friendship over material success. But the documentary style gives the movie a different rhythm from the usual feature-length cartoon; it stutters and skips around, dithers on side topics, and backtracks to catch up with supporting characters. Some viewers may be annoyed, but others--perhaps the more media-savvy--will find it a refreshing change of pace. (Kids who don't watch much sports, however, may just find it confusing.) Surf's Up also features the voices of James Woods (Hercules), Zooey Deschanel (Elf), and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). --Bret Fetzer
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Surf's Up (Widescreen Special Edition) Reviews:
Movie: 3/5 Picture Quality: 4.5/5 Sound Quality: 4.5/5 Extras: 4/5 
2008-09-02 - Version: U.S.A / Region A
Title: Surf's Up
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 1080p / 23.976fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:25:31 (h:m:s)
Movie size: 25,419,055,104 bytes
Disc size: 44,461,892,986 bytes
Average video bit rate: 25.94 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3425Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) English
LPCM 5.1 4608Kbps (48kHz/16-bit) English
Dolby Digital 5.1 640 Kbps French / Spanish
Dolby Digital 2.0 192 Kbps English / Spanish
Subtitles: English / French / Spanish
Special features
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The ChubbChubbs & The ChubbChubbs Save Christmas
Lost Scenes with Filmmaker Intros
Arnold's Zurfinary
All Together Now
Not a Drop of Real Water
Meet the Penguins
Surf's Up Pinball Game
Progression Reels
Galleries
Music Video
Filmmaker Commentary with Director's Chris Buck and Ash Brannon and Producer Chris Jenkins
Visual Effects Commentary with Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Gradel, Animation Supervisor David Shopp, and Layout Supervisor James Williams
Barry White LIVES! 
2008-07-31 - This is just too funny for all us oldies who remember the 60's surfers, 70's Motown and adorable penguins that, somehow make us smile as easily as giggling babies do. What WOULD the world be without Hank Azaria? I apologize for not having done this earlier. Thought I had. Thanks for the wonderfully fast delivery and excellent condition of this dvd. COWABUNGA!
Like Lots and Lots of Penguins 
2008-07-03 - This was a funny movie but I liked Lots and Lots of Penguins better. It's got funny seqences of real penguins, some animation and facts and trivia about all 17 species of Penguins! It's a blast and my kids love it!
Great Movie!
2008-07-02 - You hear it over and over: too many penguin movies. But this one is great, for both kids and adults. See it!
For All Big Lebowski Fans
2008-07-02 - Never heard of this film and never wanted to watch it until somebody very cool whom I trusted said I had to. Imagine my surprise when I hear Jeff Bridge's foghorn voice moaning over the soundtrack. What a bit of inspired casting - he reprises The Dude role in The Big Lebowski. The improv style of the lines, the camerawork, and The Dude set this apart from all other animated films of recent vintage. The scene with The Dude - I mean, Big Z the Surfer Penguin - teaching Shia LeBoeuf's little angry boy penguin how to make a surfboard has got to be one of the best buddy film scene sequences of all time. Simply re-enacting the lines from the scene - and I'm a very bad actor - had my initially cynical friends in stitches. "Feeel the board...fiinnnd the board...the board is in the wood, just fiiind it, looong slooow strokes..." Not to mention how every time he surfs a tube, Big Z turns around and prays to it. It's so Zen and so The Dude, you will just die laughing.
