Surf's Up (film)

Surf's Up
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ash Brannon Chris Buck
Screenplay by	Don Rhymer Ash Brannon Chris Buck Chris Jenkins
Story by	Chris Jenkins Christian Darren
Produced by	Chris Jenkins
Starring	Shia LaBeouf Jeff Bridges Zooey Deschanel Jon Heder James Woods
Edited by	Ivan Bilancio
Music by	Mychael Danna
Production companies	Sony Pictures Animation[1] Sony Pictures Imageworks[2]
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing[1] Columbia Pictures[2]
Release date	June 8, 2007 (2007-06-08)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$100 million[3]
Box office	$152 million[4]

Surf's Up is a 2007 American animated mockumentary comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It was directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck from a screenplay they co-wrote with Don Rhymer and producer Chris Jenkins, based on a story by Jenkins and Christian Darren. The film stars 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 motion-captured a physical camera operator's moves.

Surf's Up was released in the United States on June 8, 2007, by Sony Pictures Releasing, and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the animation and humor.^[5] The film grossed $152 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million.^[6] It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 80th Academy Awards. A sequel, titled Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, was released direct-to-video in the United States on January 17, 2017, and theatrical in select countries.^[7]