Blue Crush/North Shore [2 Discs]

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 2
• Subtitle: Eng/Spa/Fre
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Features:
  • Blue Crush - Three friends, One passion - The making of Blue Crush
  • Deleted scenes
  • Filming Blue Crush
  • Inside the World of Surfing
  • North Shore - Director's Commentary
  • Deleted scenes
  • North Shore Uncripted
  • Alternate ending

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Kate Bosworth - Anne Marie
       Gregory Harrison - Chandler
       Michelle Rodriguez - Eden
       John Philbin - Turtle
       Gerry Lopez - Vince
       Laird Hamilton - Lance Burkhart
       Robbie Page - Alex Rogers
       Mark Ochilupo - Occy
       John Paragon - Professor
       Cristina Raines - Rick's Mother
       Lord James Blears - Contest Director
       Layne Beachley - Herself
       Corkey Carroll - Himself

• Director:

  John Stockwell, William Phelps

• Producer:

  Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela, William Finnegan, Randal Kleiser

• Screenwriter:

  John Stockwell

• Screen Story:

  Randal Kleiser

• Screenwriter:

  Randal Kleiser, Tim McCanlies

• Screen Story:

  William Phelps

• Screenwriter:

  William Phelps

• Cinematographer:

  David Hennings, Tim McCanlies, William Phelps, Peter Smokler

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Dana Sano

• Composer (Music Score):

  Paul Haslinger, Richard Stone

• Editor:

  Emma E. Hickox, Robert Gordon

• Production Designer:

  Mark Balet

• Art Director:

  Denise Hudson

• Co-producer:

  Rick Dallago, Suzy Barbieri

• Associate Producer:

  Gregory Hinton, Tim McCanlies

• Executive Producer:

  Kathy Jones, Louis G. Friedman, Randal Kleiser

• Set Designer:

  Wally White

• Costume Designer:

  Susan Matheson

• Set Decorator:

  Meg Everist

• Costume Designer:

  Kathrine James

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Mark Ulano, Claude Letessier, Tim Himes

• First Assistant Director:

  Mary Ellen Woods

• Casting:

  Randi Hiller, Sarah Halley-Finn, Lisa Clarkson

• Second Unit Director:

  Gregory J. Barnett

• Stunts Coordinator:

  Gregory J. Barnett

• Visual Effects:

  Hammerhead Productions

• Stunts Coordinator:

  Brian L. Keaulana

• Visual Effects Supervisor:

  Jon Farhat

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Kelly Cabral

• Second Unit Director:

  Gregory Harrison

REVIEW:

• Although its standard-issue plot and dialogue aren't in danger of winning any awards, it's hard not to root for this good-hearted, often thrilling surf flick. Blue Crush is so sure that girls rule that it doesn't waste much time establishing the fact, and its collection of burners and alterna-kids is so rough-edged and authentic that all thoughts of prefab John Hughes suburbia can easily be banished. Instead of faux high-school politics and strident feminism, the film focuses on spectacular footage of extreme surfing, with just enough working-class back story to lend the ESPN-isms dramatic heft. With a chip on her shoulder and some definition in her biceps, model-perfect Kate Bosworth is never less than adequate as pro hopeful Anne Marie, the focus of the story. That ethnically balanced sidekicks Michelle Rodriguez and Sanoe Lake would probably make more convincing star athletes is a minor quibble, easily chalked up to cold Hollywood reality. (Besides, it's more fun to watch Rodriguez generate Resident Evil-style lesbian subtext in her supporting role than it would be to see her sidle up to a quarterback beau in the lead.) It's a cliche to say so, but the real stars are the wave-riding action sequences, which seem more like an IMAX documentary than the payoff in a sports-themed romance. Director/screenwriter John Stockwell goes in for a few too many motivational cliches at the end, but once the digitally tweaked Bosworth is in the eye of a swell, Blue Crush is pure action, the script incidental. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi