Blue Crush
Blue Crush is a 2002 American sports film directed by John Stockwell, written by Stockwell and Lizzy Weiss, and based on Susan Orlean's 1998 Outside magazine article "Life's Swell". It stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem. The film follows three friends, working at the hotel resort and surfing in Oahu, Hawaii.
Plot
Anne Marie, her fourteen-year-old sister Penny, and good friends Eden and Lena, live in a small house on the North Shore. They all have been helping to raise Penny since her and Anne Marie's mother moved to Las Vegas with her boyfriend. While Penny is at school, Anne Marie, Eden and Lena work as maids in a luxury resort hotel, and surf in their spare time. As a child, Anne Marie had been a rising star in women's surfing until a near-fatal wipeout left her with a paralyzing fear of powerful waves. Although she rises every morning before dawn to train for her surfing comeback, this fear continues to hamper her progress. Her friends, especially Eden, encourage her to overcome her trauma, conquer her fear of big waves and become a professional surfer.
More details
| author | John Stockwell Lizzy Weiss Susan Orlean |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Hawaii |
| director | John Stockwell |
| editor | Emma E. Hickox |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | act banzai pipeline beat billabong family issues help hotel room las vegas morning national football league north shore pro bowl quarterback resort hotel rising star running wild train |
| musicBy | Paul Haslinger |
| producer | Brian Grazer |
| productionCompany | Imagine Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | buddy female buddy romantic drama sports surf teen drama |