Fifty years of Hollywood surfing movies is the topic for a new doc in the works by Greg MacGillivray. The untitled project, currently in production, will include a central look at writer, director and surfer John Milius’ “Big Wednesday.â€
“It’s really about how Hollywood’s superficial view of surfing culture has influenced popular culture,†MacGillivray said in a statement, “and the story of what happened when real surfers tried to change that.†Described as an “answer to Hollywood’s exploitative surfing films of the previous decades,†Milius’ 1978 “Big Wednesday†had a … More info
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