Garage Entertainment is set to release the most absurd feature film on the planet, The Greatest Surf Movie In The Universe, starring Mick Fanning, Luke Hemsworth, Mason Ho, Griffin Colapinto, Jack Freestone, Matt Wilkinson, Craig Anderson, Joe Turpel, and Ronnie Blakey, produced by Bronte Pictures.
Cinemas around the country will host event screenings, including the World Premiere in Torquay, Victoria on April 3, with stars of the film in attendance (provided they turn up … they’re surfers after all), followed by a filmmaker Q&A with the directors and writers, Nick Pollet and Vaughan Blakey.
This red carpet event like no other will be followed by Q&A previews in Perth (Luna) and Margaret River (HEART) on April 18 and 19 respectively, followed by state premieres and previews in Gold Coast (HOTA in early May – date TBA) and Byron Bay (date TBA) with Sydney’s Orpheum Theatre hosting a Premiere screening in late May before the film lands at The Ritz for an encore soon thereafter.
In addition to this cast of legendary Aussie surfers as well as surfing legends in the making playing their futuristic alter-egos, the film is narrated by actor Luke Hemsworth, also a keen surfer.
Pollet and Blakey have created an offbeat, subversive adult comedy combining stop-motion animation and special effects with live action, including stunning ocean cinematography.
After the world’s collective knowledge of surfing is completely wiped after a successful vaccination scheme with an unintended consequence, the surf god, ‘Huey’ makes a last-ditch effort to save surfing.
Enlisting Mick Fanning (now a yoga teacher in the Himalayas), he plans to put together a team of former surfing champions to create The Greatest Surf Movie In The Universe and save surfing from extinction.
With life-like figurines and voice overs performed by the athletes, there has never been a film like The Greatest Surf Movie In The Universe.
Says Pollet, “I had so much fun making this film and I have a good feeling people will have just as much fun watching it!
“What started off as a passion project, all shot in my garage, snow-balled into the biggest achievement of my career so far.
“Working alongside two of my best mates, Vaughan Blakey (co-writer/director) and Alain de Carne (original music score), along with Bronte Pictures, The Post Lounge and the best cast I could have ever asked for, we were able to achieve something far beyond what I thought possible.
“I just want this film to make people laugh and feel happy.”
For more information on screenings, including ticket links and session times, go to:
https://garage.com.au/the-greatest-surf-movie-in-the-universe/
