North Shore (1987)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

William Phelps

Writers:

Randal Kleiser (story)
Tim McCanlies (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 August 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

On a small stretch of coastline as powerful as a man's will, Rick Kane came to surf the big waves. He found a woman who would show him how to survive, and a challenge unlike any other.

Plot:

Before entering art school next autumn, Rick sets out to spend the summer surfing at Hawaii. He knows nothing about the local habits...

Plot Keywords:

Surfing | Summer | Surfer | Hawaii | Ocean

Cast

Matt Adler	...	Rick Kane
Gregory Harrison	...	Chandler
Nia Peeples	...	Kiani
John Philbin	...	Turtle
Gerry Lopez	...	Vince
Laird John Hamilton	...	Lance Burkhart (as Laird Hamilton)
Robbie Page	...	Alex Rogers
Mark Occhilupo	...	Occy
John Paragon	...	Professor
Rocky Kauanoe	...	Rocky
Lokelani Lau	...	Anela
Cristina Raines	...	Rick's Mother
Tiffany Pestana	...	Chandler's Daughter
Corky Carroll	...	Himself
Joe Teipel	...	Pipeline Announcer

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions

Trivia:

Laird Hamilton (Burkhart), Gerry Lopez (Vince Mokaloka), Mark Occoluppo (Occie), and Alex Rogers (Robbie Page) are among the main cast who were real-life pro-surfers.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Occy says, "I was wondering when you were going to make it into the line-up."

Quotes:

Turtle: Stay loose, haole.
Rick: What's a haole?
Turtle: A tourist, a mainlander, like you.
Rick: I'm not a tourist.
Turtle: Whatever, Barney.
Rick: What's a Barney?
Turtle: It's like Barno... Barnyard... a haole to the max, a kook in and out of the water. Yeah?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Blue Crush (2002)

Soundtrack:

Am I the One

One of my favorite movies, but not for obvious reasons

I agree with several other reviews concerning portraying locals as thugs and thieves, and that this isn't an Oscar quality movie. However, it was this movie that first showed me how beautiful O'ahu is. I ended up moving here from Virginia in 1992. The scenery was (and is) breathtaking, and watching the surfing was (and is) fantastic. As a haole, I got an education from the movie which kept me from making the mistakes Rick Kane made when he first got to Hawai'i.

If you live on O'ahu, or are visiting, and you find yourself in Waikiki on a Sunday when the waves are flat, come visit me at Hope Chapel-South Shore (at the Waikiki Community Center) - The entire pastoral staff surfs, along with most of the congregation. It is wonderful to hear God's word taught with surf illustrations.

Aloha!

Wayne