Cartoon Characters » sony pictures http://www.cutemation.com Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Surf’s Up http://www.cutemation.com/cartoon-animals/surfs-up/ http://www.cutemation.com/cartoon-animals/surfs-up/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:43:19 +0000 Aldric Chang http://www.cutemation.com/?p=78 Surf’s Up is a 2007 American Academy Award-nominated computer-animated mockumentary film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It stars the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder among others.

It is Sony Pictures Animation’s second film, the first being Open Season on September 29, 2006. The American premiere occurred on June 8. It is directed by Ash Brannon (the co-director of Toy Story 2) and Chris Buck (the director of Tarzan). Pre-production for Surf’s Up began in 2002.

It is a parody of surfing documentaries, such as The Endless Summer and Riding Giants. Real-life surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado have vignettes as their penguin surfer counterparts.


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