Product Details

• Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Surfer Dude
• Directors: S.R. Bindler
• Producers: Matthew McConaughey, Mark Gustawes, Gus Gustawes
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: December 30, 2008
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001FU793A
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,787 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
It’s hard to say just what the target audience for Surfer, Dude is. Maybe surfers--except that since the storyline involves one of the longest big wave droughts in Malibu history, there’s actually precious little surfing to be seen. Probably stoners--not only does the cast include noted herbivores Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson, but many of the rest of the actors are rarely, if ever, seen without a joint dangling from their mouths. Definitely Matthew McConaughey fans, especially the female kind--as pro surfer icon Steve Addington, McConaughey spends approximately 99% of the movie shirtless. Slight but entertaining, director/co-writer S.R. Bindler’s film finds Addington returning to SoCal following a six-month surfing tour of the world. He soon finds out that things have changed. He still has his manager (Harrelson), but smarmy new sponsor Eddie Zarno (Jeffrey Nordling) wants Steve to appear in a reality TV show and be the model for “Free Surfer,” Zarno’s new “first person immersion video game.” But Steve’s not into it, brah. All he wants to do is surf, get high, and chase women, but when the former dries up for months on end, he decides to forego the other two until the waves return. Meanwhile, the dastardly Zarno re-edits some interview footage to make Addington look bad, whereupon Zarno’s cute East Coast assistant (Alexie Gilmore) quits and takes up with Steve, who plots (sort of) his revenge against the bad guy. It’s all pretty flimsy, occasionally amusing, filled with soft-core female nudity and, you know, like, stoked. --Sam Graham

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Product Description
Longboarding soul surfer Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey) returns to Malibu to spend his summer surfing his home break. But the waves go flat, and his sponsorship deal turns south. Aided by his manager (Woody Harrelson), his mentor (Scott Glenn), his guardian angel (Willie Nelson), and his summer lover (Alexie Gilmore), Addington has a chance of keeping his cool, but it’s not going to be easy. The dude needs a wave, and there’s never been a drought like this.

Special Features:
Surfer, Dude: The Real Story featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage
Deleted Scenes
The Complete Surfer, Dude 12-Webisode Series
Audio Commentary with Matthew McConaughey

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If there was a way to give it negative stars I would, December 30, 2008

By	D. Krepak - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I wasn't expecting much from this movie as I had read generally negative reviews but this movie was still very bad. It looked like something a high school student might put together. Not only was I wondering why they bothered to make this movie, the video quality was poor. Poor clarity with grain, very drab color. I can't imagine the blu-ray would be much of an improvement. (I rented the sd). I love surfing and the ocean but this movie was a waste. I do like Matthew McConaughey but after 45 min. of seeing him without a shirt I had enough. I used fast forward to get through the last 10 min. The "making of" in special features was better than the movie. It gives insight into what they were thinking but I can't imagine even they would be happy with the finished product. I rate this in my top 10 worst movies of all time which include Ishtar and Waterworld (since I haven't seen them in many years it's hard to say if this one is the absolute worst) There are better surfing movies out there, get those instead.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about a surfer, not surfing, April 16, 2009

By	Gregor Mandella (Central Coast, California) - See all my reviews

I see so many reviews about this that say it isn't surfing. How many of you have hung at the beach and surfed every day? I know lots of surfers who are just like Addington. If you hang at one break long enough you'll find them and generally it doesn't take long! I enjoyed this movie cause it was about a surfer who finds his "world" under attack and has to deal with the greatest hardship (no waves) that could happen. Have you ever lived through a wave drought? Usually won't last longer than a week but it sucks none the less! It didn't have slash and burn hardcore surf footage: so what? It's not a surf video. Having Keith Malloy double as Addington in the water was good style. He rips on a longboard. I rate this highly because it's an accurate depiction of what some surfers are like and how they are focused on nothing but waves!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars About 45 Minutes Too Long, February 10, 2009

By	Daniel G. Lebryk - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

With really good editing tool, anyone could make this movie...better. By my count, it is about 45 minutes too long. The opening say 20 minutes is really not half bad. Matthew McConaughey does a pretty good job being the surfer, Add. The editing is kind of tight, the story moves along pretty well, and it's not bad. Just after the pool party scenes, and there is a lot of fine jiggling going on there, the film jumps the shark badly. The story grinds to a halt, we're blugeoned with no waves for some huge number of days, and our surfer dude fasts; as if the world does rotate around him. There's some good moments with Add and Danni (played by Alexi Gilmore) and Willie Nelson. But that about does it. The ending, totally predictable, you can see that one a thousand miles away. Cut to about 20 minutes before the end of the film, and there you have it, a 45 minute film that is just not too bad.

There's a few good moments in here. Willie Nelson as a goat farmer kind of surprised me. He's been in other movies and is just pitiful. Well we all know why, in this one he really shines as Willie the smoker. Alexi Gilmore was a stand out in the females, she might be known as a doctor on Fox's New Amsterdam. Woody Harrelson was just pathetic as the burned out manager. The rest of the supporting cast just didn't really cut it for me.

If you watch this movie with really low expectations, you will not be disappointed. But do have the fast forward button handy.

There is one of the oddest things I've ever seen in a movie. The credits start to roll with 12 minutes to go on the DVD (that normally happens around 4 to 6 minutes to go). During the roll the viewer is treated to movies of goats. The credits finish with about 3 minutes to go and some really lame movie starts up. It's some Japanese business men that ask Add to use their surfboard and they will film him surfing. Somehow Add crashes, the board breaks, Add ends up on the beach, and Woody Harrelon says, "so if you only made one, what were you going to sell?" The end. Yes it was weird.

This film is definately R rated. There is a ton of nudity including Matthew McConaughey full frontal nude, language, and shall we say "herbal cigarette" use. After the 1.5 hours, I didn't even look at the bonus features on the DVD, it's hard to imagine what more I would want to watch about this film.