![]() In a mockumentary, northern rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick, living in Shiverpool, Antarctica, with his mother Edna and his older brother Glen, has yearned to be a professional surfer ever since meeting the famous surfer Big Z many years ago, so when a talent scout shorebird named Michael Abromowitz arrives to find entrants for the Big Z Memorial surfing contest on Pen-Gu Island, Cody jumps at the chance. A sequel, titled Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, was released direct-to-video in the United States on January 17, 2017, and theatrical in select countries. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 80th Academy Awards, but lost to Pixar’s Ratatouille. The film grossed $152 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million. ![]() Surf's Up was released in the United States on Jby Sony Pictures Releasing, and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the animation and humor. To obtain the desired hand-held documentary feel, the film's animation team motion-captured a physical camera operator's moves. Real-life surfers Kelly Slater and Rob Machado have vignettes as their penguin surfer counterparts. ![]() It is a parody of surfing documentaries, such as The Endless Summer and Riding Giants, with parts of the plot parodying North Shore. The film stars the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, and James Woods. It was directed by Ash Brannon (in his feature directorial debut) and Chris Buck from a screenplay they co-wrote with Don Rhymer and Chris Jenkins, based on a story by Jenkins and Christian Darren. Surf's Up is a 2007 American computer-animated mockumentary produced by Sony Pictures Animation.
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