A rare opportunity to revisit one of the seminal influences in global surf culture will take place this coming Saturday, November 8, at 8 p.m. when filmmaker Bruce Brown presents a live narration of his 1966 classic, The Endless Summer. The screening/narration is the highlight of the California Surf Museum’s first California Surf Festival of Film. It’s being held in the old Crest Theater — now the Grace Chapel — at 102 N. Freeman Street in Oceanside.
Brown shot his classic work, in which two Southern California guys travel the world in 
search of the perfect wave, for $50,000, and began showing it with live narration in beachside auditoriums in the summer of 1964. By 1966 he’d added a recorded narration, blown the film up to 35mm, re-edited it, and found receptive movie theaters nationwide. Newsweek eventually put it among the top ten films of that year.
The upcoming event will reunite the 71-year-old Brown with the film’s two stars, Robert August and (San Diego native) Mike Hynson. General admission is $35.
A dozen other films will be included in the three-day festival, which opens Friday. For a full schedule, see www.californiasurffestival.com.
