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Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 06006 | Sony Pictures ClassicsLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French Series: Sony Picture classicsPublication details: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2005]Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1404959750
9781404959750

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

797.3/2 22

LOC classification:

GV839.6 .R53 2005

Contents:

Start -- Southern California -- Hawaii = paradise -- Astronauts of surfing -- Waimea Bay -- The impossible -- Wipeout -- The legends -- Gidget -- The big wave -- Surfing revolution -- Northern California -- Mavericks -- Making the wave -- Surviving the wave -- The leash -- Death of a surfer -- Invisible -- Oahu, Hawaii -- Laird -- Catching the wave -- Surfing evolution -- Jaws -- Hazardous to your health -- Purification -- Depression -- King of the waves -- The ultimate wave.

Production credits:

Edited by Paul Crowder ; director of photography, Peter Pilafian ; original music, Matter ; narration by Stacy Peralta.

Featured surfers: Greg Noll, Jeff Clark, Laird Hamilton.Summary: Opening with a two-minute animation recapitulating the first 1000 years of surfing history, Riding Giants goes on to summarize the story of the big wave riding. Interviews with legendary big wave surfers, at celebrated breaks from Hawaii's North Shore to California's Mavericks, help explain how surfing became not just a hobby, but a culture and way of life. Viewers without any interest in surfing will come away with a greater appreciation for the sport, and a better understanding of what drives those who have given their lives to it.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0674 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050095809

Special features: director and editor's commentary ; writer and surfers' commentary ; the making of Riding Giants (28 min.) ; Fuel TV Blue Carpet special: Riding Giants (21 min.) ; deleted scenes (16 min.) ; Milan Records promo ; Quiksilver promo ; previews.

MPAA rating: PG-13.

DVD, NTSC; Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 stereo, presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1, widescreen.

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