2008
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 33 m

2008
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 33 m

Summary Like many American outsider adventurers, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz set out to realize a utopian dream. Abandoning a successful medical practice, he sought self-fulfillment by taking up the nomadic life of a surfer. But unlike other American searchers like Thoreau or Kerouac, Paskowitz took his wife and nine children along for the ride, all ...

Directed By: Doug Pray

Written By: Doug Pray

2008
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 33 m

2008
R
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 33 m

Surfwise

Name: Surfwise
Genre: Documentary, Sport
Released: 2008-05-09
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Rating: 72
Cast: Juliette Paskowitz, David Paskowitz, Jonathan Paskowitz, Abraham Paskowitz, Israel Paskowitz

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews

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The A.V. Club

How can a freethinking father mandate his ideals without violating them? Pray covers it all, and movingly so.

By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

Portland Oregonian

It's a fascinating patchwork.

By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Pray maintains a steadfastly objective viewpoint, and it's a testament to his film's success that it can accommodate the audience's inevitably shifting allegiances from one family member to the next.

By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Filmmaker Pray, who is building an impressive body of documentaries on American subcultures, including the Seattle grunge scene in "Hype," graffiti artists in "Infamy" and truckers in "Big Rig," does an admirable job of allowing his subjects to represent themselves.

By Bill White FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Insightful, free-roaming but tautly constructed.

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New York Daily News

Pray unfolds the family's story with patience and skill, making it both a compliment and a complaint to say that he leaves us wanting to know much more.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Whether you call this a Rousseau-ian paradise or "Capturing the Friedmans" by the Sea will depend on where you stand on hippie living--up to a point.

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Production Company Consolidated Documentaries, HDNet Films, Mekanism, Prospect Pictures

Release Date May 9, 2008

Duration 1 h 33 m

Rating R

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Website http://www.surfwisefilm.com/

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Awards

Golden Trailer Awards

• 1 Nomination

Chlotrudis Awards

• 1 Nomination

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

• 1 Nomination

Surfwise

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Juliette Paskowitz

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David Paskowitz

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Jonathan Paskowitz

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Abraham Paskowitz

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Israel Paskowitz

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Moses Paskowitz

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Adam Paskowitz

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Salvador Paskowitz

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Navah Paskowitz

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Josh Paskowitz

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Dorian Paskowitz

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Adrian Paskowitz

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Rob Jones

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Brent Weber

Self - Sportscaster

Daniel Alexander

The Duke

Woody Brown

Self

Heather Ashley Chase

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Sonia Darrin

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Rodney Frias

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Sunny Garcia

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