Surf's Up Page #3

Synopsis: This story follows a teenage rock hopper penguin named Cody Maverick from his hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica, where all of the other penguins think he's nothing but a surfing fool, to the "Big Z Memorial Surf Off" on Pen Gu Island. Young Cody is determined to win the most important competition in the world of penguin surfing in honor of "Big Z," a deceased surfing legend whom he has idolized since childhood. But the waves in Pen Gu are different than in Shiverpool, and the competition is steep. The current champ, egotistical Tank Evans, isn't just about to let this little penguin knock him from first place without a fight. When Cody wipes out and encounters Geek, a recluse aging former surfer, living in the jungle, he learns some important lessons about life and surfing, and even teaches Geek a thing or two.
Director(s): Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
Production: Sony Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
PG
Year:
2007
85 min
$58,867,694
Website
8,715 Views


- You can't do that to my friend.

You're getting quite a workout there.

That feels good.

Why don't you work on my glutes

a little bit? That's very nice.

- All right. That's enough, guys.

- I'll take you on anytime, anywhere.

Well, then how about

right here, right now, huh?

Hey, Mikey, get this kid a board!

All right, who wants to see

the little guy take on the champ?

Little guys rule!

A little one-on-one surfing action

between Tank Evans and Jerry...

- Cody. Cody.

- Cody Maverick.

Cody Mavencourt. And the one

that rides the biggest wave wins.

Are you nervous

about going against Tank Evans?

Ah, Tank. Nervous?

What do I have to be nervous about?

Give it up! Come on, now!

I'm gonna chum the water

with your head.

- Bring it on, pecker face. Let's go.

- Pecker face?

It's mine!

So, Cody, when you take

your first wave...

...and the whole island's there

to watch, what'll it be like?

It's gonna be amazing.

It'll be the best wave of my life.

I hope the cameras are rolling

because you'll want to watch it...

...over and over and over again.

It's gonna be awesome!

I can't look.

- Poor kid. He's... Poor kid.

- Wow! That was spectacular!

I'm number one! The Tank!

We're trying to get the details.

The lifeguard just pulled him in.

That's what happens

when you take on the Tank, right?

Cody, Cody!

- How is he? Okay? What can I do?

- Yeah, he's okay.

I can help. Except if there's blood.

Just the thought of blood makes me...

Somebody help the chicken.

- Tank, you okay?

- Tank needs fuel.

Mikey, get the board, will you?

Come on. Come on. Come on.

- Did I win? I won, huh?

- You should've stayed in Antarctica.

- Oh, wow.

- You're gonna be okay.

Look at that.

There's pixies everywhere.

What do you think about Cody going

into a contest and possibly winning?

- You know, I'm...

- Ha.

- Why did you just laugh?

- Because he keeps saying "possible."

Like it's "possible" that you're gonna

win. And you're gonna do anything.

- Really, what are the chances?

- They're high. Aren't they high?

I mean, they're normal chances.

It's not like I'm, like, the underdog.

Hey, Geek! Geek!

Get up and help me.

Geek.

Geek?

Geek. Wake up! I need your help.

Come on. Get off your lazy butt

and come and help me.

Beautiful dream.

- Did you ever know Sheila?

- No. I don't know Sheila.

- Wait, wait, wait. What?

- What?

Who's this guy?

- He's a surfer. He's hurt.

- Who are all those guys?

They're with him. Ignore them.

- Come on.

- Lani, what are you doing?

If you help him, they'll go away.

- Hey! Get out of here!

- Help him!

- Where do you want him?

- Nowhere. That's the whole point.

- No outsiders. Come on.

- I know, I know, I know.

This is an emergency. He went down

bad over the falls. I don't know if he...

- And did he hit the reef?

- I don't know.

I'm not sure. I got him after...

- What, is he your boyfriend?

- No. No.

Wait, wait, wait.

Looks like he stepped on a fire urchin.

Stepped on me? Are you kidding?

This guy was dancing on me.

Just look at this. Broken, broken,

gone, gone, broken, broken, broken...

This is pretty bad.

This is really bad.

- What... Cody!

- I hurt.

- You're gonna be okay. What?

- Maybe I shouldn't have taken that out.

Poison's released. Wow. Amazing.

- What's amazing?

- That you're still alive.

It's all right. I'm gonna fix you up.

I can fix your foot just fine.

- Where is it? I've been looking...

- It's a saw. You just threw a saw.

Don't let him move like that. He's

pushing the poison all over his body.

- Come on, come on.

- I know he looks...

Here it is.

- What are you doing?

- What is he doing?

This is a sure-fire cure.

I learned it from an old medicine

man. It, well, works wonders.

- What? No! Not that!

- Not what?

What is he gonna... Gonna what?

- Come on, now.

- Geek, stop.

Let's do this. Lani, can you make

some water sounds?

- Oh, my gosh, this is so gross.

- What is water sounds?

- Come on. Here we go.

- No, no, no. You...

Kid, you better keep your mouth shut.

See, what'd I tell you?

Hold his foot still, Lani. Come on.

Knock him out or something.

- I'm running on empty here.

- I'm trying!

So how you been?

Wow, sea urchin in the foot.

That sounds pretty nasty.

Yeah.

How do you cure something like that?

You pee on it.

- That's disgusting.

- I know!

Hey. How long am I stuck

with this guy?

- Because you know...

- Till he's better.

Well, come back soon and,

please, bring me some clams.

- No.

- I'm running low here.

I can't keep doing this. You've got

to start taking care of yourself.

- Oh, come on.

- Bye.

- Bring me some more clams!

- Okay.

If it's just as well with you,

I don't want to talk about Cody.

He lost. That's it.

That's his problem. It's not mine.

Aren't you concerned

about anybody's well-being...?

The kid's fine. He was born in water.

He's a penguin, for crying out loud!

- Did you see that wave hit him?

- That's the whole idea of surfing.

- I care. I care!

- Mikey! Wait till you see this.

Look at those little legs.

Stick, stick, stick, sticky.

It's the way I walk. I'm constantly...

- Boom-chicka-chicka...

- What's with the "boom-chicka-boom"?

I can't stand blood.

I can't stand the sight of blood.

I can't stand...

sight of blood. Cody!

- Dude, have you seen my friend Cody?

- No.

Cody? Cody?

He's not under there.

Cody!

How's it going, man?

So I woke up this morning.

I didn't know where I was. It's never

a good place to be when you wake up.

Come on. Get up.

- I don't want to.

- Breakfast.

- Wakey, wakey. Come on.

- I don't want to.

- How's your foot?

- My foot...

- My foot's fine, but my head.

- Good. Good. Come on, kid. Get up.

What the...?

Yeah, I think I got a concussion.

You should meet my brother, Glen.

You guys would really hit it off.

Oh, no. No. Where's my necklace?

Did you see my necklace? It's gotta...

No, no.

Big deal. Get yourself another one

at Reggie's trinket shops.

It's not just some necklace, guy.

He gave it to me himself.

- Who?

- Big Z. When he came to Shiverpool.

That guy believed in me

when no one else did.

He told me never to give up

and to find a way...

...because that's what winners do.

- What winners do. Yeah.

It's funny, you know,

what a loser I became.

Who cares what Big Z said?

You got to...

...you know, do things your own way.

- I don't have a way.

You do now. Just follow this.

It'll take you back to North Beach.

Okay, nice to meet you.

Good luck.

What do I do now?

I can't show my face on the beach.

I can't go home.

You always visualize where you're

gonna be, what you're gonna do.

This ain't it.

- What are you doing here?

- Here.

- Oh, man. Thank you, man. This...

- Yeah.

That's cool of you to come back.

- Thank you.

- Better keep that knot tight.

You lose it during a contest,

it's a goner.

Yeah, well, I'm not going

in any surf contests.

Well, there's more to surfing

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Don Rhymer

Don Rhymer (February 23, 1961 – November 28, 2012) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He graduated from James Madison University in 1982. He wrote movies like Big Momma's House, The Santa Clause 2, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, The Honeymooners, Deck the Halls, and the computer animated mockumentary Surf's Up. more…

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