Apparently, therefore, Big Wednesday is a 100% Hollywood movie. So, PT told Milius, hey, Ive got a bronzed Aussie buddy who could replace him. In early 77, the points were counted and Peter Townend emerged as the first-ever winner, with fellow Bronzed Aussie Ian Cairns taking the runner up spot. [1], Big Wednesday was a box office flop upon its release, and was quickly pulled from theatres after taking in only $4.5 million. Greenough was hired to do water shots and Townend was a surf double for William Katt, one of the stars in the film. Following on from their El Salvadoran debacle, the production set up shop at Hollister Ranch, the privately-owned 8.5 mile coastal stretch of glistening point breaks that sits to the north of LA. Heres Jan Michael Vincent again. "And I can tell you, it's so hard, no one will ever make it again. "Surfing was a brand new sport with its own aristocracy. [The Wavelength Drive-In Cinema is back for 2021, bringing you a range of surf cinema, cult classics and family favourites from the clifftops of Cornwall, kicking off with Surf's Up and Big Wednesday on Friday 16th July. So anyway one Sunday we took him out surfing at Sunzal, it was about 3 feet, and he got smashed and almost drowned and had to be rescued and brought in. The lives of some California surfers from the early 1960s to the 1970s.The lives of some California surfers from the early 1960s to the 1970s.The lives of some California surfers from the early 1960s to the 1970s. Despite what he describes as a childhood of juvenile delinquency, Milius developed into an accomplished screenwriter, penning a series of hit films in which surfing often featured. IC: Well, it was pretty horrible in 76. The extras got paid $60 a day, plus a catered lunch and a bus ride up from Santa Barbara everyday. Another luminary brought in for this film was none other than Gerry Lopez. Big Wednesday: watching in between the lines - bearsurfboards P.T. Directed by John Milius.Written by John Milius and Denny Aaberg, loosely based on their own experiences at Malibu and a short story Aaberg had published in a 1974 Surfer Magazine entitled "No Pants Lance." Academy Award-nominee Gary Busey ("Under Siege," "The Firm") stars in a story of three young surfers searching for meaning as their lives change in the '60s and '70s. As part of the sequence, the director wanted big wipeouts and snapped boards, so he roped in Aussie pro Bruce Raymond, whom he paid $200 a day a months rent on the North Shore back then to repeatedly go over the falls. Those [guerrillas] looked at him and absolutely freaked. Theyre riding prop boards, made for the movie, and no wetsuits, since this was supposed to the early sixties Malibu. 1977 BEAR Big Wednesday Jack Barlow for PT by Mike Perry Big Wednesday - amazon.com However, while Star Wars (Lucas) and Close Encounters (Spielberg) would haul in hundreds of millions of dollars, Big Wednesday was a major critical and popular wipe-out, at least initially. This movie is about friendship: surfing is just the background. NYC teen busted subway surfing just days after death of 15-year-old

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