Chasing Mavericks

Year:

2012

Duration:

USA:116 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Sport

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Michael Apted

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2012-10-26

Filming Locations: Half Moon Bay, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $20,000,000

Opening Weekend: $2,268,274 (USA) (28 October 2012)

Gross: $6,002,756 (USA) (13 January 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

Abigail Spencer

Chasing Mavericks

Gerard Butler

Frosty Hesson

Jonny Weston

Jay Moriarity

Elisabeth Shue

Kristy Moriarity

Leven Rambin

Kim Moriarity

Greg Long

Magnificent One

Peter Mel

Magnificent Two

Zach Wormhoudt

Magnificent Three

Devin Crittenden

Blond

Taylor Handley

Sonny

Cooper Timberline

Young Jay

Maya Raines

Roquet

Harley Graham

Young Kim

Jenica Bergere

Zeuf

James Anthony Cotton

Frank

Channon Roe

Bob Pearson

Thomas Freil

Bells

L. Peter Callender

Biology Teacher (as L. Peter Callander)

Andrew Pierno

Sonny Crew #1

Coy Coffman

Sonny Crew #2

Richard Gross

Brenda's Father

Gary Griffis

Young Blond

Brandon Fleschner

Beach Cruiser

Adam Del Rio

Capitola Mall Druggie

Keegan Boos

Young Sonny

Kaila Pearson

Female Student

Christopher Sweeney

Eli

Elina Wells

Melia

Brandon Hooper

Photographer on Boat

Nate Feix

Little Grommet

Michael Acosta

Pickup Driver (uncredited)

Derek W. Adam

Driver in Firebird (uncredited)

Elliott Arcelis

Sexy surfer (uncredited)

Andy Arness

Blue-Collar Worker (uncredited)

Samuel Baca

Driver / Neighbor (uncredited)

Rodolfo C Barrios

Migrant Worker (uncredited)

Riko Bay

Blue-Collar Worker (2012) (uncredited)

Breezy the Beagle

Jay's childhood dog (uncredited)

Erin Bell

Student (uncredited)

Matt Bingham

Neighbor (uncredited)

Alex Bretow

Beach Cruiser (uncredited)

Joaquin Cano

Migrant Worker (uncredited)

Cabran E. Chamberlain

Neighbor (uncredited)

Nestor Cuellas

Blue Collar Worker (uncredited)

Robert Cure

Surfer #2 (uncredited)

Galen Davis

Student (uncredited)

Leesha Davis

Mavericks Spectator (uncredited)

Scott Eastwood

Gordy (uncredited)

Sammy Elliott

Cute surfer (uncredited)

Douglas Gawoski

Young Frosty's Dad (uncredited)

David Gizzarelli

Background (uncredited)

Jonathan Grebe

Mavericks Spectator (uncredited)

Mark Daniel Hodge

Neighbor (uncredited)

Mike Howard

Neighbor / Bike Rider (uncredited)

Kymberly Jenal

Bon Fire #1 (uncredited)

Jeffrey W. Jenkins

Funeral attendee (uncredited)

Alexander Kanellakos

Surfer #1 (uncredited)

Ainslee Kate

Surfer (uncredited)

Diana Kibunguchy

Extra (uncredited)

Nate Komari

High School Student (uncredited)

Mark Lavell

Santa Cruz Local (uncredited)

Janean Christine Mariani

Mavericks Videographer (uncredited)

Deanna Marks

Molly (uncredited)

Jay Moriarty

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cloud Mykals

Surfer #3 (uncredited)

Lourdes Nadres

Mavericks Spectator (uncredited)

Steven Jon Nichols

Featured Spectator (uncredited)

Nkechi

Mavericks Photographer (uncredited)

Montgomery Paulsen

Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Jekyns Pelaez

Neighbor (uncredited)

David Alan Poe

Driver (uncredited)

Brian Sampson

Blue Collar Worker / Driver (uncredited)

Frank Scozzari

Beach Goer at Bonfire (uncredited)

Jon Komp Shin

Surfer (uncredited)

Etienne Vick

Driver 1966 VW (uncredited)

Steven Wiig

Mavericks Spectator (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Kirby Bliss Blanton was considered for the role of Kim Moriarity.

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6 Red Epics were lost while shooting the Mavericks surf footage.

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An international casting search was conducted online to find the actor to play Jay Moriarty. The scenes where actors are asked to prepare for their auditions are still viewable online through letitcast.com.

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Goofs

When Jay is out in the water searching for Frosty, he throws the bottle cap into the water and puts the bottle without the cap back on the board. When he peddles further the bottle cap is back on the bottle.

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In the beginning when Kim throws the ball the first time for her dog to chase we see she is standing in Ice Plant, something that grows everywhere near beaches in Southern California, and where it grows nothing else makes it through. But when the camera shifts to show the dog retrieve the ball it's now showing just regular weeds like dandelions with no Ice Plant anywhere even though in the initial shot we saw that she was surrounded by it.

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There is a sign on the door of Pleasure Pizza in the scene before Kim and Jay first kiss with a phone number that has 831 as the area code. The area code for Santa Cruz and Capitola was still 408 in 1994. The change to 831 happened in '98.

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Quotes

Frosty Hesson: As for the rest, all I will say is... the ones who push the limits, discover the limits sometimes push back.

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Brenda Hesson: There are all kinds of sons. Some are born to you, some just occur to you.

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Frosty Hesson: We all come from the sea, but we are not all of the sea. Those of us who are, we children of the tides, must return to it again and again, until the day we don't come back leaving only that which was touched along the way.

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