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Surf II (1984)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1984
Running Times: 91 mins
Format: colour 35mm
(supposedly made in 3D but never released in that format)
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Frank D. Tolin Productions
Executive Producers: Frank D. Tolin, Louis George
Producers: George B. Braunstein, Ron Hamady
Surfing Sequence Producer: Scott Dittrich
Associate Producer: Gerald T. Olson
Unit Production Manager: Gerald T. Olson
Production Coordinator: Lisa Cook
SCRIPT
Script: Randall Badat
DIRECTION
Director: Randall Badat
2nd Unit Director: Nikita Knatz
Assistant Directors: D. Scott Easton, Robert Rooy, Irwin Marcus
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Álex Phillips Jr
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Steve Posey
Camera Operator: Craig Halley
Water Unit Camera Operator: Pat Darrin
Lab: DeLuxe
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Jacqueline Cambas
Additional Editor: Walt Muconery
MUSIC
Music: Peter Bernstein
Songs: Danny Elfman (Hold Me Back; Only a Lad); Brian Wilson (All Summer
Long; I Get Around; Stoked); Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry (Surfin' USA)l;
Thomas Dolby, Jo Kerr (She Blinded Me With Science); Brian Setzer (Built
For Speed); Mark Hollis, Edwin Hollis (Talk Talk); Brian Finn, Neal
Finn, Anthony rayner, Geoffrey Combie, Nigel Griggs (Six Months in a
Leaky Boat); Wall of Voodoo (Mexican Radio); Bob Spickard, Brian Carmen
(Pipeline); Morton Stevens (Hawaii Five-0); Mark Governor, Maureen Governor
(Buzzz Cola Jingle); Churchill Kohlman (Cry)
Songs Performed By: Oingo Boingo (Hold Me Back; Only a Lad); The Beach
Boys (All Summer Long; I Get Around; Stoked; Surfin' USA); Thomas Dolby
(She Blinded Me With Science); The Deserters (A.W.O.L.); The Stray Cats
(Built For Speed); Talk Talk (Talk Talk); Rheingold (Fan Fan Fanatic);
Split Enz (Six Months in a Leaky Boat); Wall of Voodoo (Mexican Radio);
The Circle Jerk (Moral Majority); The Chantasy (Pipeline); The Ventures
(Hawaii Five-0); Mark Governor, Maureen Governor (Buzzz Cola Jingle);
Dick Dale and the Deltones (King of the Surf Guitar); The Untouchables
(Dancebeat); Jon & the Night-Riders (Fuel Injected; Surf Jam); Johnny
Ray (Cry)
Music Supervisor: Michael Arciaga
Music Recordist: Steve Maslow
Supervising Music Editor: Jeff Carson, LaDa Productions
Music Consultants: Carroll, Schwartz & Groves Inc
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Jan Brodin
Supervising Sound Re-Recording Mixers: Bill Varney
Sound Effects: J's Fine Arts,Roberta Doheny, Kimberly A. Harris, Beth
Bergeron, Anna Bourstin, Lars Nelson
Sound Effects Editor: Greg Landaker
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jim Gillespie
Costume Designer: Carin Berger
SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make Up: Greg Cannom, Jill Rockow
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Jim Doyle
VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Jay Johnson
Titles / Opticals: Modern Film Effects
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Jeff Staggs
Set Decorator: Cyd Smyllie
Set Consultant: Robert Lowy
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Consultant: Laura Alcalde
Creative Consultant: Shelly Tolin
LOCATIONS
Location Managers: Jeff Sudzin
Water Unit Location Manager: Allen Alsobrook
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinators: Bobby Sargent, Conrad Palmisino
Stunts: Bruce Barbour, Dick Hancock, Lila Finn, Debbie Evans, Allan
Graf, John Stewart
CAST
Eric Stoltz (Chuck)
Jeffrey Rogers (Bob)
Corinne Bohrer (Cindy Lou)
Lucinda Dooling (Lindy Sue)
Eddie Deezen (Menlo Schwartzer)
Linda Kerridge (Sparkle)
Lyle Waggoner (Chief Boyardie)
Joshua Cadman (Johnny Big Head)
Pat Romano (Little Big Head)
Lucy Lee Flippin (Mrs Big Head)
Nigel Bauer (hood punk)
Fred Asparagus (fat boy #1)
Jim Greenleaf (fat boy #2)
Frank D. Tolin (chauffeur)
Jerry Anderson (coroner)
Joy Michael (1st Hot Potato)
Britt Hefner (2nd Hot Potato)
Leroy Jones (freshman kid)
John Marzilli, Jim Barwood, Mark Majors (featured punks)
Freddy Skaneskin, Ted the Fish, The Poorman (DJs)
Peter Isacksen (Beaker)
Terry Kiser (Jocko's father)
Morgan Paull (Chuck's dad)
Brandis Kemp (Bob's mother)
Carol Wayne (Mrs O'Finlay)
Ron Palillo
Biff Manard (Bob's father)
Tom Villard (Jacko O'Finlay)
Ralph Seymour
Ruth Buzzi (Chuck's mom)
Cleavon Little (Daddy O)
Shaun Tomson, Willie Morris, Russell Short, Nathan Pratt, J. Riddle,
Mike Perry, Lisa MacClore, Mike Marcellino, Mike Ellis, Paul Lovas,
Skip Engblom, Libby Neal, Jenette Delaney, Terry Hill, David Balmer,
Bob Montgomery, Jamie Fox (surfers)
Larry Gamell Jr, Brinke Stevens (student fans (both uncredited))
Stand-Ins: Janeen Davis, Joe Whittle, Brick Tilley, Pattie Gilbert
PLOT SUMMARY
Bitter nerd Menlo tries to vent his frustrations against the local
surfers by selling them a contaminated batch of soda called Buzz Cola
which turns them into zombies.
AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Citadel Films
Video Distributors: Interglobal Home Video
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Enterprise
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Aquarius Releasing Inc; International Film
Marketing
Video Distributors: Media Home Entertainment
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Canada
Rating: 13+ (Quebec); AA (Ontario)
Finland
Rating: K-12
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1984
January
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release
October
19: Finland - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Locura de playa - Spanish title
Surf 2 - rantojen svengijengi - Finnish title
Surf II: The End of the Trilogy
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.51 no.610 (November 1984)
p.345 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by Kim Newman) - read
the review in the Kim Newman Archive
KEYWORDS
beaches, beach parties, dancing, mutants, the ocean, police, revenge,
the sea, sex, surfers, surfing, voyeurism, voyeurs, zombies
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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