Surfing movies are often about overcoming an obstacle or a tragedy, set to beautiful scenescapes and some inspired sporting scenes. Ben Nott and Morgan O.Neill.s recent movie, Drift, is a little different in the surfing movie canon. It.s not about winning a competition or overcoming the death of a friend, although both of those themes do pop up. Instead, it.s about building a business in the changing surfing world in the early seventies, all with the help of a few friends. Lionsgate Home Entertainment has graciously extended us an exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus clip from Drift, which takes a look at Lesley-Ann Brandt.s character, Lani, and her role as a friend, fellow surfer, and business dreamer in the film. Drift is about the Andy and Jimmy Kelly (Myles Pollard and Xavier Samuel), two brothers who live along the coast in Australia and who have put together...
- 9/13/2013
- cinemablend.com
Drift
Directed by Morgan O’Neill and Ben Nott
Written by Morgan O’Neill
Australia, 2013
Watching Drift is akin to feeling like Milhouse van Houten. He howled, in that long-ago Simpsons episode on the school bus, “When are we getting to the fireworks factory?”Drift, a period piece about the surging popularity of surfing in Western Australia, spends far too much time withholding surfing footage, presuming that what audiences would rather watch is discussions about surfing instead. Once the characters stop talking about the business of surfing, or the equipment related to surfing, or the feeling that one gets while riding a particularly radical wave, and they get on their boards and start riding said waves, Drift comes alive.
Drift, which was “inspired by actual events,”–a phrase that’s dubious enough to make one wonder exactly how much of what transpires on screen did happen, as opposed to being...
Directed by Morgan O’Neill and Ben Nott
Written by Morgan O’Neill
Australia, 2013
Watching Drift is akin to feeling like Milhouse van Houten. He howled, in that long-ago Simpsons episode on the school bus, “When are we getting to the fireworks factory?”Drift, a period piece about the surging popularity of surfing in Western Australia, spends far too much time withholding surfing footage, presuming that what audiences would rather watch is discussions about surfing instead. Once the characters stop talking about the business of surfing, or the equipment related to surfing, or the feeling that one gets while riding a particularly radical wave, and they get on their boards and start riding said waves, Drift comes alive.
Drift, which was “inspired by actual events,”–a phrase that’s dubious enough to make one wonder exactly how much of what transpires on screen did happen, as opposed to being...
- 8/2/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Arrriving On Demand today, Morgan O'Neill and Ben Nott's Drift brings to the screen a story inspired by the early years of the modern surfing scene in 1970's Australia. Myles Pollard and Xavier Samuel star as Andy and Jimmy Kelly, two brothers who risk it all to follow their dreams of manufacturing and selling custom-made surf boards and homemade wetsuits, all the while following their passion to catch the perfect wave. Sam Worthington ( Avatar ), who stars as surf filmmaker Jb, joined Pollard and Samuel for a conversation with ComingSoon.net about the importance of the tale, how much it borrows from actual events and the relation between the pursuit of dreams and how it translates to filmmaking. Also starring Lesley-Ann Brandt, Robyn Malcolm, Steve Bastoni and Aaron...
- 7/2/2013
- Comingsoon.net
It's high time for something new from Xavier Samuel (Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), and voila! A trailer for his new surfer drama Drift, co-starring Sam Worthington, has now been unveiled. The story is set in the 1970s and revolves around two brothers who help launch the "modern surf industry" together, and Samuel leads as Jimmy Kelly, a shaggy-haired hottie who tackles the big waves. The full synopsis is as follows: Australia, 1970s. The Kelly brothers, Andy and Jimmy, have one great passion: riding b ...
- 12/19/2012
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
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