''The Fantastic Plastic Machine'' is a 1969
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
following a group of California
surfers
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable ...
as they journey to an Australian surfing competition. The film is narrated by
Jay North
Jay North (born August 3, 1951) is an American actor. His career as a child actor began in the late 1950s with roles in eight TV series, two variety shows and three feature films. At age 7 he became a household name for his role as the well-mean ...
. It was directed by Eric and Lowell Blum and was filmed in California, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The music soundtrack was composed by Harry Betts, and released as an album on Epic Records.
Cast
(In alphabetical order)
*Steve Bigler
*Alan Byrne
*Midget Farrelly
*Ed Farwell
*Skip Frye
*Margo Godfrey
*George Greenough
*Joey Hamasaki
*Russell Hughes
*Peter Johnson
*Robert Lindkvist
*Bob McTavish
*Ken Morrow
*Mickey Munoz
*Jay North
*Mike Purpus
*Ted Spencer
*John Witzig
*Nat Young
See also
*
List of American films of 1969
This is a list of American films released in 1969.
''Midnight Cowboy'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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A–B
C–G
H–M
N–S
T–Z
Documentaries and shorts
See also
* 1969 in the United States
External links
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The Fantastic Plastic Machine
''The Fantastic Plastic Machine'' is a 1969 documentary film following a group of California surfers as they journey to an Australian surfing competition. The film is narrated by Jay North. It was directed by Eric and Lowell Blum and was filme ...
'' - soundtrack to the film, by
Harry Betts
Harry Betts (September 15 1922 – July 13 2012) was an American jazz trombonist.
Background
Born in New York and raised in Fresno, California, he was active as a jazz trombonist and played with Stan Kenton's orchestra in the 1950s. He can be hea ...
.
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1969 films
Documentary films about surfing
American sports documentary films
1969 documentary films
Crown International Pictures films
American surfing films
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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