''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

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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 {{surfing-stub

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