''Bustin' Down The Door'' is a 2008

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

chronicling the rise of professional

surfing 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 suita ...

in the early 1970s. The film follows a group of young surfers from

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and

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, including

Shaun Tomson Shaun Tomson (born 21 August 1955) is a South African and American professional surfer and former world champion, environmentalist, actor, author, and businessman. He has been listed among the top 10 surfers of the century, and was the 1977 W ...

, Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew,

Ian Cairns Ian Cairns (born 24 July 1952 in Kew, Victoria) is a former champion surfer who was also influential in establishing the world professional surfing circuit and particularly the World championship tour (WCT) surfing, World Championship Tour. He ...

, Mark Richards, Michael Tomson and Peter Townend, as they relocate to

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encountering obstacles, turf wars and massive wipeouts along the way. Clashes with the locals, some of whom find the newcomers' bravado to be insulting to

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, eventually culminate in death threats against the subjects of the film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack includes music by

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and Them Terribles. The Original Score was composed by Stuart Michael Thomas

Reviews

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gave the movie a positive review saying, the picture "is certain to rank alongside ''

Step Into Liquid ''Step into Liquid'' (2003) is a documentary about surfing directed by Dana Brown, son of famed surfer and filmmaker Bruce Brown. The film includes surfing footage from the famous Pipeline, the beaches of Vietnam, and some of the world's largest ...

'', ''

Riding Giants ''Riding Giants'' is a 2004 documentary film produced by Agi Orsi and directed and narrated by Stacy Peralta, a famous skater/surfer. The movie traces the origins of surfing and specifically focuses on the art of big wave riding. Some of the ...

'' and ''

Five Summer Stories ''Five Summer Stories'' is a 1972 surf film by Jim Freeman and Greg MacGillivray of MacGillivray Freeman Films. The last film of the genre by the duo, it explores the joy of surfing amid the backdrop of 1970s political and environmental problems ...

'' in the primo category of surf movies that rip onscreen and tell a great story". Shannon Kelley Gould of the

Santa Barbara Independent The ''Santa Barbara Independent'' is a news, arts, and alternative newspaper published every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a ...

writes that the picture "Delivered on all sorts of levels. Not just a great surf movie, but a GREAT movie."

Kelly Slater Robert Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972) is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship T ...

called it "A breakout film. ''Bustin' Down the Door'' shows what happens during the most critical period in our sport's history when ego and historical problems clash."

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