Big Wednesday
Narrated by Robert Englund, the film explores the purportedly strained relationship between Hollywood film makers and the surfing community. After an irreverent and wild main title sequence (including the first printed and filmed images of surfing), "Hollywood Don't Surf!" examines the legendary film "Gidget" and the subsequent surf exploitation genre that followed, centering on the ambitious John Milius written and directed 1978 Warner Bros. film "Big Wednesday", a commercial disappointment at the time, and the smattering of surf films that followed as "Big Wednesday" enjoyed a subsequent rebirth as a cult film on home video.