Gillogly, will be screened at the sunscreen film festival at 3 p. The narration and storytelling against the backdrop of surfing was a true. Is the story of the film the prestige real answers. She had so much fun with malibu surfing locals who sported handles likes kahuna, moondoggie and tubesteak that she. The real gidget story from brian gillogly on vimeo narrated by jorja fox csi and produced by brian l. The real gidget story, a documentary written, directed and produced by brian l.
In her pacific palisades home, not far from where she learned tosurf, the real gidget grows nostalgic. The untold story of kathy kohner zuckerman, the real gidget, and how her account of surfing malibu in the mid1950s became the basis for a. The real gidget story, a onehour documentary, will screen at approximately 5pm on march 10, as the closing entry of the 20 san francisco international ocean film festival. The real gidget story had its north american premier at the 2010 newport beach film festival on april 28th before an enthusiastic, standingroomonly audience. I often wandered to the pier at malibuand watched the boys surfing there. Real gidget story tells the story behind the world famous book and film franchise that brought surfing to the masses. Kathy kohner zuckerman born january 19, 1941 is the reallife inspiration for the fictional character of franzie nicknamed gidget from the 1957 novel, gidget. Gidget is an incredibly annoying main character who wants to do nothing but surf but throughout the entire film only surfs about 3 times and even though she is annoying its no excuse for how horrible all of the surfers are to her, the surfers do nothing but verbally. The real gidget story tells the story behind the world famous book and film franchise that brought surfing to the masses. The real gidget story pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released accidental icon.
The little known story of the woman who inspired the beloved tv and movie character gidget. Not for nothing did filmmaker brian gillogly choose the title accidental icon for his documentary about the life of kathy kohner zuckerman. As i sat in my back yard this morning, sipping my tea and trying to clear my brain to get ready for the next two events the gidget film accidental icon. The real gidget story pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more. The real gidget story on dvd 7607523796 from music video distributors. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in malibu. The real gidget story photos view all photos 1 movie info. An interview with surfer kathy kohner zuckerman, the real gidget. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing accidental icon.
Gillogly and robert masters, accidental icon explores the largely untold story of the real gidget, kathy kohner zuckerman. Gidget is a 1959 columbia pictures cinemascope feature film. With interviews from sally field, gidget film and television directors and actors, world renown surfers, the original surfers of malibu and the kahuna himself, accidental icon, the real gidget. But here you get to meet the real gidget, star of a documentary movie by brian gillogly called accidental icon. The real gidget story 2010 the life and work of surfer kathy kohner zuckerman. As a woman of color i grew up watching all the beach movies and became a junior lifeguard for the ymca. The real gidget story, which screened at the newport beach film festival 2010 young female surfers have been nicknamed gidget for almost 50 years and yet the true story of kathy kohner zuckerman, the real gidget, and how her account of surfing malibu in the mid1950s became the basis for a bestselling novel and spurred a national cultural. The name gidget is a portmanteau of girl and midget. The real gidget kathy zuckerman will be in ocean city, nj showing the film documentary accidental icon at the ocean city library, fri. The little girl with big ideas, written by her father frederick kohner. Staring mike doyle, gregory harrison, james darren and don stroud. If you recognize the 1959 movie gidget or the television series, she was the. The real gidget was fairly amused by the film, writing in her dairy, saw gidget today, it was funny. Kcet takes the air waves with special presentation of accidental icon.
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