With sandra dee, james darren, cliff robertson, arthur oconnell. You see where this is going, not only am i not a practitioner, im not even a surfing fan. 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 secret life of pets 2 is a 1hr 26min animation, adventure, comedy film and it is rated ge for general. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Sally field stars as gidget with don porter as father russell lawrence. Explore the worlds largest surferrelated flick catalog. Apr 12, 2010 trailer for the documentary accidental icon. The real gidget story en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine. The name gidget is a portmanteau of girl and midget. Though they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf. Sandra dee stars as everyones favorite teenager, gidget. Alone with kahuna, gidget tries to make kahuna take her virginity.
Sequels followed, as well as movies, two television series one of which helped launch the career of sally field, a meteoric rise in the popularity. Accidental icon the real gidget story official trailer. The real gidget story pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released accidental icon. The real gidget story is an intriguing look at a moment in time, at a cultural movement in the making, and at the real person behind an american legend. While hitting the beach during summer vacation she falls for two surfers played by cliff robertson and james darren at the same time. If you like about surf girl, you would want to see what her real version of the story. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Gillogly and robert masters, accidental icon explores the largely untold story of the real gidget, kathy kohner zuckerman. It stars sandra dee, cliff robertson, and james darren in a story about a teenagers initiation into the california surf culture and her romance with a young surfer. I often wandered to the pier at malibuand watched the boys surfing there. Release dates 3 also known as aka 0 release dates usa april 2010. The new editions forward by kathy kohner zuckerman, who was the real life gidget, puts the story in perspective.
Brian is currently touring with his feature documentary accidental icon. Accidental icon the real gidget story trailer youtube. 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 abuse her and call her a gidget which is a combination of girl and midget which. Read our faqs or reach out to our customer service team. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. 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. This is so cool to see real gidget in real life as who she was the first surf girl as an icon.
I decided i must have my ownboard, so i bought one from. 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 bestselling novel and an enduring hollywood movietv franchise, spurring a national cultural phenomenon and inspiring women. The film directed by paul wendkoswas the first of many screen appearances by the character gidget, created by hollywood writer frederick kohner and based on his own daughter. The real gidget story had its north american premier at the 2010 newport beach film festival on april 28th before an enthusiastic, standingroomonly audience. The real gidget story from brian gillogly on vimeo narrated by jorja fox csi and produced by brian l. In 2010, jacob cohosted the nbc series school pride and executive. See more ideas about pets, secret life of pets and secret life. The real gidget story 2010 toutes les infos sur le film complet accidental icon. Watch the trailer, check the dvd cover, and read the movie summary.
Kathy kohnerzuckerman was born katherine klara kohner in 1941, the daughter of european jewish immigrants franzie and frederick kohner. The series was first broadcast on abc from september 15, 1965 to april 21, 1966. Stories, series, and universes by gidget at storiesonline. Gidget sandra dee feels the first awakenings of being attracted to boys as she and. Gidget is an american sitcom by screen gems about a surfing, boycrazy teenager called gidget and her widowed father russ lawrence, a ucla professor. My father was a screenwriter, and a goodlistener, too. We had not been aware that there was a real gidget. Eventually moondoggie says something that upsets gidget and, as she flees the luau, she runs into kahuna and agrees to take him to a nearby beach house.
The little girl with big ideas, written by her father frederick kohner. This wholesome 50s classic spawned several sequels and a television series. Gidget lies and tells moondoggie that it is kahuna that she wants to make jealous, and they have a romantic evening at the luau. The real gidget story online 2010 film italiano, vedere informazioni sul film completo online, streaming ita, trailer, sottotitoli e audio originale. Were old enough to have enjoyed sally fields on tv as gidget, but not old enough to have experienced the late60s bestselling novel described by. A young girl discovers surfing and love in that order during one transitive summer. The real gidget story, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2010. While the gidget of the novel and the original film are both blondes, the gidget of the television series is a brunette. With layne beachley, james darren, sally field, jorja fox. The real gidget story film streaming ita altadefinizione hd. She had so much fun with malibu surfing locals that she wrote it all down in her diary.
From age to 15, kohner lived in berlin with her parents where the family had moved so that frederick could work with film producer artur brauner. An interview with surfer kathy kohner zuckerman, the real gidget. A trailer for the first episode of gidget and gadget, an allnew animated computer series. And, if youre along for the whole ride through gidgets movie and tv career, the third film in rome features some overthetop comedy from that era thats fun to watch.
If you like about surf girl, you would want to see what her real version of. Aug 15, 2011 a trailer for the first episode of gidget and gadget, an allnew animated computer series. Welcome to the most comprehensive list of surf movies. Gidget uses now discredited exercises to fill out her bustline more academic athlete. Shot in sunny california during the camelot years of the american dream, this movie is a charming reprieve from the plethora of hardedged, foul mouthed, cynical garbage that passes for entertainment today. Kathy kohner zuckerman born january 19, 1941 is the real life inspiration for the fictional character of franzie nicknamed gidget from the 1957 novel, gidget. As a woman of color i grew up watching all the beach movies and became a junior lifeguard for the ymca.
Apr 28, 2010 video archive for the film accidental icon. The real gidget story, acting as a documentary production consultant, and working on a number of literary projects, including a compilation, surfing after the revolution, and a humorousphilosophical tome, bitchen. The new editions forward by kathy kohner zuckerman, who was the reallife gidget, puts the story in perspective. The real gidget story by sally field, gregory harrison, layne beachly, cliff robertson jorja fox. 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 bestselling novel and an enduring hollywood movietv franchise, spurring a national cultural phenomenon and inspiring women around the world to try a maledominated sport. Dee plays a young girl named frances lawrence who is initiated into a california surf community. I had grown so fascinated with this culture atmalibu point that one day i told him i wanted to write a. My mom forced me to learn to swim as she was and still is afraid of the water.
This would be uptons sole contribution to the gidget canon. Always knew there was a real gidget, just never knew who. The real gidget story 2010 the life and work of surfer kathy kohner zuckerman. The first gidget film starring sandra dee was by far the best of the lot. Gidget article about gidget by the free dictionary. In turn, i taught my son now a naval officer to swim. Cliff robertson, gregory harrison, james darren, jorja fox, layne beachley, sally field. 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 phenomenon has never been explored until now. Gidget is a 1959 teen comedy movie directed by paul wendkos, starring sandra dee, james darren, and cliff robertson. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. First love premier members only the story of coming of age of three teenagers. Jun 07, 2017 this is so cool to see real gidget in real life as who she was the first surf girl as an icon. What made all of this more engaging was a documentary.
In her hands is a diary from1956, when the only thing that mattered was the size of thewaves. The untold story of kathy kohner zuckerman, the real gidget, and how her account of surfing malibu in the mid1950s. The real gidget story guarda film con sottotitoli in italiano gratuitamente. Kathy kohner was a petite less than 5 feet tall perky jewish girl who became obsessed with surfing back in the days before the beach boys started singing about it, before most of america had even heard of the sport. 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. Gidget is a 1959 columbia pictures cinemascope feature film. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach in malibu. Starring the voice talents of kevin hart snowball, patton oswalt max, harrison ford rooster, eric stonestreet duke, jenny slate gidget and tiffany haddish daisy amongst others, it is a load of laughs as the pets get into a lot of trouble right under the nose of their owners. The real gidget story pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more. In her pacific palisades home, not far from where she learned tosurf, the real gidget grows nostalgic. The real gidget story tells the story behind the world famous book and film franchise that brought surfing to the masses. Gidget proves to be a great surfer and she was noted to. The sun drenched beach is the setting for gidget, a comedy about a teen aged girl and her youthful companions.