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Surf Cult Classic "Point Break" Returns To Theater

Surfer·Jake Howard·about 2 months ago
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"No way Bells is bigger than Waimea, bro." The number of quotable lines from "Point Break" is endless. And while Hollywood and surfing have had a tepid relationship over the years, when the eventual cult classic danced across the silver screen in 1991, it was different. It was not, in the words of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, who played a drug-dealing, beach-fight-starting punk named Tone, "a waste of time." With square-jawed Patrick Swayze playing protagonist Bodhi, and Keanu Reeves bouncing back from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" in the role of laced-up FBI agent Johnny Utah, the film was set on the beach of Los Angeles ("Latigo ... nice pointbreak.") and details the exploits of the "Ex-Presidents," a gang of bank-robbing surfers that us their stolen funds to fuel their search for surf.…

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