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...Ward must have figured he could get away with very little plot. Whole scenes are devoted to "local color"--people staring off into the sea, or making idle chitchat. Early on, Doc discourses for a full six minutes about the habits of some octupi he has found in the surf. They look lovely with their frothy tendrils waving delicately in Doc's fish tank, but they don't do much to advance the plot. Then again, the most poignant moment in the whole film takes place when Doc returns to his laboratory to find his equipment smashed after a drunken...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Cinematic Continental Drift | 2/17/1982 | See Source »

...feel sorry for some guys. Harvard deals out some of its best hands the last couple of weeks--reading period, exams, snow, ice, freezing weather--and what does the Harvard men's tennis team do? Head to California for sun, surf, girls, good vibrations, and all that jazz. Not to mention an extremely impressive showing in last week's ITCA National Team Championships...

Author: By John Rippey, | Title: Tennis Team Takes Ninth In National Tournament | 2/11/1982 | See Source »

Exactly what you'd expect, this album conjures up pictures of Santa hanging ten on the Malibu surf while the elves cruise around 83-degree Orange County in a four-on-the-floor convertible 'Vette. The jacket notes enthuse that "here for the first time you'll hear the Beach Boys accompanied by a sonorous 40-piece orchestra." All that noise and five-part harmony seem somehow ill-suited, however, to "Frosty the Snowman," which after all, is just an ode to frozen water...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Top of the Charts: Wayne, Alvin and the Beach Boys | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...warm evening, as the soft Caribbean breeze stirs the hibiscus blossoms and the peal of the surf can be heard

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Florida: Trouble in Paradise | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...Others pool their money to buy a makeshift boat and then hire a local fisherman, who may know little about navigation, to bring them to America. The trip can easily end in tragedy, as happened when a rickety 30-ft. sailboat carrying 63 Haitians was swamped in the Florida surf last month, claiming the lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Florida: Trouble in Paradise | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

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