Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey), long-boarding, herb-totting, soul-surfer, returns to Malibu for the summer to find his hometown vibe corrupted. New sponsorship demands the surfer expand into Virtual-Reality Video Games and Reality TV. Unwilling to participate in this new digital-reality, Addington chooses to stay earthen and surf majestic ocean waves. But in a twist-of-fate, the waves go fl at and stay flat. Now, out of money, his sponsored expense-accounts canceled, and betrayed by his buddies, Addington must endure the insanity of the wave drought or give into “the Man” and his reality-altering machines. Aided and abetted by his manager (Woody Harrelson), his mentor (Scott Glenn), his guardian-angel (Willie Nelson) and his summer lover (Alexie Gilmore), Addington has a chance of keeping his cool and maintaining his mellow, but it won’t be easy.

CAST AND CREW

Willie Nelson Jeffrey Nordling Scott Glenn Woody Harrelson Matthew McConaughey S.R. Bindler

GENRE

Comedy

CERTIFICATE

Contains strong language and frequent soft drugs use and references

RUN TIME

1 hour 25 minutes

RELEASED

2009