{"id":575,"date":"2021-10-30T12:59:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T12:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2021-10-30T13:02:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T13:02:45","slug":"chasing-mavericks-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/?p=575","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Mavericks (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chasing Mavericks<\/strong> is a 2012 American biographical drama film about the life of American surfer Jay Moriarity<\/strong> (portrayed by Jonny Weston<\/strong>). The film is directed by Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted<\/strong>, and co-stars Gerard Butler<\/strong>, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, and Leven Rambin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Filming took place in October 2011<\/strong>. While Hanson began production, Apted was brought in to finish the final 15 days of shooting and post due to Hanson’s failing health<\/strong>. It was the final film directed by Hanson before his death <\/strong>in 2016<\/strong>, and the second-last film directed by Apted before his death in 2021. Chasing Mavericks<\/strong> was released in the United States<\/strong> on October 26, 2012<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jay Moriarity and his trainer Frosty Hesson.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 1987<\/strong>, an 8-year-old boy<\/strong> in Santa Cruz, California named Jay Moriarity<\/strong> is saved from drowning by his next door neighbor, surfer Frosty Hesson <\/strong>(Gerard Butler). This ignites his passion for the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/strong>Gerard Butler and Jonny Weston playing Frosty Hesson and Jay Moriarity.<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One morning, Jay (Jonny Weston), now 15, sees Frosty <\/strong>leaving early and hitches a ride on his van. He sees Frosty <\/strong>and three of his friends riding a gigantic swell known as Mavericks <\/strong>which, with El Ni\u00f1o <\/strong>coming in, will be at its height in three months’ time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reluctantly, Frosty agrees <\/strong>to teach Jay how to surf Mavericks<\/strong>, but insists that he learn about the “foundation pillars of surfing”<\/strong>. This involves learning to paddle board 36 miles across Monterey Bay<\/strong> (from Santa Cruz to Monterey), treading water<\/strong> for 40 minutes<\/strong> and being able to hold his breath<\/strong> for four minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chasing Mavericks is a 2012 American biographical drama film about the life of American surfer Jay Moriarity (portrayed by Jonny Weston). The film is directed by Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted, and co-stars Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, and Leven Rambin. Filming took place in October 2011. While Hanson began production, Apted was brought… Continue reading Chasing Mavericks (2012)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mermaidthea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}