Additional information for Soul Surfer, which has a domestic theatrical release set for April 8, 2011. The film is being distributed by TriStar Pictures and has not yet been rated. Soul Surfer has a total running time of 106 minutes.
PG
USA
U
Malaysia
PG
Australia
12A
Ireland
All
South Korea
PG
Singapore
PG
New Zealand
PG
UK
Atp
Argentina
6
Germany
11
Sweden
G
Japan
A
Mexico
106min
Soul Surfer
Japan
Soul Surfer
Spain
Soul Surfer - Coragem de Viver
Brazil
Soul Surfer - Coragem de Viver
Portugal
Η Νικήτρια
Greece
Életem a szörf
Hungary
Bangu medziotoja
Lithuania
Dalgalara Karsi
Turkey
Desafío sobre olas
Argentina
I nikitria
Greece
April 08, 2011
Canada
April 08, 2011
USA
May 26, 2011
Australia
June 09, 2011
New Zealand
September 15, 2011
Brazil
September 16, 2011
Lithuania
September 23, 2011
Ireland
September 23, 2011
UK
October 26, 2011
Malta
October 28, 2011
Mexico
December 06, 2011
Argentina
January 12, 2012
Germany
January 20, 2012
Sweden
April 01, 2012
Hungary
April 20, 2012
Spain
June 09, 2012
Japan
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A teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack.
In 2003, teenager Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb) lives in Kauai, Hawaii with her parents Tom (Dennis Quaid) and Cheri (Helen Hunt), and two brothers, Noah (Ross Thomas) and Timmy (Chris Brochu). All are surfers, but she and her best friend Alana Blanchard (Lorraine Nicholson) have grown up with a passion for the sport and enter a competition. Her church youth ministry leader, Sarah Hill (Carrie Underwood), is disappointed when she has to withdraw from a planned missions trip because of the contest.Bethany and Alana place first and third, respectively, while the second place winner, Malina Birch (Sonya Balmores), proves to be resentful. Bethany invites both girls up on the winner's box with her, but Malina ungraciously refuses. The Rip Curl surfwear company offers to sponsor her and Alana in competition.The night before Halloween, Alana and Bethany sneak off with some friends to go surfing. Later while Tom goes to the hospital for knee surgery, both girls go surfing with Alana's father Holt (Kevin Sorbo) and brother Byron (Jeremy Sumpter). As Bethany dangles her left arm in the water, a tiger shark appears out of nowhere and sinks its teeth into it, biting it off near the shoulder. Holt gets Bethany out of the water and puts a tourniquet on her while Byron calls 911. An ambulance meets them on the way to the hospital. Just before starting Tom's knee surgery, Dr. David Rovinsky (Craig T. Nelson) is called to the emergency room to treat Bethany. Besides losing her left arm, Bethany also lost 60% of her blood and David calls her survival a miracle.Bethany's injury prevents her participating in the Rip Curl photo shoots, but she wishes Alana well. Inside Edition, a television program, offers to provide a prosthetic arm that is cosmetically perfect and has bendable joints, in exchange for an interview. Bethany angrily rejects it when she learns it will not help her surf as it is not weight bearing, due to the size of the stump of her arm. The onslaught of paparazzi also proves to be a great strain on her family and their privacy. The Hamiltons are grateful to Holt for his quick thinking and decisive action that saved her life.Bethany perseveres and, after a recuperation period, gets back in the water and learns to surf with one arm, eventually re-entering the competition. She tells her rival Malina not to take it easy on her, and rejects a five-minute head start offered by the judges. She does not perform well because she cannot stay on the board long enough to go out and catch a competitive wave and Malina wins. Disheartened, she decides to give up competitive surfing.
Bethany sees the effects of the 2004 tsunami on television, which places her own problems in perspective. She decides to surprise Sarah by joining the youth group on another mission trip to help the devastated people of Phuket, Thailand. They are understandably afraid of the water, including a little boy. Bethany decides to go into it with a surfboard, hoping this will coax him into it. It works, and the realization that she can use her gift to inspire people motivates her to take up surfing again.Tom rigs a handle on her surfboard which she can use to prevent falling off while paddling out to the waves, which is not prohibited by the competition's rules. He also voices the belief that she possesses a great surfer's instinct for sensing when the best waves will form. She enters the national championship, thanks Malina for treating her as a serious competitor, and performs respectably, though she is still chasing third place. Suddenly, with only minutes left on the clock, the waves die down and all the surfers can only loiter, waiting for the waves to start back up. Tom's belief in his daughter's instinct is proven when she is the only one to sense a big wave forming, and she alone paddles out. When it forms, the others cannot get out in time and she catches it just as the horn sounds. If it is in time, she will win, but the judges rule that the time has expired. Malina is the winner, but she has finally gotten over her differences with her, inviting her up on the platform to share first place.Subsequently, Bethany lets the reporters interview her. One asks her what she would do if given the chance to undo the loss of her arm. She says that she would still lose it because she can embrace more people now than she ever could with both. The film ends with real video of Bethany surfing after the attack. Also showing video of interviews and special appearances that she has made.
Sean McNamara
Director(s)
Sean McNamara
Deborah Schwartz
Douglas Schwartz
Michael Berk
Sean McNamara
Deborah Schwartz
Douglas Schwartz
Michael Berk
Matt Allen
Caleb Wilson
Brad Gann
Bethany Hamilton
Sheryl Berk
Rick Bundschuh
Writer(s)
Ronald Bass
co-producer
David Brookwell
producer
Rob Deege
associate producer
Ricardo S. Galindez
co-executive producer
Becky Hamilton
co-producer
Noah Hamilton
co-producer
Dutch Hofstetter
producer
Tiffany Hofstetter
associate producer
Dominic Ianno
executive producer
Joey Paul Jensen
co-producer
Laurie Koris
associate producer
Christina Lambert
co-producer
Sean McNamara
producer
Corey Schwartz
co-producer
Douglas Schwartz
producer
Susie Singer Carter
co-producer
Jennifer Smolka
co-producer
David Tice
executive producer
Roy Tjioe
co-executive producer
Shelley Trotter
co-producer
Bess Wiley
producer
David Zelon
producer
Producer(s)
Marco Beltrami
Composer(s)
Bethany Hamilton
AnnaSophia Robb
Cheri Hamilton
Helen Hunt
Tom Hamilton
Dennis Quaid
Alana Blanchard
Lorraine Nicholson
Holt Blanchard
Kevin Sorbo
Sarah Hill
Carrie Underwood
Noah Hamilton
Ross Thomas
Timmy Hamilton
Chris Brochu
Malina Birch (as Sonya Balmores Chung)
Sonya Balmores
Byron
Jeremy Sumpter
Dr. David Rovinksy
Craig T. Nelson
Ben Aipa
Branscombe Richmond
Keoki
Cody Gomes
Titus
Titus Kinimaka
Fuel T.V. reporter #2
John Philbin
Girl at Foodland
Tahini Bartolome
Mother at Foodland
Bridget Tully
Rosemary
Tiffany Hofstetter
Vicky / Front Yard News Reporter
Kelly Crean
Turtle Bay Open Announcer
Dylan Slater
Rip Curl Executive (as Sean Patrick McNamara)
Sean McNamara
Transworld Surf Reporter #1
Yasmin Dar
National Surf Bethany Fan #1
Christie Brooke
Surfer Girl #1
Cayla Moore
Surfer Girl #2
Moon Otteman
Contest Official
David Tice
Calvin
Wesley Mann
Todd
Patrick Richwood
Nurse
Kimberly-Rose Wolter
Boom
Kaleo Relator
Ukulele Girl #1
Irie Driscoll
Media Gnat Lani Lane
Faith Fay
Paramedic #1
David Chokachi
Nationals Lead Surf Announcer
David Stanfield
Nationals Surf Announcer #2
Beau Hodge
Brandon
Dutch Hofstetter
Photoshoot Photograher
Michael Coots
H.I. Regionals Surf Announcer #1
Kaipo Guerrero
H.I. Regionals Surf Announcer #2
Rocky Canon
ESPN Reporter
Mark Kubr
Director(s)
Deborah Schwartz
Douglas Schwartz
Michael Berk
Sean McNamara
Deborah Schwartz
Douglas Schwartz
Michael Berk
Matt Allen
Caleb Wilson
Brad Gann
Bethany Hamilton
Sheryl Berk
Rick Bundschuh
Writer(s)
co-producer
David Brookwell
producer
Rob Deege
associate producer
Ricardo S. Galindez
co-executive producer
Becky Hamilton
co-producer
Noah Hamilton
co-producer
Dutch Hofstetter
producer
Tiffany Hofstetter
associate producer
Dominic Ianno
executive producer
Joey Paul Jensen
co-producer
Laurie Koris
associate producer
Christina Lambert
co-producer
Sean McNamara
producer
Corey Schwartz
co-producer
Douglas Schwartz
producer
Susie Singer Carter
co-producer
Jennifer Smolka
co-producer
David Tice
executive producer
Roy Tjioe
co-executive producer
Shelley Trotter
co-producer
Bess Wiley
producer
David Zelon
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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