Point Break
Short description
Point Break follows a young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, who is assigned to a series of bank robberies in Los Angeles. The thieves wear masks of former U.S. presidents, strike quickly and disappear, leaving investigators with little to work with. Convinced the robbers move in surfing circles, Utah goes undercover among local surfers to find them. He grows close to Tyler, a surfer he meets on the beach, and to Bodhi, a charismatic figure who leads a group of friends drawn to extreme experiences. The deeper Utah goes, the more the line between his assignment and his new life blurs.
Kathryn Bigelow directed the film, which was written by W. Peter Iliff and produced by Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy and Joseph Newton Cohen. It arrived in 1991 between Bigelow's Blue Steel (1990) and Strange Days (1995). Keanu Reeves plays Utah, Patrick Swayze plays Bodhi, and Lori Petty plays Tyler; Gary Busey, John C. McGinley and James Le Gros also appear. It was released in July 1991 and runs 122 minutes.
Made for about 24 million dollars, it took in roughly 84 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.3 out of 10 from around 224,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.2 from over 4,000, while a critics' rating stands at 6.5 from 82 reviews, close to the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- During the capture of the drug dealers, a poster for the Metallica single “One” can be seen on one of the walls.
- A point break is a surfing condition created by a protruding landform—a point or a breakwater. The wave rolling in from the open ocean breaks against this protrusion. The newly formed waves are characterized by stable frequency and power. Additionally, a calm zone is created, which surfers use to paddle to the area where the large waves begin.
- Two scenes were cut from the film: Bodhi and Utah in a truck. Utah shoots out of the left window. “It’s gonna be a good day, Johnny,” Bodhi shouts. Utah with a surfboard meets Harpo in his office. Harpo yells in rage: “You’re not here to shoot chicks!” to which Utah replies: “The correct term is ‘babes,’ sir!”
- Matthew Broderick could have played the role of Johnny Utah.
- The film was originally supposed to be called "Riders On The Storm".
- In the film, Swayze's character is named Bodhi, which is a shortened form of Bodhisattva. A Bodhisattva, according to Buddhist mythology, is one who strives for spiritual enlightenment.
- In the scene of a conversation on the beach between Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) and Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), Bodhi says that Utah's board reminds him of an old 1957 Chevrolet. Swayze's character drove exactly that car in the film "Dirty Dancing" (1987).
- The word "fuck" is uttered 105 times during the course of the film.
- Number of corpses: 12.
- The license plate number of Utah's pickup truck at the end of the film is 549 956 EUE.
- When Johnny tells Angelo about Bowden’s movements around the city, he says that the latter stopped for lunch at the restaurant “Patrick’s Roadhouse.” This is a real restaurant in Los Angeles. It is also a reference to the film “Road House” (1989), in which Patrick Swayze played the main role.
- To acquire all the skills necessary for the role, Keanu Reeves was assigned to a real FBI agent. He also took surfing lessons and trained with a football team.
- Elizabeth Berkley played a small role in the film, but her scene was cut.
- The masks worn by the robbers are caricatures of former US presidents.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
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