Gidget Goes Hawaiian
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Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story: Directed by Brian Gillogly. With Layne Beachley, James Darren, Sally Field, Jorja Fox. Young female surfers have been nicknamed 'Gidget' for almost 50 years and yet the true story of Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, the real 'Gidget,' and how her account of surfing Malibu in the mid-1950s became the basis for a ...
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- Brian Gillogly
- 2010-04
Sep 27, 2011 · Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story tells the story behind the world famous book and film franchise that brought surfing to the masses. In the summer of '56, Los Angeles teenager Kathy Kohner discovered Malibu, boys and surfing.
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Mar 23, 2013 · A half century since her debut at the `bu, “Gidget” is now celebrated as a slice of Americana—the spunky young girl who came of age amongst the waves at Malibu’s Surfrider Beach. A 60-minute documentary.
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- BRIAN GILLOGLY
Aug 31, 2014 · In the summer of 1956, a Los Angeles teenager named Kathy Kohner became enchanted with boys, surfing, and Malibu beaches. None of this might sound particularly newsworthy, though it became...
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The little known story of the woman who inspired the beloved TV and movie character Gidget.
Oct 16, 2011 · Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story tells Gidget’s tale, as a mini-biography of Kathy Kohner, as a behind-the-scenes look at the rise and endurance of a cultural icon, and as a love...
The brand new, major re-cut of Brian L. Gillogly’s documentary ACCIDENTAL ICON: THE REAL GIDGET STORY had its North American Premier at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival on April 28th before an enthusiastic, standing-room-only audience.
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- The Surf Institute
