Point Break

Point Break (1991)

Timing: 2:2 (122 min)

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Video 6

Photo 148

Actors and characters

Release date

1991-07-12

Country

Japan, United States

Production

20th Century Fox, LARGO Entertainment, JVC, Levy/Abrams/Guerin Productions

Genre

Action, Thriller, Crime

Budget

$24 000 000

Revenue

$83 531 958

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Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Actors

Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Lori Petty, Gary Busey, John C. McGinley, James Le Gros, John Philbin, BoJesse Christopher, Lee Tergesen, Chris Pedersen
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Joseph Newton Cohen, James Cameron

Operator

Donald Peterman

Composer

Mark Isham

Artist

Audition

Richard Pagano, Sharon Bialy

Editing

Bert Lovitt, Howard E. Smith
All team (78)

• Matthew Broderick could have played the role of Johnny Utah.
• The masks used by the robbers are caricatures of former US presidents.
• The license plate number of Utah's pickup truck at the end of the film is 549 956 EUE.
• During the capture of the drug dealers, a poster for the Metallica single 'One' can be noticed on one of the walls.
• 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, existing restaurant in Los Angeles. It is also a reference to the film "Road House" (1989), where Patrick Swayze played the main role.
• Elizabeth Berkley played a small role in the film, but the scene with her participation was cut.
• In the beach conversation scene between Bowden (Patrick Swayze) and Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), Bowden says that Utah's board reminds him of an old 1957 Chevrolet. In the film "Dirty Dancing" (1987), Swayze's character drove exactly such a car.
• The word "fuck" is uttered 105 times during the course of the film.
• The film was originally supposed to be called "Riders On The Storm".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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!”
• Number of corpses: 12.
• The masks worn by the robbers are caricatures of former US presidents.
• During the capture of the drug dealers, a poster for the Metallica single “One” can be seen on one of the walls.
• 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.
• Elizabeth Berkley played a small role in the film, but her scene was cut.
• 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).