Surfwise (2007) - full transcript

The inspiring and tumultuous story of 85-year old surfer, health advocate and sex guru, Dr. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children who were all home-schooled and raised in a small camper on the beach, where they surfed and had to adhere to the strict diet and lifestyle of animals in the wild.

( film projector whirring )

TV narrator:

THE SURF IS UP

AND SO IS

THE PASKOWITZ FAMILY.

AND TODAY,

AS EVERY DAY,

THEY'RE GOING SURFING.

THIS IS THEIR BASE CAMP,

IN THE SHADOW

OF THE NUCLEAR

POWER STATION

JUST SOUTH

OF SAN CLEMENTE.

DORIAN PASKOWITZ

IS A 58-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR.

HE'S A GRADUATE

OF STANFORD MEDICAL SCHOOL

WHO ONE DAY DECIDED

TO GIVE IT ALL UP,

CLOSE HIS PRACTICE

AND SPEND THE REST

OF HIS LIFE

TRAVELING WITH HIS FAMILY

IN A TINY CAMPER

FROM ONE WAVE

TO ANOTHER.

( camper squeaking )

Juliette Paskowitz:

I CAN'T EVEN GO

BACK THERE

BECAUSE I MUST HAVE DONE

A LOT OF IT SLEEPWALKING.

I MUST HAVE

DONE A LOT OF IT

AND BLANKED IT OUT.

FOR 10 YEARS

I WAS EITHER PREGNANT

OR BREASTFEEDING

WITHOUT ONE DAY OFF.

DAVID WAS BORN

IN '59.

I AM WHAT GABRIEL

WAS TO GOD.

Juliette:

JONATHAN WAS BORN

IN '61.

BETA MALE--

BASICALLY LAY BACK,

WATCH THE ALPHA MALE

DO EVERYTHING,

AND THEN WHEN

HE NEEDS YOU MOST

AT THAT ONE MOMENT--

THAT'S WHEN

YOU KICK HIS ASS

AND BASICALLY TAKE

THE PRINCE'S CROWN

AND MOVE FORWARD.

Juliette:

ABRAHAM-- '62.

I WAS

THE LITTLE LOVER.

I WAS THE SOFT ONE.

Juliette:

IZZY-- IN '63.

( board squeaks )

SEE?

WE ARE SAVAGES.

Juliette:

MOSES WAS BORN

IN '64...

...IN KAPIOLANI HOSPITAL

BY DR. NISHIJIMA

AT 2:38 p.m.

ON SEPTEMBER 26th,

THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1964.

Juliette:

ADAM-- '66.

MY DAD TRAINED ME

TO BE ONE OF TWO THINGS:

EITHER A SURFER OR--

WELL, THREE--

A BUM OR A ROCK STAR.

Juliette:

SALVADOR-- '67.

I WOULD SAY THAT

MY ROLE WAS PROBABLY,

UM...

OH...

A NERD?

Juliette:

NAVAH-- '69.

I'M NOT A BROTHER.

I DON'T HAVE A DICK.

Juliette:

AND JOSHUA BEN-- IN '74.

I MEAN, WE WERE BORN

'CAUSE DOC WANTED

TO REPOPULATE THE WORLD

WITH JEWS.

( laughs )

THAT'S FUCKING

HARDCORE, MAN.

I KNOW SKINHEAD PEOPLE

LIKE THAT.

THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR

LIVES TOGETHER

WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN

AS A VERY UNUSUAL FAMILY.

WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN

AS DIFFERENT.

AND IT'S THE GREATEST

DISHONOR

AND IT'S THE MOST

UNCOMPLIMENTARY THING

YOU CAN SAY

ABOUT ME,

BECAUSE IN REALITY

WE WERE

THE MOST CONVENTIONAL

OF PEOPLE.

Dorian:

A SEA WAVE IS

LIKE ALL OTHER WAVES--

AN ENERGY

FROM AN ENERGY

SOURCE--

THE STARS,

THE SUN.

IT BREAKS DOWN

AND MAKES THIS HOT

AND THAT COLD,

MAKES THAT POWERFUL

GIANT STAR

OVER THOUSANDS

OF SQUARE MILES.

SO IN A WAY

THAT LITTLE WAVE

HAS IN IT

SOME OF THE WISDOM

OF NATURE,

OF THE UNIVERSE.

AND THEN YOU

CAPTURE IT.

Steve Pezman:

I THINK DORIAN IS

THE ULTIMATE SURFER.

JUST THE ESSENCE

OF THE RIDE

AND THE CAMARADERIE

AND THE CULTURE THAT

SURROUNDS THE WAVE

IS SOMETHING THAT DORIAN

HAS SPENT HIS LIFE ADORING

AND TRYING TO TRANSMIT

TO THE WORLD AROUND HIM,

BOTH SURFERS

AND NON-SURFERS.

BUT HE'S SEEN

AS AN EXTREMIST

AND BY SOME PEOPLE

AS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT

PROBABLY,

AND BY MYSELF

AND A FEW OTHERS

AS PERHAPS

MOST RELEVANT.

THE PASKOWITZ FAMILY

IS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN

FAMILY IN SURFING.

Taylor Knox:

THEIR VISION IS SHARING

THEIR LOVE OF THE OCEAN

AND HOW HEALING IT CAN BE.

Mark Occhilupo:

IT'S A REALLY

GOOD MESSAGE

BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT

HAVING FUN. THEY'RE JUST

SUCH A BIG FAMILY

AND THEY JUST

BRING SO MUCH LOVE

INTO THE SPORT.

WE GET CAUGHT UP BECAUSE

IT'S A LIVING FOR US,

BUT WE'RE STILL

HAVING FUN,

ESPECIALLY

ON OUR OFF DAYS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE

DOING EVERY DAY.

( laughs )

( sportscaster commenting )

...THAT WAVE,

A BEAUTIFUL SOFT TURN,

AND DOWN THE ESCALATOR...

( distant car alarm

blaring )

( car alarm stops )

( chanting in Hebrew )

GOOD MORNING,

MOMMY AND BABY.

GOD BLESS YOU

AND KEEP YOU.

MOMMY AND BABY,

HELP ME BE ALERT

THAT I MAY BE

OF SERVICE.

WELL, MY DEAR FRIENDS,

THAT'S FOR BETTER OR WORSE

WHAT I DO.

MY PRAYERS

MAY NOT BE CORRECT.

I DON'T EVEN HAVE

THE FAINTEST IDEA

WHO GOD IS.

I DON'T THINK

ANYBODY ELSE DOES.

TO ME GOD IS

A SQUARE PEG

IN A SQUARE HOLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT

I WANT TO BE.

MY NAME IS DORIAN

PAS-KO-WITZ.

I'M ONE OF THE FEW

DUMB JEWISH DOCTORS

THAT YOU WILL

EVER MEET.

I'M 84 YEARS OLD

AND I'VE GOT

ALL KINDS OF THINGS

WRONG WITH ME:

I HAVE

A LITTLE EMPHYSEMA

FROM 80 YEARS

OF ASTHMA;

I HAVE ATROPHY

OF THE MUSCLES

OF THE LEG;

I HAVE

PROSTATE TROUBLE,

BLADDER TROUBLE,

OSTEOARTHRITIS

OF THE SPINE,

A COMPLETELY

OSTEOARTHRITIC HIP.

BUT I DON'T TAKE

ANY MEDICINE,

NONE AT ALL.

INSTEAD,

I'M TRYING TO SHIFT

THE THINGS THAT I DO

TO BE EXTRA MODERATE.

IN OTHER WORDS,

I TRY TO BE

AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE,

AND THERE IS THE KEY.

HEALTH IS MORE

THAN A MERE

ABSENCE OF DISEASE.

IT'S THE PRESENCE

OF A SUPERIOR STATE

OF WELL-BEING,

A PIZZAZZ,

A VITALITY.

IT HAS TO BE

WORKED FOR

EACH AND EVERY DAY

OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU CANNOT GET IT

IN A BOTTLE

OR FROM DR. PHIL.

IT'S GOT TO BE GOTTEN

THROUGH DIET AND EXERCISE

AND REST AND RECREATION

AND ATTITUDES IN LINE,

WORKING ALL TOGETHER

EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE.

AND THEN

YOUNG MEN CAN

BECOME SUPERMEN

AND OLD MEN

CAN BECOME OLDER.

ALL I DID AS A CHILD

WAS SURF.

MY FATHER DIDN'T CARE

WHETHER I WENT TO SCHOOL.

I DIDN'T CARE

IF I WENT TO SCHOOL.

MY MOTHER COULDN'T CATCH ME

WHEN I WASN'T GOING

TO SCHOOL.

SO I GRADUATED

HIGH SCHOOL

WITH A "D" AVERAGE.

DORIAN IS CRAZY, OKAY?

I SAY THAT LOVINGLY.

HE'S EXTREME,

VERY EXTREME.

AND YEAH,

HE'S BEEN A REBEL

IN THE FAMILY.

AND THE FAMILY

HAS NOT KNOWN

HOW TO HANDLE HIM.

Sonia Darrin:

HE DEVELOPED

A CERTAIN ATTITUDE,

A CERTAIN PHILOSOPHY.

AND EVERYTHING HE DID

INVOLVED

THAT PHILOSOPHY.

Dorian:

I WAS BORN

ON MARCH 3, 1921,

IN THE LITTLE ISLAND CITY

OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

I MOVED TO SAN DIEGO

WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD,

IN 1934.

THE FIRST TIME

I EVER SURFED

WAS ON A VERY STRANGE

SURFBOARD

UNDER THE TUTELAGE

OF A DEAF-MUTE LIFEGUARD

BY THE NAME

OF LEROY COLOMBO.

Adam:

THIS IS SANO.

WHEN MY DAD

CAME OVER THAT HILL--

30-SOMETHING, 39--

HE FOUND THIS

SLOPPY, MUSHY WAVE

AND IT BECAME

HIS SWAN SONG.

Steve Pezman:

THERE WERE MAYBE

HUNDREDS OF SURFERS

IN THE WORLD AT THAT TIME,

VERSUS HUNDREDS

OF THOUSANDS.

JUST BY BEING

ONE OF THAT GROUP

DORIAN CAST HIMSELF

AS A BOHEMIAN

AND AN ESCAPIST

AND A ROMANTIC OR...

YOU KNOW WHAT DORIAN

LOOKED LIKE

WHEN HE WAS

17, 18, 20?

CHARLES ATLAS.

MY GOD,

HANDSOME,

TANNED MUSCLES,

DOING HANDSTANDS

ON THE BEACH.

HE WAS A LIFEGUARD

THERE.

YOU KNOW, THE GIRLS

WOULD BE DROWNING...

( laughs )

AND BEING RESCUED.

THEY WANTED

TO BE RESCUED BY HIM.

Adrian:

HE WIGGLED HIS WAY

INTO STANFORD,

GOT HIS M.D. THERE

AT AN EARLY AGE.

Dorian: I BECAME

A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER

IN THE TERRITORY

OF HAWAII.

Rabbit Kekai:

THE FIRST TIME HE CAME,

HE OPENED

A SMALL LITTLE PRACTICE

RIGHT IN THE BACK

OF DAIRY QUEEN

AND HE TREATED

ALL THE BEACH GUYS,

YOU KNOW,

FREE OF CHARGE.

DORIAN TOOK

THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH

TO HEART.

Dorian:

I WILL NEVER

ENRICH MYSELF

WITH THE LIVES

OF SICK PEOPLE.

HE WAS JUST ANOTHER

BEACH BOY,

LIKE THE REST OF US.

Rabbit Kekai:

A LOT OF THE GUYS

DOWN THERE,

THEY'RE POOR,

BUT DOC JUST STRUGGLED.

HE STARTS TO SURF

THE BIG WAVES WITH US

EVERY PLACE WE GO.

HE WAS FIRST MARRIED

TO ELIZABETH.

THEY HAD

A LOT OF TROUBLE--

PARENTHESIS--

SEXUALLY.

WE WERE ALL IN A GROUP

OF SURFERS TOGETHER

IN WHICH WE HUNG OUT,

LIKE WALLY AND GEORGY

AND WOODY.

AND THERE WAS

A JAPANESE BOY.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW

HE WAS FUCKING MY WIFE.

AND HE MARRIED

ANOTHER GIRL, HALF-JEWISH.

AND SHE WAS

VERY TRADITIONAL.

SO DORIAN

GOT AN OFFICE

AND GOT A BUILDING...

Rabbit Kekai:

AND HE GOT TO BE

WELL-KNOWN.

AND THAT GUY GOT TO BE

THE PRESIDENT

OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL

ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII.

Adrian:

A WHITE JACKET,

WHITE PANTS,

A NICE TIE--

HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

Moses: DORIAN WAS PART

OF THE BRAIN TRUST OF AMERICA

THAT TRIED TO GET

THE SMARTEST PEOPLE ON EARTH

TO WORK FOR

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

HE WAS A STANFORD DOCTOR,

YOU KNOW, CUM LAUDE.

HE WAS ASKED TO RUN

FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP

OF THE ISLANDS

OF HAWAII.

HE WAS A REAL WINNER.

IT WAS THE LOWEST

POINT OF MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW WHAT

PANIC SPELLS ARE?

THEY'RE THE MOST

GOD-AWFUL THING

IN THE WORLD.

YOU THINK

YOU'RE GONNA DIE

AND YET YOU--

YOU DON'T.

AND YOU HOPE

THAT YOU'LL DIE

SO THAT

YOU'LL BE FREE OF IT,

AND YOU DON'T.

I WAS HORRIFIED

WHEN I LET MY HEAD DOWN

ON A PILLOW AT NIGHT:

"PASKOWITZ,

YOU'RE A FUCKING FRAUD.

ARE YOU GONNA LIVE

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

LIKE THIS?

YOU'RE A FAKE.

ALL THIS SHIT

IS NOTHING.

YOU DON'T EVEN

SURF ANYMORE."

YOU KNOW,

THE THING WAS,

DORIAN WAS NOT

TAKEN SERIOUSLY

BY A LOT OF HIS

CONTEMPORARIES.

DORIAN WAS DIVORCED

FROM MOST

OF THE REALITIES

THAT THEY WORSHIPPED,

WHICH WAS

ACCUMULATING WEALTH

AND STORING ACORNS.

AND DORIAN HAD

A LOT OF TROUBLE

ACTING IN

A CONVENTIONAL MANNER.

Woody Brown:

HE WASN'T INTERESTED

IN BEING A BIGSHOT.

HE WAS INTERESTED

IN DOING THIS THING

AND HELPING US ALL.

Adrian:

SO WHEN DOCTORS SAW

THIS QUALITY

WHERE HE WAS

EMPATHETIC

THEY WERE TELLING HIM,

"YOU'RE IN THE WRONG PLACE.

YOU'RE A BEACH BUM.

GET OUT OF THIS THING."

Dorian:

I HAD LOST

MY SECOND WIFE.

I HAD WATCHED MY TWO

BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRLS

WALK AWAY FROM ME.

AND I SAID TO MYSELF,

"GOD ALMIGHTY,

WHERE AM I?"

SO IN 1956,

AFTER YEARS

OF INSOMNIA,

AFTER YEARS OF

ANXIETY,

I EMBARKED

UPON AN ODYSSEY

TO FIND MY ANSWER

TO WHO I WAS,

WHAT I WANTED TO DO

IN LIFE,

AND SETTING OUT A PLAN

TO DO IT.

SURFING RECREATES YOU.

I HAVE GONE

INTO THE WATER

LITERALLY READY

TO BLOW MY BRAINS OUT

AND COME BACK

OUT OF THE WATER

A WARRIOR.

SO I LET MY MAID GO.

I LET MY APARTMENT GO.

I LET THE GUY

THAT WASHED MY CAR GO.

AND I DECIDED

TO TAKE A TRIP

TO ISRAEL.

THIS IS

DORIAN PASKOWITZ.

WHEN HE CAME

TO ISRAEL,

IT WAS SOMETHING

AROUND '57.

Dorian:

I WENT OUT

INTO THE DESERT

LIKE JESUS OF NAZARETH

OR A LOT OF OTHER

SCREWBALLS

AND LIVED

LIKE AN ANIMAL.

I GOT MY FOOD

OUT OF THE SEA.

FOR ONE GOLDEN YEAR

I WAS HEALTHY.

AND SO...

AND I TRIED TO BECOME

A PARATROOPER

IN THE ARMY

AND THEY LAUGHED ME

OUT OF THE ROOM.

AND I SAID,

"WELL, FUCK 'EM.

I'LL GO GET MY BOARD

AND GO SURFING."

Jonathan:

HE TAKES HIS SURFBOARD,

PADDLES OUT,

CATCHES A COUPLE WAVES.

ALL OF THE LIFEGUARDS

CAME UP TO HIM.

THEY ALL WANTED

TO LEARN HOW TO SURF.

HE TAUGHT THE REAL HEROES

OF THE TEL AVIV

BEACH SCENE HOW TO SURF.

Orian:

TOPSY, DORIAN AND SHAUL.

THE KIDS-- THREE WAVES.

ALL OF THEM HERE--

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND

HOW I STAND

ON THIS PIECE OF WOOD,

YOU KNOW.

AND FROM THIS PLACE

ALL THE SURFERS GROW.

Dorian:

I WAS GETTING BETTER

BECAUSE I WAS

SURFING MORE.

AND THEN I MET

A JEWISH GIRL

NAMED ELLEN

AND WE KIND OF

GOT TOGETHER.

AND SHE TAUGHT ME

TO EAT PUSSY.

AND THAT

CHANGED MY LIFE

A GREAT DEAL.

MY LIFE

AS A HUSBAND

HAD BEEN

VERY POOR.

AND I REALLY FELT

THAT MY LACK

OF KNOWLEDGE OF SEX

WAS THE THING

THAT HAD MADE IT SO.

I DECIDED TO TAKE

A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD

MAKING A STUDY

OF THE PSYCHOSEXUAL

DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN.

HE ACTUALLY FUCKED

25 WOMEN

AND TOOK NOTES.

Dorian:

I THOUGHT I WOULD

TRY TO FUCK

100 WOMEN

CONSECUTIVELY

AND GIVE EVERY GIRL

A TEST.

EVERYONE GETS

A SCORE CALLED

A "MALE DEFICIT SCORE."

DAPHNE THE VIRGIN

WAS AN 85.

ROCHALA POLLACK WAS

A 78 AT MOST.

CARMELLA GOLDBERG

WAS A 90.

AND THAT'S WHEN

I FOUND JULIETTE.

AND THAT WAS

THE END OF MY RESEARCH.

I WAS JUST APPALLED

AT THE HIGH SCORE.

MY NAME IS

JULIETTE PASKOWITZ.

I WAS BORN

IN LONG BEACH,

CALIFORNIA.

MY PARENTS ARE

FROM MEXICO.

THE FIRST TIME

I SET EYES ON DOC

HE WAS THE MOST UNIQUE

PERSON I HAD EVER MET.

I KNEW I COULD NOT

LET HIM GET AWAY.

I WAS GONNA

HOGTIE HIM SOMEHOW.

I WAS 26 YEARS OLD,

SITTING AT A BAR

WITH A FRIEND OF MINE,

A GIRLFRIEND.

DORIAN WALKED

INTO THE BAR.

HE WALKED UP TO OUR TABLE

AND HE STOOD THERE

- AND HE STARTED

ASKING ME THESE QUESTIONS.

- Dorian: FIVE QUESTIONS.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN

HE LOOKS AT ME

AND HE GOES,

"YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU MAY BE THE MOTHER

OF MY SEVEN SONS."

AND I SAID,

"WELL, MY MOM HAD NINE."

( laughs )

AND EVERYTHING DISAPPEARED

IN THAT ROOM

EXCEPT ONE ANOTHER.

WE WERE JUST SO

ENTHRALLED.

WE MOVED INTO

HIS STUDEBAKER--

( laughs )

--OUR FIRST APARTMENT.

HE FIXED IT UP.

HE PUT A BED

IN THE BACK,

A PIECE OF PLYWOOD

ON THE ROOF

AND ALL OUR SUPPLIES,

A SURFBOARD.

AND WE HEADED

FOR MEXICO.

Dorian:

AND I SAID TO MYSELF,

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT

BEING A GREAT DOCTOR

OR A RICH PERSON

OR A CELEBRITY

OR ANYTHING ELSE.

I JUST WANT TO BE

A GOOD HUSBAND

AND A GOOD FATHER,

THUS A GOOD MAN.

Juliette:

ONE EVENING

WE WERE PARKED,

BAHIA SAN CARLOS.

HE SAID TO ME,

"TOMORROW MORNING

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED."

I ACTUALLY

STARTED TO CRY.

I WAS SO HAPPY.

AND BY THEN

I WAS PREGNANT.

( crickets chirping )

( baby crying )

( many babies crying )

Moses:

NINE CHILDREN

LIVING IN A 24-FOOT

CAMPER.

FROM THE AGE OF 23 PRIOR,

I DON'T HAVE ANY RECORDS.

EVERYTHING WAS DESTROYED,

KIND OF, IN THE FRAY.

THESE ARE SOME

OF THE PICTURES

OF THE FAMILY

THAT I'VE SAVED.

MY DAD WAS BEATEN DOWN

SO HARD

BY HIS PREVIOUS LIFE

OF TRYING TO BE

A REAL DOCTOR,

A REAL PERSON,

THAT HE REALLY DECIDED

THAT THE WORLD

OUTSIDE OF

THE CORE FAMILY

WAS BASICALLY

SOMETHING

TO BE VERY VERY

CAREFUL OF,

KIND OF IN AN AMISH

SORT OF WAY.

Moses:

DORIAN RAISED HIS CHILDREN

TO BE LIKE WOLVES.

'CAUSE THEY COULD ADAPT

ANYWHERE YOU PUT 'EM.

I DON'T KNOW

IF A WOLF CAN DO THAT,

BUT I KNOW

THE PASKOWITZ FAMILY COULD.

Abraham:

HE WANTED US

TO BE UNCHAINED

TO A MORTGAGE,

TO A BANK, A CAR PAYMENT,

WHATEVER,

AND JUST

AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE

JUST TO GET IN AND GO,

AND LEAVE,

LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND.

THE NEXT ADVENTURE

IS ON ITS WAY.

David:

WE'D WAKE UP ONE MORNING

AND WE'D BE IN PENSACOLA;

WAKE UP ANOTHER MORNING--

WE'D BE IN CORPUS CHRISTI;

WAKE UP ANOTHER MORNING--

WE'D BE IN SAN ONOFRE.

SOMETIMES WE'D BE

DRIVING NORTH

AND THEN DORIAN

WOULD SAY...

"I DON'T KNOW.

THIS DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT."

HE'D TURN THE CAR AROUND

AND START DRIVING SOUTH.

AND HE'D SAY,

"THERE, THAT'S IT.

WE SHOULD BE GOING SOUTH."

( groans )

( voices overlapping )

SAN FRANCISCO, BAJA,

FLORIDA, VENEZUELA,

NEW MEXICO, ALABAMA,

EL PASO, MAINE,

VIRGINIA, MALIBU,

SOUTH DAKOTA.

Juliette:

WE'D JUST GO-- SPUR OF

THE MOMENT-- GO WHEREVER.

ONE DAY I'M LYING IN BED

AND I HEAR THIS

SQUEAK-KGHH,

SQUEAK-KGHH.

AND I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW

AND HERE COMES

THIS GOD-AWFUL

HUNK OF METAL.

AND THEY COME UP

TO THE DRIVEWAY...

...AND THEN THE DOOR

WOULD FLY OPEN

- AND HERE THEY ALL COME.

- HERE THEY COME.

Navah:

AND THEN A BUNCH OF,

LIKE, HALFBREEDS,

NAKED AND WILD MANIAC

HAIRDOS...

...AND THEY'D

NEED A SHOWER AND FOOD

AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

Navah:

WE WERE ALL SO CLOSE.

I MEAN, I GUESS

THAT'S WHY WE

ALWAYS WENT SOMEWHERE

WHERE MY DAD COULD

JUST OPEN THE DOOR

AND LET US JUST SCATTER.

OPEN THE CAMPER DOOR--

"GO OUT AND DO YOUR THING.

LUNCH IS AT NOON."

Phyllis:

IF YOU WENT INTO

THE PASKOWITZ MOTOR HOME,

JULIETTE WAS

ALWAYS SWEEPING

SAND SAND SAND.

BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD

BEAUTIFUL FRESH FLOWERS

IN A VASE

AND SHE ALWAYS HAD

OPERA MUSIC ON,

ALWAYS.

JULIETTE HAD

THE MOST MAGNIFICENT

CONTRALTO VOICE

I HAD EVER HEARD.

AND EVERY SINGLE DAY

SHE WOVE MUSIC

INTO THE FABRIC

OF OUR LIVES.

Juliette:

AND AS WE TRAVELED

WE TAUGHT THEM

ABOUT OTHER CULTURES,

THE WAY OTHER PEOPLE LIVE,

THE DIFFERENT FOODS.

AND WE WOULD READ

FOR HOURS,

JUST QUIETLY READING.

Dorian:

I WASN'T SOME KIND OF

AVANT-GARDE

RADICAL INTELLECTUAL.

I JUST WANTED

MY KIDS AROUND ME,

SURFING WITH ME,

AND EDUCATION

BE DAMNED.

Juliette:

IT SOUNDS GOOD

TO SAY WE WERE

ONE STEP AHEAD

OF THE TRUANT OFFICER,

YOU KNOW,

BUT THAT DIDN'T

REALLY HAPPEN.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GO

INTO THE SYSTEM...

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW

YOU EXIST.

Salvador: THE KIND OF THING

THAT YOUR PARENTS

WOULD HAVE SAID:

"YOU CAN GO TO SCHOOL

BECAUSE IT'S SAFE

BUT DON'T GO

SWIMMING WITH SHARKS

'CAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS."

OUR PARENTS SAID,

"NO, YOU CAN GO SWIMMING

WITH SHARKS,

BUT YOU'RE NOT

FUCKING GOING TO SCHOOL,

'CAUSE THAT SHIT'S

DANGEROUS."

( laughs )

( bangs )

Younger Dorian:

THEY DO GO TO SCHOOL.

THEY GO TO A SCHOOL

WHICH I CONSIDER TO BE

ENORMOUSLY MORE DEMANDING

THAN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

OF ANY COUNTRY

WE'VE BEEN IN.

ONE THING IS,

I DEMAND THAT THEY SURF

WITH GRACE,

WITH CHARM,

WITH KINDNESS,

WITH COMPASSION,

AND THAT THEY BE

GOOD AT IT.

Phyllis:

WELL, I MEAN,

THEY WON EVERY CONTEST.

FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH

WOULD BE A PASKOWITZ.

MAYBE A TUBESTEAK

WOULD GET IN THERE FIFTH,

IF THEY WERE LUCKY.

ACTUALLY, A TUBESTEAK

WOULD HAVE WON

IF THE PASKOWITZES

WERE IN DAKOTA.

( both laughing )

Izzy:

MY FIRST WAVE--

TOURMALINE CANYON.

I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

I WAS BORN IN '63, SO...

IT WAS THE FUCKING

SUMMER OF '69, MAN.

( chuckles )

MY DAD TOOK ME

ON HIS 10' BOARD.

AND I WAS

IN THE FRONT THERE.

AND WE TURNED AROUND

AND WE CAUGHT ONE WAVE.

AND I FELT LIKE

WE WERE GOING

A MILLION MILES AN HOUR.

AND I'M

HOLDING ONTO THE RAILS

AS HARD AS I CAN.

AND WE GO IN--

JUMP OFF THE BOARD

AND JUST RUN IN.

AND IT FELT

LIKE SUCH A HUGE

ACCOMPLISHMENT.

Izzy:

GOING OUT ON THE WATER JUST--

IT REVITALIZES YOU.

IT JUST CLEANSES YOU.

IT STILL MAKES YOU FEEL

VERY GROUNDED AND VERY--

JUST NATIVE TO THE EARTH.

GROWING UP, YOU KNOW,

OUR BATHS WERE

IN THE OCEAN.

SO WHEN I'M AWAY

FROM IT TOO LONG,

MY GILLS DRY OUT.

I GOTTA GET WATER IN ME.

OH, I GOTTA GET MYSELF

BACK IN THE WATER.

Dorian:

DON'T YOU FIND

A CERTAIN GRACEFULNESS

IN ANIMALS

IN THE WILD?

THERE'S CERTAIN GRACEFULNESS

IN THE JAGUAR.

THERE'S CERTAIN

GRACEFULNESS

IN A BIRD SOARING.

THERE'S CERTAIN

GRACEFULNESS

IN A GAZELLE

THAT LEAPS.

I'LL TELL YOU,

EVERY WILD ANIMAL

HAS IT.

IT'S JUST

SOMETHING WE'VE LOST.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING

WE CAN'T HAVE.

WHEN MY WIFE

HAD MY FIRST BABY,

I SAID, "LOOK,

I DON'T WANT ANY GORILLA

TO DO ANYTHING

WITH ITS BABY

THAT YOU DON'T DO

WITH MY BABY.

IF A GORILLA

FEEDS ITS BABY

FOR TWO YEARS,

I WANT YOU TO FEED

MY BABY AT THE BREAST

FOR TWO YEARS.

I DON'T WANT TO BE

UPSTAGED BY ANY GORILLA

OR ANY CHIMPANZEE

OR ANY NEWT

OR ANY GECKO

OR ANY SQUIRREL."

Jonathan:

IT'S A HEAVY HEAVY

CONCEPT.

IT'S ALSO HEAVY

TO WATCH A GUY

WATCH A BABOON EAT AN APPLE

BUT NOT EAT THE SKIN

AND THEN MIMIC IT

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE

LIKE DORIAN WOULD.

YOU KNOW, ONE DAY

IN A ZOO HE SAW THAT.

AND THEN HE

NOTICED IT ANOTHER TIME

IN THE SAN DIEGO ZOO--

"HUH, THE GORILLAS

DON'T EAT THE SKIN

OF THE APPLE EITHER.

GOD DAMN IT,

WE'VE GOT TO STOP

EATING THAT APPLE SKIN."

YOU KNOW,

THE LAW WAS LAID.

Dorian:

WHEN A PERSON

TAKES CARE

OF THEMSELVES

IN THE MANNER

IN WHICH

OTHER ANIMALS

TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES,

YOU ACHIEVE A STATE

OF SUPERIOR WELL-BEING

CALLED HEALTH.

Navah:

YOU KNOW,

WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP,

HONEY WAS A LUXURY.

WE COULDN'T HAVE

REFINED SUGAR.

WE COULDN'T HAVE

WHITE BREAD.

WE WOULD EAT

PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING

EVERY MORNING,

WHICH IS THAT GRUEL--

WHICH IS A VERY HEAVY-DUTY

SEVEN-GRAIN CEREAL.

IT HAS A MIXTURE

OF DIFFERENT BERRIES.

YOU KNOW,

BIRDSEED AND BRANCHES

AND SHIT, YOU KNOW--

THAT'S WHAT

HE FED US FOR BREAKFAST.

AND THAT'S ALL WE KNEW

BECAUSE WE WERE

IN A CONTROLLED

ENVIRONMENT.

Navah:

MY MOM WOULD MAKE

A HUGE VAT OF IT.

AND MOSTLY WE ATE

A LOT OF SOUPS

AND WE ATE A LOT OF THINGS

THAT MY MOM WAS ABLE

TO MAKE.

WHEN WE COULD STOP

TO COOK IT.

SOMEHOW THEY ALWAYS MANAGED

TO FEED THESE KIDS.

SHE'D JUST DOLE IT OUT,

LIKE "OLIVER TWIST."

AND THEN ON OCCASION,

WHEN WE WERE ROLLING,

WE'D HAVE A SCRAMBLED EGG.

WHEREVER THERE WAS A PLACE

WE COULD FISH,

WE DID FISH.

AND I MEAN,

A FISH THAT BIG

WAS A KEEPER.

AND THE ONLY THING

YOU SHOULD BE LEFT WITH

ARE THE TWO HARD

JOWL BONES

THAT ARE TOO HARD

TO CHEW OR SWALLOW.

AND EVEN THOSE

WE'D EAT SOMETIMES.

BECAUSE, LIKE,

ABE WOULD SAY,

"SCRAPEY SCRAPEY."

( laughs )

YEAH, DORIAN SHOWED ME

HOW TO INGEST PROTEIN

ONE DAY

WHEN HE TOOK A WHOLE FISH

AND ATE IT--

HEAD, EYEBALLS, BONES,

EVERYTHING--

JUST ATE IT.

AND I WAS JUST

LOOKING AT HIM,

YOU KNOW, IN SHOCK.

Adam:

I DO WHAT'S CALLED

EXTREME SURFBOARD FISHING.

BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS

FREE-BAIT WHATEVER WE HAVE

AND THEN WE HOOK UP

WITH BIG STUFF.

THEN WE DROP THE ANCHOR

AND WE LET THEM

PULL US AROUND.

LOOK, HERE'S THE LAST

OF MY LIVE BAIT.

EAT HIM!

ADAM THINKS

IF A GREAT WHITE

COMES OUT

THAT WOULD BE

THE MOST EXCITING THING

THAT COULD HAPPEN.

WELL, IT WOULD SCARE

THE HECK OUT OF ME.

Adam:

I GO ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF

OR TWO MILES OUT

AND IT'S JUST SUCH

A DIFFERENT WORLD.

AND THERE'S NOBODY

OUT THERE BUT ME.

AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE

THE ONE THING

THAT I CAN DO

LEFT IN MY LIFE

THAT'S JUST

ME AGAINST MYSELF,

OR ME AGAINST MY FEAR

OR WHATEVER.

SO, HERE I GO.

MY DAD USED TO GET A BOOK

CALLED "OPTION."

AND A BOOK WAS

ABOUT YAY THICK.

AND IT WAS

JUST A LIST OF DOCTORS

THAT THEY NEEDED

AROUND THE WORLD

OR AROUND

THE UNITED STATES.

SO HE'D TAKE

THE WORST JOBS

FROM THIS BOOK

THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTED.

THERE'D BE

A LITTLE LISTING

OF WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME

THEY HAD A DOCTOR,

AND IT MIGHT BE

YEARS.

THAT'S THE ONE

HE'D TAKE.

Juliette:

DOC REALLY HATES MONEY.

HE BELIEVE THAT IT IS

THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.

ONE OF HIS AUNTIES

LEFT HIM,

I THINK, SOMETHING LIKE

40 GRAND

AND HE SAID, "NO.

THE WAY MY LIFE

IS TOGETHER NOW,

$40,000

WOULD CHANGE IT.

AND I DON'T WANT IT

TO CHANGE."

Younger Dorian:

WE LIVE WITH DIFFICULTY,

WITH HARDSHIPS,

WITH DEPRIVATIONS,

ALL OF WHICH TO US

ARE THE PRICES

THAT WE PAY

FOR THE THINGS

WE THINK TO BE

ELEMENTALLY IMPORTANT.

WHEN WE

BEGIN TO TAKE MORE

THAN WE ACTUALLY NEED,

I TELL MY KIDS

WE TAKE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.

Moses:

IN SOME LITTLE

TEENY TOWN IN LOUISIANA

WE PULLED OVER

INTO THE STATE PARK

AND HE SAYS,

"GUYS, THERE IT IS.

WE'RE DOWN

TO OUR LAST DIME."

YOU KNOW,

IT WAS A FUCKING DIME

AND HE WAS EXCITED

BECAUSE HE KNEW

THAT THAT DIME REPRESENTED

ANOTHER CHALLENGE

FOR HIM

AND HIS FAMILY.

AND WE PICKED UP THAT DIME

AND WE WENT FORWARD.

Joshua:

...'CAUSE WE WERE

SO EFFIN' POOR

THAT THERE WAS NEVER

ANY MONEY FOR PRESENTS

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO AT ONE POINT

DOC GAVE HIS CHILDREN

"THE SEA," SO TO SPEAK,

YOU KNOW.

IT WAS, LIKE,

A BIRTHDAY DEAL

WHERE HE WOULD TAKE

THE KID OUT TO THE OCEAN

AND HE'D BE LIKE,

"SON, I GIVE YOU

THE SEA."

AND, LIKE,

EVERY KID WAS

UNDOUBTEDLY DISAPPOINTED.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

'CAUSE THERE WERE TIMES

WHERE FOR SURE

WE COULD NOT HAVE

DRESSED EVERYBODY

ALL AT ONCE TOGETHER.

BUT THERE WERE TIMES

WHERE, LIKE, ONE GUY

COULD HAVE

A BITCHIN' OUTFIT.

( laughs, slaps )

AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO

THINK ABOUT THAT.

THAT WAS HEAVY,

DUDE.

Navah:

I MEAN, HONESTLY,

I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING

GIRLS' UNDERWEAR.

MY MOM WOULD ARGUE WITH ME,

BUT SHE'S

BLOCKED A LOT OUT.

Jonathan:

AND WHEN YOU WERE

STANDING AROUND,

YOU KNOW,

11, 12, 13, 14-YEAR OLD

KIDS ALL LINED UP,

AND IT'S 6.5%-7%

BODY FAT,

IT LOOKS LIKE EITHER IT'S

A XYLOPHONE CONTEST

OR SOMETHING,

OR PEOPLE

ARE WRONG THERE.

THEY'RE WRONG.

WHY AREN'T THOSE KIDS

FATTENED UP?

- WHY AREN'T

THESE KIDS IN SCHOOL?

- WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

HOW DO YOU DO THIS

TO THESE CHILDREN?

WHY AREN'T YOU WORKING

TO SUPPORT THESE KIDS?

YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND

OF PARENTS ARE YOU?

THEY WERE SO CROWDED

THAT THEY COULD NEVER

EVEN TAKE A TOY,

AN EXTRA TOY,

AN EXTRA ANYTHING.

I FELT HE WAS

VERY SELF-SERVING

IN WHAT HE WANTED.

17, 18...

MY THEORY IS,

YOU DON'T GET EDUCATED

AT STANFORD.

WHAT YOU GET AT STANFORD

IS KNOWLEDGE.

BUT EDUCATION

MEANS WISDOM.

WISDOM YOU GET

FROM EXPERIENCE,

LIVING,

PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET

IN AN EVERYDAY

KIND OF LIFE.

AND THAT IS

WHAT MY CHILDREN

HAD A LOT OF.

Nina:

MY MEMORY BEING WITH THEM

WAS ALWAYS

THIS INCREDIBLE SENSE

OF LIFE AND LOVE

AND SHARING

AND FAMILY.

IT'S LIKE BEING

AT SUMMER CAMP.

Navah:

I'VE NEVER MET A KID--

WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ANYWAY--

WHO DIDN'T THINK

"GOD, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE

TO HAVE YOUR LIFESTYLE."

BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMED

LIKE WE WERE CONSTANTLY

ON VACATION

AND THERE WAS NEVER, LIKE,

"SIT AND DO GEOMETRY."

WE WERE ALWAYS DOING

SOMETHING EXCITING.

Izzy:

WHEN MOST KIDS

TURN INTO TEENS

AND HAVE TO GROW UP,

WE NEVER HAD TO DO THAT.

IT WAS INFECTIOUS.

IN FACT, A LOT OF KIDS

ESSENTIALLY RAN AWAY

FROM THEIR OWN HOMES

TO COME DOWN

EVERY DAY

AND ROLL IN THE DIRT

WITH US.

AND PEOPLE LIVING IN BIG,

BEAUTIFUL RICH HOMES

WOULD GET IN THEIR

BRAND NEW SUBARUS,

DRIVE DOWN

TO THE BEACH

AND, YOU KNOW--

"ROLL WITH ME.

I NEED LOVE."

THEY SAW

THEIR ESCAPE ROUTE.

THEY WERE LIKE,

"I KNOW I CAN TAP

INTO THIS.

THEY DON'T OWN THIS.

I CAN STILL KEEP MY JOB.

I CAN STILL SEND

THE ALIMONY TO MY EX-WIFE

AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE COOL,

BUT I'M GONNA TAP INTO

WHATEVER THESE PASKOWITZES

ARE DOING,

'CAUSE I WANT THAT.

YOU CAN'T-- THERE'S NO

HALFWAY.

Moses:

WE WERE PASKOWITZ POWER.

"ALL OF US TOGETHER

CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS,"

DOC SAID.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF

HIS MANTRA:

THERE'S NO ONE STRONGER

THAN THE WHOLE.

IF SOMEONE GOT

STUCK IN THE SAND,

ALL OF US--

"PASKOWITZ POWER,

PASKOWITZ POWER,

COME ON, COME ON,"

AND YOU'D GET

11 PEOPLE TOGETHER

AND YOU'D PUSH THE CAR

OUT OF THE SAND.

David:

EVERYONE'S TRYING TO GET

THAT SPIRITUAL MOMENT

OF PERFECTION.

WE HAD IT.

WE LIVED IT.

WE WERE NOT ATTACHED

TO THE PHYSICAL WORLD

AT ALL.

( guitar playing )

Man:

? HE WAS A WATER MAN ?

? HIS BLOOD RUNS

THROUGH MY VEINS ?

? HE GAVE TO ME

A LOVE ?

? THE OCEAN

AND THE RAIN... ?

YOU SEE,

I HAVE A VERY FUNNY

PHILOSOPHY ABOUT LIFE.

I LOVE TO HAVE

MY KIDS AROUND ME.

YOU KNOW THEY NEVER

WENT TO SCHOOL?

SO I SAID,

HOW WOULD YOU GUYS

LIKE A JOB THIS SUMMER?

YOU'LL GET A NEW SURFBOARD,

A DOLLAR A WEEK,

AND YOU CAN SURF

AS MUCH AS YOU WANT."

"I'D TAKE IT,

I'D TAKE IT,"

THEY ALL SAID.

( kid chuckles )

SO I SAID,

"YOU WORK FOR ME."

"OH, I KNEW

THERE WAS SOME CATCH."

"NO NO, REALLY,

YOU WORK FOR ME."

I GAVE THEM EACH

A DOLLAR.

AND THAT'S HOW

IT STARTED.

IN 1974 WE OPENED UP

THE SURF CAMP

IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

- AND WE HAD GOOD FOOD...

- Juliette: NO SUGAR ALLOWED.

...NO DRUGS,

NO SMOKING.

Juliette:

THERE WAS THE SLOGAN

THAT SAID,

"WE LIVE CLEAN,

WE EAT CLEAN AND

WE SURF CLEAN."

Jonathan:

THE SURF CAMP'S DEFINITELY

A THING THAT WE LOVED

FROM AN EMOTIONAL STANDPOINT,

'CAUSE IT WAS OUR LIVES.

OUR HEART AND SOUL

AND OUR WHOLE LIFE

HAS BEEN ABOUT

TAKING PEOPLE SURFING.

GETTING

THE KIDS OUT THERE

AND GETTING THEM UP

AND RIDING ON WAVES

AND LIVING THE DREAM.

Abraham:

JOHN, THIS IS YOU.

YEAH, LET'S HEAR IT

FOR JOHN MICHAEL.

BEND THOSE KNEES,

BIG JIM.

YOU'VE GOT TO COMPRESS

WHEN YOU DROP IN.

Joshua:

WELL, WE JUST

DON'T ACCEPT

DEFEAT FROM

OUR STUDENTS.

SO, THEREFORE,

WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM

PHYSICALLY

AND FORCE THEM

TO SURF.

IT'S HARD.

THE MIRACLE CAN HAPPEN

ON ANY SIZE WAVE.

WE'VE SEEN

GUYS ON SOFT-TOPS

WE'VE TAUGHT TO SURF

JUST LOOK AT THE RAIL

AND REVEL.

AND THAT'S THE SAME

LOOK I'VE SEEN

ON KELLY SLATER'S FACE

WHEN HE GOES-- WHAM!

THE INTENSITY

OF THE EXPERIENCE

IS THE SAME.

- Jonathan: ONLY HE'S SHRALPY.

- ONLY HE'S THE BEST

SURFER IN THE WORLD.

TIMES SEVEN

TO THE 12th POWER.

- TIMES SEVEN TO THE--

- ( spitting )

Kelly Slater:

IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL

TO SEE SOMETHING

THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED,

THAT WE DO EVERY DAY,

ESPECIALLY FOR SHORT-BOARDERS--

THAT WE GO OUT

AND WE WANT TO DO

A BIGGER MANEUVER

OR RIDE A MORE CRITICAL WAVE

TO GET THAT EXCITEMENT AGAIN.

AND THEN YOU TAKE

THIS KID

WHO'S RIDING A WAVE

FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN HIS LIFE

AND THAT ONE WAVE

IS SO EXCITING TO HIM.

IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE

RIDING ANYTHING

A LOT MORE.

JACKSON QUALIFYING

FOR THE LAST WAVE.

- YEAH!

- ( cheering )

LOOK AT THAT

BACKSIDE ATTACK.

WHOO!

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

MAX, CAN YOU

KEEP AN EYE OUT

FOR YOUR BROTHER?

BECAUSE HE BARFED

ON THE WAY HERE.

( engine starts )

WE LIVE IN ENCINO.

I REALLY FEEL

LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER.

IT'S A TOTALLY

DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE

THAT I'VE CHOSEN.

AND OF COURSE THERE IS

A GIVE AND A TAKE.

I GUESS THAT'S PART

OF BEING A PARENT.

YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE.

AND THE TRAFFIC'S

SO GNARLY.

TO BE ON 101

YOU HAVE TO, LIKE,

PUT YOURSELF INTO THESE

LITTLE DAYDREAMS

AND HAVE FLASHBACKS

TO CABO.

WE WERE JUST,

YOU KNOW,

HALF-NAKED

MOST OF THE TIME.

WE WERE LIKE

WEIRD MONKEYS

IN A SMALL

MONKEY CAGE, YOU KNOW?

( giggles )

SEE, WE NEVER HAD

A RIG LIKE THIS.

OUR RIG WAS

HALF THAT SIZE.

THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE

OF A RIG WE'VE NEVER HAD.

IF WE HAD

A COAT OF ARMS,

THERE WOULD BE

A BUTTOCKS--

AN ASS,

A SHINY ASS.

'CAUSE WE HAD A RULE

IN OUR HOUSE:

WHEN YOU GO

TO THE BATHROOM,

YOU WASH YOUR ASSHOLE.

AND WE ALL HAVE

SCRUPULOUSLY

CLEAN ASSHOLES.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU LIVE

IN A SMALL AREA

LIKE THAT,

YOU CAN'T BE DIRTY.

SO PEOPLE COULD CALL US

GYPSIES AND ALL,

BUT WE WERE NOT DIRTY.

Moses:

NINE CHILDREN

LIVING IN

A 24-FOOT CAMPER.

I THINK WE HAD AT LEAST

TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT

CAMPERS GROWING UP.

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN

WE'D GET A NEW CAMPER,

BUT IT WAS NEVER

A NEW CAMPER.

IT WAS ALWAYS

A USED RIG.

FOR US, WE WERE

JUST LIKE PUPPIES,

YOU KNOW.

AND THERE'D BE, LIKE,

THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE

ON THAT LITTLE

LOWER BED THING.

AND THEN THERE'D BE

A COUPLE GUYS

ON THE SIDE

COUCH BEDS OR WHATEVER.

AND THERE'D BE

AT LEAST TWO OR THREE

ON THE FLOOR,

AND MOM AND DAD

WOULD BE UP ABOVE.

EITHER I WAS ON THIS

WEIRD BOARD THING

THEY MADE AT THEIR FEET,

OR JOSHY,

WHICH DEFINITELY

SCARRED ME SEXUALLY--

'CAUSE MY MOM AND DAD

WOULD DO IT EVERY NIGHT.

THEY COULD CARE LESS

THAT WE COULD HEAR.

Salvador: MY DAD,

BECAUSE HE HAD FAILED

WITH HIS RELATIONSHIPS

BEFORE MY MOM,

CAME TO MY MOM

AND SAID, "LOOK,

I'M NO LONGER ASHAMED

THAT I HAVE

THE KIND OF NEEDS

THAT A MAN HAS,

AND EITHER

THOSE NEEDS ARE FULFILLED

OR THERE IS NOT

A MARRIAGE."

FUCKING TO ME

IS...

THE WORD OF GOD.

GOD,

WHOEVER THAT IS,

HAS DECIDED

THAT THE PERPETUATION

OF LIFE

IN ANY SPECIES

HAS TO DO

WITH FUCKING.

HE COULD BE

ON HIS DEATHBED

AND HE WOULD WANT

TO HAVE SEX.

AND I'LL PROBABLY

HELP HIM WITH THAT.

Salvador:

THAT WAS VERY VERY

DISTURBING

FOR A KID TO HEAR.

IT WAS JUST SO DISGUSTING

TO HAVE TO HEAR

YOUR PARENTS', YOU KNOW,

LOUD, WEIRD COPULATION.

I WOULD HAVE A TECHNIQUE

WHEN MY DAD AND MOM

WOULD GO AT IT

EVERY SINGLE FUCKING NIGHT

WHERE I WOULD FOLD

MY INNER EAR,

MY LOBE OVER THAT,

AND THEN FOLD THIS DOWN

AND THEN TRY TO, LIKE,

GET A PILLOW OVER MY HEAD

BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT THERE

IN FRONT OF ME.

AND THEY WERE

NOT QUIET.

Dorian:

WHAT HAPPENED WITH US

IS THE SAME THING

THAT HAPPENED

WITH THE MONGOLS

IN THEIR TENTS--

THE PARENTS FUCK

AND THE CHILDREN

LAUGH AND GIGGLE

AND THINK THEY'RE

MAKING FUN.

YOU WANT TO HEAR

SOMETHING HORRIBLE?

A CHILD STANDING

BEHIND THE DOOR,

SEEING THE FATHER

BEAT THE MOTHER.

ONE TIME I WALKED IN

ON THEM HAVING SEX ON

THE KITCHEN FLOOR.

AND MOMMY'S FACE

WAS ALL SWEATY.

AND I WAS, LIKE,

PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I GO,

"MOM, MOM, ARE YOU OKAY?"

AND SHE GOES, "OF COURSE.

DADDY AND I ARE

MAKING LOVE,"

A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE.

AND THEN AT THE END

OF THAT

JULIETTE'S

END STATEMENT WAS,

"BUT WHEN YOU PLAY WITH--

YOU'RE NOT MARRIED.

YOU CAN'T HAVE BABIES.

YOU'RE JUST A BABY,

SO FINGERS ONLY."

WE TAUGHT THEM

ABOUT, YOU KNOW,

WHAT THEY SHOULD DO

WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER

WITH A GIRL.

THE THING

I TAUGHT THEM WAS,

ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL

IF SOMEBODY WILL

FUCK YOU.

YOU ALWAYS SAY,

"THANK YOU VERY MUCH."

AND THE NEXT DAY

YOU SAY HELLO.

AND, YOU KNOW,

YOU'RE NOT JUST

"WHAM BAM THANK YOU."

YOU HAVE TO BE NICE

AND RESPECT THE PERSON

THAT'S GIVING YOU

THIS GIFT.

MY DAD WAS SO FRANK

AND SO UPFRONT WITH ME.

I THINK I WAS 14

WHEN HE CAME TO ME

AND HE SAID,

"WHEN YOU'RE

READY TO DO IT,

JUST LET ME KNOW

AND I'LL PRESCRIBE YOU

THE PILL."

AND IT WAS

SO DISGUSTING TO ME

THAT I WAS LIKE,

"I'M NEVER DOING IT."

BUT IN A WAY

I THINK HE WAS RIGHT

TO DO THAT

BECAUSE IT MAKES IT

SUCH LESS OF A TABOO.

RIGHT HERE

IN AMERICA

WE ARE

A BUNCH OF WEIRDOES.

OUR CULTURE

IS GOING TO PIECES

AND NO ONE

IS SAYING,

"WELL, IT'S ALL BECAUSE

WE'RE AWFUL FUCKERS."

AND THE MORE

AWFUL FUCKERS WE BECOME,

THE MORE PORNOGRAPHIC,

THE MORE PROMISCUOUS

AND THE MORE PRURIENT

AND X-RATED WE BECOME.

CULTURES THAT ARE

ALL FUCKED UP

ABOUT SEX,

ABOUT FUCKING,

ARE THE CULTURES

THAT WILL DECLINE.

AND IN THE PROCESS

OF THE DECLINE

THEY WILL CAUSE WARS.

THIS IS THE PICTURE

THAT I WANTED YOU TO SEE.

THIS PICTURE

CHANGED MY LIFE.

I MEAN,

IT'S NOT ONLY

A WOMAN

WHO CAN'T HELP HERSELF--

WHO CAN HELP HERSELF

FROM BEING JEWISH,

WHO CAN'T HELP HERSELF

FROM HAVING A BABY,

WHO CAN'T HELP HERSELF

FROM CLUTCHING HER BABY

TO HER CHEST

AND KNOWING

THAT THIS GUY'S

GONNA SHOOT HER

AND HER BABY.

THIS MAN

SHOT THIS WOMAN

AND HER CHILD

AT A TIME

WHEN I WAS

AT THE TOP

OF MY POWERS,

I WAS AS STRONG

AS AN OX.

MY POWERS

AS A JEW,

MY POWERS AS

A LIFEGUARD

MY POWERS

AS A SCHOLAR--

I WAS ABSOLUTELY

INVINCIBLE THEN.

AND I DID THINGS

THAT I WAS

VERY PROUD OF.

BUT I DIDN'T DO

ONE GODDAMN THING

TO HELP THIS WOMAN.

DOC FEELS

THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF BEING A JEW

VERY VERY DEEPLY.

WE NEVER

WENT A FRIDAY

WITHOUT LIGHTING

OUR CANDLES.

WE WOULD DO OUR PRAYERS

AND WE WOULD SING

THE SHEMA.

WE WOULD BE IN ONE

BIG ROUND CIRCLE

AND WE WOULD ALL

HOLD HANDS.

I ALMOST FEEL LIKE

WE HAD A WHOLE DIFFERENT

BRAND OF JUDAISM.

WE HAD, LIKE,

A HOLOCAUST UPBRINGING,

LIKE A SURVIVOR'S

CHILDREN WOULD HAVE.

I THINK HE WANTS

TO KIND OF FEEL

A BIT OF THAT MISERY

AND NEVER EVER

FORGET IT.

Salvador:

EVERYTHING THAT WE DID

GROWING UP

WAS THE HARD WAY--

EVERYTHING.

HE ALWAYS FELT

THAT IF IT WAS EASY

THEN SOMETHING

WAS WRONG.

Moses:

HE USED TO PLAY

FOR US

"CHAIRMAN MAO'S

WAKE-UP SONG TO THE NATION."

EVERY SINGLE MORNING,

THAT LITTLE TEENY

45 DISK--

( imitates Chinese

singing )

"ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE,

AND..."

YOU KNOW, HE WANTED THAT

SO BADLY.

TO OTHER PEOPLE

IT LOOKED LIKE A VERY

PERMISSIVE--

HERE THEY ARE,

ALL JAMMED IN THIS

MOTOR HOME.

AND IT LOOKED ONE WAY,

BUT IT WAS REALLY

A TIGHT SHIP.

HE WAS A VERY STRICT,

LOVING DAD.

( Chinese anthem playing )

Salvador:

WE HAD TO PUT ON

A GOOD SHOW FOR EVERYBODY.

WHENEVER WE

DID AN INTERVIEW

FOR SOMEBODY,

WE'D HAVE TO

STAND IN LINE,

FACING A CERTAIN WAY,

YOU KNOW,

EAT HEALTHY,

LIVE CLEAN, SURF CLEAN.

Jonathan:

PHYSICALLY, DORIAN HAD US

ON SUCH A TIGHT DIET.

I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE,

YOU'RE SURFING EVERY DAY

AND TRAVELING

UP AND DOWN THE COAST

AND YOUR DAD'S

PUSHING YOU.

AND YOU JUST LITERALLY

BUCKLE DOWN

AND FOLD YOURSELF

IN HALF

OR DO

WHATEVER IT TAKES,

JUST THE PHYSICAL--

TO END THAT ROUTINE.

LIKE, THE AMOUNT OF TIMES

I'VE FALLEN

OFF THE TOP OF OUR CAR

WITH NO ONE AROUND

IN TOTAL SILENCE,

YOU KNOW,

MAYBE BLEEDING A LITTLE

FROM MY HEAD--

AND I HAD TO LIE THERE,

SUCK IT UP

AND SNEAK BACK

INTO THE CAMPER AND NOT

MAKE A PEEP ABOUT IT.

AND EVERY ONE

OF MY OTHER BROTHERS

I KNOW

SUFFERED PERSONAL PAIN

RELIGIOUSLY.

Moses: I HAD A MAJOR

SURFING ACCIDENT THAT

ALMOST COST MY LIFE.

Joshua:

THEY WERE SURFING

IN NORTHERN MEXICO

AND MOSES WAS ON A SURFBOARD

THAT HAD BEEN BROKEN

IN HALF.

HE WAS SURFING ON IT

AND IT FLIPPED.

I FELL ON THE BOARD

AND IT JUST WENT-- SLURP.

A SURFBOARD FIN

WENT 8.5 INCHES

UP MY BUTT...

( groans )

...CUT MY COLON IN HALF.

BLECH--

LITTLE GUTS AND WHATEVER

CAME OUT OF ME.

DORIAN TOOK THE CAMPER

AND EVERYTHING IN IT,

AND THREW ALL THE TENTS--

"GO GO GO!"

"PUT HIM TOGETHER!

PUT HIM TOGETHER!"

( imitates gunfire )

Moses:

WE'RE 181 KILOMETERS

INTO MEXICO.

I WAS DYING.

YOU KNOW,

I HAD 105? TEMPERATURE.

I'VE BEEN

INTERNAL BLEEDING

FOR 90 MINUTES.

BASICALLY, IT TOOK ME

OUT OF MOBILITY

FOR A YEAR.

AND I SWORE

I'D NEVER SURF AGAIN,

EVER.

AND THEN WHEN I SHAT

FOR THE FIRST TIME

NINE MONTHS LATER,

WE HAD A BIG PARTY.

I SHAT IN FRONT OF,

LIKE, 50 PEOPLE

AT SAN ONOFRE.

THIS IS MY LITTLE PLACE

WHERE I WORK.

"COSMOS"

BY CARL SAGAN

THAT TAUGHT ME

PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING

THAT THERE WAS TO LEARN

ABOUT THE WORLD

AND HISTORY.

MY DAD BOUGHT ME

A LITTLE COMMODORE VIC-20,

WHICH WAS

ONE OF THE FIRST

HOME COMPUTING MACHINES,

BUT THE TROUBLE WAS,

IT CONNECTED TO THE TV.

AND ON THE RARE TIMES

THAT WE WOULD

PLUG INTO ELECTRICITY

ALL THE BROTHERS SAID,

"NO FUCKING WAY

YOU'RE USING THE TV

TO PROGRAM.

WE'RE WATCHING TV,

YOU KNOW,

FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN FOUR MONTHS"

OR SOMETHING.

WHEN YOU HAVE

NO SENSE OF BOUNDARIES

WITH YOUR BROTHERS

AND YOUR SISTER,

IT MADE SOME BROTHERS

COPE BETTER

WITH WHAT THEY HAD

TO COPE WITH

BY TEASING.

IT WAS SO COMPETITIVE--

DAVID, JONATHAN

AND ISRAEL

ALMOST IN THE SAME

DIVISION GROWING UP

AND ABSOLUTELY

AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS.

ALL THEY WANTED TO DO

WAS COMPETE.

LIKE CRABS IN A BUCKET

THAT SEE OTHER BROTHERS'

SUCCESS

AS THEIR FAILURE,

NO MATTER WHAT.

Salvador:

AND IT WAS JUST A LOT

OF PHYSICAL TORTURE

AND A LOT OF JUST--

THAT WAS HARD.

Moses:

NINE CHILDREN

LIVING IN

A 24-FOOT CAMPER.

I THINK THE WORST THING

TO ME PERSONALLY

WAS SEEING MY MOM GO

FROM CAMPER TO CAMPER

TO A WORSE AND WORSE

LIVING SITUATION.

SHE WAS SO BEAT UP

FROM HAVING CHILDREN.

SHE WAS SO

JUST TORN TO PIECES.

Moses:

WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY

MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY

LIVING, BREATHING,

SHITTING, EATING TOGETHER

IN SUCH TIGHT QUARTERS,

YOU HAVE THESE FLARE-UPS.

THERE ARE SO MANY

POSITIVE IONS

BETWEEN THESE MALE,

YOU KNOW, HORMONES.

Salvador:

SO I FOUND MY LITTLE

NICHE IN THE CAMPER

OF JUST KIND OF

RUNNING AWAY

TO MY DREAM WORLD

OF BOOKS AND DRAWINGS

AND STUFF.

BUT WHAT REALLY

PISSED ME OFF

IS THAT DAD WAS BEING

SEXUALLY SATISFIED

DURING MY TEENAGE YEARS

AND I WAS VERY

SEXUALLY FRUSTRATED.

AND WHETHER YOU WANT

TO CONSIDER SEX

EVEN GOING TO THE PROM,

BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF

AN EXTENSION OF SEX,

OR A DATE AND KISSING,

I DIDN'T GET ANY!

I GUESS SEX WAS

THE THING

THAT SAID

TO EACH ONE OF US,

"WOW, WE'D BETTER FIND

A RECEPTACLE

FOR THIS URGE."

AND THEY CERTAINLY WEREN'T

AT PESCADERO,

1500 MILES AWAY

FROM THE NEAREST,

YOU KNOW, FAST-FOOD JOINT.

TV narrator:

THINGS ARE CHANGING

FOR THE PASKOWITZES.

FOUR OF THE BOYS

ARE NOW GOOD ENOUGH

TO TAKE ON THE BEST

IN THE SURFING WORLD.

THEY'VE TURNED PROFESSIONAL

AND ARE GETTING OFFERS

AND SPONSORSHIPS

FROM THE MANUFACTURERS

OF SURFBOARDS, WETSUITS

AND THE LIKE.

BUT HOW LONG

CAN DORIAN PASKOWITZ

KEEP HIS LITTLE BAND

OF NONCONFORMISTS

TOGETHER

ONCE THEY'VE TASTED

MATERIAL COMFORTS?

David:

ONCE YOU GET A WHIFF

OF THE GOOD LIFE PER SE,

ONCE YOU GO OVER

TO YOUR FRIEND'S HOUSE

AND YOU SEE

THAT THEY HAVE

DONUTS FOR BREAKFAST,

IT'S HARD

TO JUST SAY NO.

IT'S HARD TO, LIKE,

GO BACK TO THE CAMPER

AND EAT SEVEN-GRAIN

CEREAL.

WE WOULD CONFRONT HIM

ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE'D SAY, "THIS IS FUCKED.

I WANT TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL,"

YOU KNOW.

BUT HE WAS JUST

UNYIELDING FOR AS LONG

AS HE POSSIBLY COULD.

David:

I ADORE THIS PICTURE.

I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.

WE'RE ALL TOGETHER

IN THE WATER

LIKE A FAMILY,

EVEN MY MOM.

BUT I MUST SAY

THAT JONATHAN

AND SALVADOR

ARE ACTUALLY BLEEDING

FROM BEING COERCED

OUT INTO THE WATER.

Man:

YOU MEAN, LIKE FROM STANDING

ON CORAL OR SOMETHING?

NO, FROM BEING BEATEN.

HE IS A DICTATOR.

YEAH, HE WAS FIDEL.

HIS METHOD OF PUNISHMENT

SOMETIMES

I FELT WAS EXTREME.

HE WAS SO ADAMANT,

SO CONTROLLING.

IT ABSOLUTELY

KILLED HIM

WHEN HE LOST

THOSE CONTROLS.

Juliette:

HE WAS YOUNG

AND FULL OF LIFE

AND HE HAD

A HEAVY TEMPER.

HE ONE TIME BROKE

ALL THE FURNITURE

IN A FIT OF ANGER.

I USED TO CRY A LOT

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.

I LOVED

SUPPORTING THE REICH.

DAD SAID,

"LET'S DO THIS,"

AND I WAS ON IT.

AND THE TROOPS

FELL IN LINE,

OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE COME

AND SLAYED THE REBELLION.

STAND IN LINE,

DO THE CALISTHENICS,

MAKE SURE

YOU'RE ZIPPED UP RIGHT.

"I DON'T WANT TO WEAR

THIS WETSUIT."

"YOU'LL WEAR THIS WETSUIT

OR I'LL--" YOU KNOW.

THAT WAS-- POOR DAVID.

HE THOUGHT

THAT HE WAS

DOING RIGHT

BY EXPRESSING

DORIAN'S WILL

AT ALL TIMES,

AND MEANWHILE

EVERYONE JUST KIND OF

WANTED TO--

"OH, DAD'S GONE.

LET'S RAISE SOME HELL

AND DO SOMETHING BAD."

David:

I WASN'T REALLY

FIGHTING FOR DORIAN.

I WAS FIGHTING

FOR THE CONCEPT

THAT HE LOCKED INTO.

ONCE HE GOT THIS THING

UP AND RUNNING,

IT WAS SO BITCHIN'

I DIDN'T WANT IT

TO EVER GO AWAY.

I WANTED TO ALMOST SAY,

"LET'S NOT BLOW THIS.

THIS IS A GREAT THING."

Juliette:

SEE, DAVID WAS

THE CAPTAIN,

BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE

ANY CO-CAPTAINS

OR LIEUTENANTS.

AND DORIAN ADDED

TO THAT INTENSITY

BY MAKING HIM

UNDERSTAND

THAT EVERYTHING THAT

HAPPENED WITH THE BROTHERS

WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY.

David:

JONATHAN THREW MUD,

I THINK, IN THE BATHROOMS

OR HE LIT OUR

PORTA POTTY ON FIRE

OR HE DID SOMETHING

REALLY BAD.

AND HERE I WAS--

( clicks finger )

"SIC HIM"--

CHASING JONATHAN

DOWN THE BEACH...

DORIAN FOLLOWING ME--

"GET HIM! YOU CAN

GET HIM!"

I THREW HIM TO THE GROUND

AND MY DAD STOOD OVER ME

AND SAID, "CHOKE HIM."

SO I GRABBED JONATHAN

BY THE THROAT

AND I CHOKED HIM

UNTIL HIS NOSE

BEGAN TO BLEED.

AND I REALIZED,

"HOLY SHIT,

I REALLY AM

LISTENING TO THIS."

YOU KNOW,

"WHAT'S NEXT?"

I FEEL HORRIBLY GUILTY

FOR PLAYING THAT ROLE.

AND I THINK

WE WOULD BE

A FAMILY RIGHT NOW

IF THERE WASN'T

SUCH A MILITANT HAND

ON THE WHOLE THING.

TV narrator:

JONATHAN, 18,

HAS REBELLED

AND LEFT THE FAMILY TO LIVE

A MORE CONVENTIONAL LIFE.

I'M MORE LIKE

THE AVERAGE PERSON NOW.

I'M MORE LIKE

THE AVERAGE

19-YEAR-OLD

CALIFORNIA MALE.

UH...

MY BROTHERS,

ON THE OTHER HAND,

ARE MORE LIKE

BRAINWASHED,

IN-GOOD-SHAPE-

BUT-NOT-TOTALLY-EDUCATED

CALIFORNIA MALE.

David:

I LEFT HOME AT 23.

HE WENT BALLISTIC.

"HOW DARE YOU DO THIS

TO YOUR MOTHER AND I?

WE CAN'T DO THIS

WITHOUT YOU.

WE'RE GONNA ALL DIE

OUT THERE."

AND I'M LIKE,

"DAD, I'M 23 YEARS OLD."

( chuckles )

Sonia:

DAVID CAME HERE

AND ADAM

CAME HERE.

AND THEY WANTED

TO SING.

AND THEY

WANTED A JOB.

SO WE WENT OUT

TO SECONDHAND PLACES.

I GOT THEM DRESSED.

ALL THRIFT-STORE CLOTHES

THAT SHE WENT AND

BOUGHT ME--

BECAUSE I HAD

BATHING SUITS

AND T-SHIRTS.

AND I WAS

A JOHNNY MATHIS

IMPERSONATOR.

THAT WAS

MY FIRST GIG.

AND I DIDN'T REALIZE

THAT WE WERE DOING ALL

OF THESE GAY BARS.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER

CAME UP WITH THIS POSE.

I WAS REALLY COOL.

I WAS HANGING OUT.

I WAS 21.

I WAS MAKING $300-$400

A NIGHT IN TIPS.

I SAVED MONEY.

I BOUGHT A CAR.

THEY CALLED ME

"G.Q. ABE."

I WORE

MY POLO COLOGNE

AND MY

CARRERA SUNGLASSES.

EVERYBODY RAN OUT

AND TRIED TO GET OUT

OF THE FAMILY,

TRIED TO CREATE A LIFE

IN SOCIETY

AND JUST WENT

THEIR OWN SEPARATE WAYS.

David:

WE HAD CREATED

NINE ONLY CHILDREN.

WE ALL WANTED

TO BE KNOWN.

Jonathan:

WHEN I WAS DOING

THIS COMPANY "BLACK FLYS"

WE GOT VERY POPULAR

VERY QUICKLY

AND I PROMOTED

A LOT OF BANDS.

AND ADAM FORMED A BAND

AND THEN HE DID THIS

RECORD DEAL.

AND JOSH CAME IN

AND DID THIS SCAT ON IT

AND BAM-- IT WENT OFF.

THEY BLEW UP.

? ...I WANT YOU ?

? SUFFER SUFFER,

YOU DON'T GET NO ROUGHER ?

? RUB IT UP, BABY GIRL,

DON'T YOU BE LIKE NO OTHER ?

? SUFFER SUFFER,

YOU DON'T GET NO

ROUGHER... ?

Navah:

MOST OF MY BROTHERS

WENT THROUGH A PERIOD

WHERE THEY JUST

WENT CRAZY.

EVERYONE WAS

A SUPERSTAR.

EVERYBODY WAS

THE NEXT SURF CHAMPION.

EVERYONE WAS

THE NEXT MODEL.

? ...SUFFER SUFFER,

YOU DON'T GET NO ROUGHER ?

? WHEN YOU ROCK ME, BABY,

PUT YOUR THING ON ME,

LOVER... ?

JONATHAN, GIVE US

THE PASKOWITZ FAMILY

UPDATE.

WELL, DAVID IS A MUSICIAN.

HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF BANDS--

"GOLDFISH" AND

"JOHNNY MONSTER

AND THE NIGHTMARES."

I'M WORKING ON PROJECTS

WITH ISRAEL AND ABRAHAM.

ABRAHAM IS PRIMARILY

OUR SALESMAN.

MOSES WORKS

ON THE SONY LOT

FOR "PARTY OF FIVE."

ADAM AND JOSHUA

ARE IN THE TOP 40

RIGHT NOW,

JUST OPENED

FOR "THE ROLLING STONES."

AND NAVAH

JUST GOT MARRIED

AND THEY'RE PREGNANT

WITH THEIR FIRST SON.

AND SALVADOR,

THE GRAPHIC GENIUS

OF THE FAMILY--

HE'S BEEN DOING

ALL THE GRAPHICS

AND COMPUTER WORK

- FOR THE HURLEY COMPANY.

- Host: I'LL TELL YOU,

YOU ASK FOR THE FAMILY UPDATE,

AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE

WITH ALL OF THEM.

I WAS AS QUICK

AS POSSIBLE.

? ...WANT YOU ?

? DON'T YOU BE

LIKE NO OTHER ?

? GOT YOU

WHERE I WANT YOU ?

? GOT YOU

WHERE I WANT YOU. ?

Dorian:

I HAVE NEVER SUFFERED

IN ANY TIME IN MY LIFE

FROM FAILURE,

BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN

VERY WARY OF SUCCESS.

THIS IS ISAIAH,

AND HE'S TELLING ME

ABOUT HIS FIRST WEEK

AT SCHOOL.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR

FIRST WEEK AT SCHOOL

COME ON,

USE YOUR LANGUAGE.

TELL ME ABOUT THE FIRST

WEEK AT SCHOOL.

- WAS IT FUN?

- YES.

WHAT DID YOU DO

AT SCHOOL?

- WHAT DID YOU DO?

- ( screams )

WHAT DID YOU DO?

WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

- READING.

- READING?

WHAT ELSE?

WHAT ELSE?

- ( whispers )

WHAT ELSE DID YOU DO?

- SOCIAL SCIENCE.

- SOCIAL SCIENCE?

- AND TAKE A BREAK.

AND THEN YOU TAKE A BREAK.

AND WHAT ELSE DID YOU DO?

( mumbles )

OH NO.

WE'VE BEEN

THROUGH A LOT.

HE'S 14 NOW.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

NOBODY CAN EVEN IMAGINE.

NOBODY IN HIS FAMILY

HAS BEEN AROUND ISAIAH

THAT MUCH.

AND ISRAEL--

HE LITERALLY

RAN AWAY FROM IT.

( engine starts )

Izzy:

AFTER I GOT OUT

OF THE CAMPER,

MY WHOLE LIFE WAS

LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.

I MARRIED THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN TOWN

AND I HAD

A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL

SURFING CAREER

AND ENDORSEMENTS

BY NIKE AND HANG TEN

AND ALL THESE

GREAT COMPANIES.

AND I FELT

TOTALLY ROBBED,

THAT IF THERE WAS

A GOD OUT THERE,

HE WAS A BAD GOD

FOR GIVING ME ISAIAH.

THE NATURE

OF OUR BUSINESS IS

JUST THE ENDLESS PARTY,

SO I DEFINITELY

DRANK TOO MUCH.

AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER

IN TIME, ABE,

EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH

THROWN THEIR HAND IN

IN THIS THING, RIGHT,

BACK FROM THE BEGINNING?

YEAH, WELL,

DORIAN STARTED THE CAMP

AND THEN THE EVOLUTION

BEGAN WITH DAVID,

AND THEN I

TOOK IT OVER

AND THEN MOSES

HAD IT FOR A WHILE.

AND NOW IZZY IS

RUNNING THE CAMP

AND I THINK HE'S DOING

A GREAT JOB WITH IT.

- Izzy: AW, SHUCKS, ABE.

- Host: AW.

Jonathan:

ISRAEL IS AN EX-PRO

SURFER

WITH NO SCHOOL,

NO SKILLS,

MARRIED WITH KIDS,

AND NOW AN AUTISTIC CHILD.

DAD SAID, "LOOK,

IZZY NEEDS OUR HELP."

IF ANY BROTHER NEEDED

THE SURF CAMP

AS AN OCCUPATION,

ISRAEL NEEDED IT.

Dorian:

ISRAEL WAS

THE ONLY BOY

WHO WOULD TRULY

RISK HIS LIFE,

HIS FORTUNES,

HIS COMFORT, EVERYTHING

IN THE INTERESTS

OF SURFING.

AND I FELT

ISRAEL DESERVED

TO OWN THE CAMP.

Joshua:

AT THE SURF CAMP

THIS YEAR

IT'S PRETTY MUCH

JUST BEEN ABRAHAM,

ISRAEL AND I.

AND THAT'S BEEN COOL,

YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW, WE REALLY

WOULD LIKE

TO HAVE MORE

OF THE BROTHERS

COME DOWN,

BUT, I MEAN,

HONESTLY,

SOME OF THEM CAN'T

EVEN HANDLE IT.

YOU KNOW,

THEY'D HAVE CORONARIES,

BECAUSE IT'S HARD.

AND THEN OTHER ONES

ARE TOO BUSY.

AND, YOU KNOW,

OBVIOUSLY,

THERE ARE CERTAIN BROTHERS

WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO

BE HERE, YOU KNOW.

- Man: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

- WELL, LIKE DAVID.

Nancy Paskowitz:

WE'VE ACTUALLY

BEEN ESTRANGED

FROM THE FAMILY

FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED

FROM THE SURF CAMP

DUE TO FINANCIAL

REASONS.

David:

I CAME BACK

FROM NEW YORK

AND WENT BACK

TO THE SURF CAMP

TO WORK

FOR THE SUMMER.

AND I FIND OUT

THAT MY FAMILY

LOST THE CONCESSION

AT SAN ONOFRE,

WHICH MEANS

THAT THE STATE

NO LONGER

GIVES YOU THE RIGHT

TO DO BUSINESS

ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

SO I ASKED THEM

ABOUT IT

AND THEY SAID,

"WELL, WE'VE GOT

LAWYERS INVOLVED.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

WE DON'T NEED YOUR HELP."

BUT WHEN ABRAHAM

STARTED TALKING

ABOUT FIREBOMBING

THE RANGER STATION,

I KNEW

THEY NEEDED HELP.

SO I WENT

WITH MY FRIEND DAVE

TO THE HEAD

OF THE PARK AT THE TIME.

HE SAID, "WELL,

WE HAVE SEVEN INFRACTIONS

THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED

TO A DISMISSAL."

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

INCLUDE DAVE

AS A BUSINESS PARTNER

BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT HAVE

THE PASKOWITZ FAMILY

BACK THERE

WITHOUT SOME SORT

OF ADULT SUPERVISION.

WE CAME BACK TO HIM

WITH A BUSINESS PLAN,

WITH A MARKETING PLAN,

WITH AN EMPLOYEE DOCTRINE,

WITH A FINANCIAL

BREAKDOWN,

WITH A SPONSORSHIP

PACKAGE INTACT,

WITH EVERYTHING

HE WANTED TO SEE.

AND WE COULD

HIRE THE FAMILY BACK

UNDER OUR AUSPICES.

SO I SAID, "GUYS,

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU

A BIG SURPRISE.

I WANT YOU TO

COME DOWN AND VISIT ME.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING."

I THOUGHT

I WAS GONNA BE

THE CONQUERING HERO.

WE ALL MET HIM

AT THIS OFFICE

AND WE ALL WENT

TO THE BOARDROOM.

( chuckles )

OH, THE BOARDROOM--

THE BOARDROOM WAS AMAZING.

- IT WAS A DISASTER.

- PORTFOLIOS OUT IN FRONT

OF EVERYBODY,

AND A LITTLE PEN

FOR EVERYONE.

EVERYONE'S LIKE,

"DUDE, WE'RE JUST SURFERS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BRO?"

"GUYS, DAVE AND I

HAVE GOTTEN

THE CONCESSION BACK."

DAVID SAYS,

"THIS IS MY PARTNER,

DAVID RON SOMETHING.

HE'S GONNA BE THE ONE

THAT'S GONNA

MAKE US ALL RICH."

David:

THEY STARTED CRYING

AND SCREAMING.

AND JONATHAN ALMOST

GOT IN A FISTFIGHT

- WITH THE LAWYER.

- JOSHUA BROKE DOWN

AND CRIED.

ABRAHAM'S TAKING

PICTURES OF, LIKE,

ALL THE LICENSE PLATES.

- ISRAEL SAID,

"I WANT TO FIGHT YOU."

- "IF WE EVER SEE

THESE LICENSE PLATES AGAIN,

WE'RE GONNA STOP

AND SAY HELLO."

AND HE ATTACKED,

RELENTLESS.

AND THEN MOSES ACTUALLY

PICKED UP THE PHONE,

DIALED 911.

AND THAT WAS IT.

Moses:

THE PASKOWITZ FAMILY NEVER

MADE ANY MONEY, YOU KNOW.

AND THE ONLY MONEY

THAT EVER WAS MADE

WAS AT SURF CAMP.

SO EVERYONE'S LIKE,

"OH MY GOD, I WANNA DO

THE CAMP.

I WANNA DO THE CAMP,"

THIS AND THAT.

IT'S LIKE GOLD FEVER.

IT FREAKS YOU OUT.

AND SO WHEN SOMEONE SAID,

"WAIT A MINUTE,

DAVID WANTS

TO TAKE AWAY OUR GOLD"--

NO WAY.

EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT,

LIKE FOR INSTANCE THE CAMP

WAS AN ARGUMENT OVER MONEY.

AND IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT

OVER MONEY.

IT'S AN ARGUMENT

OVER THE ABILITY

TO DO THE THINGS

THAT YOU WANT TO DO

TO SURVIVE

AND HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE.

SO DOES IT ALL

DEPEND ON MONEY?

HELL, YEAH.

IT DEPENDS ON MONEY.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T

HAVE THE MONEY,

YOU CAN'T BUY THE BREAD,

YOU CAN'T BUY THE BAGEL,

YOU CAN'T GUY THE BACON.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY,

YOU DON'T HAVE

A LIFESTYLE.

YOU HAVE A CONSTANT WORRY

ABOUT MONEY.

AND IN SOME WAYS

DAD LIVED POORLY

FINANCIALLY

AND RICHLY EMOTIONALLY,

BUT ALL OF US

SUFFERED WORRYING

ABOUT NOT HAVING MONEY.

? I'D WALK ?

? BUT MY FEET HURT ME ?

? I'D RUN ?

? BUT I'M GOING NOWHERE ?

? I LOST MYSELF ?

? IN ANGER, BUT... ?

? I DON'T KNOW... ?

( continues singing

indistinctly )

( audience cheering )

( audience applauding )

Adam:

THIS IS MY

500th GIG PROBABLY,

MAYBE MORE.

AND THEY NEVER GET

ANY DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS

END UP IN A ROOM

WITH A BUNCH

OF STICKERS ON IT.

YOU KNOW, I--

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE

I SHOULD HAVE JUST

BEEN A DOCTOR

LIKE MY DAD.

OF COURSE,

NEVER GOING TO SCHOOL

MAY HAVE BEEN

A PROBLEM.

Abraham:

I'M AT THE BEACH FIRE

BAR AND GRILL--

NICE GRINDS,

GOOD PEOPLE,

GOOD FOOD,

GOOD TIMES.

AND THEY WERE

NICE ENOUGH

TO GIVE ME A JOB,

BASICALLY.

I LOVE TO COOK.

I WAS THE FIRST GIRL

BEFORE NAVAH.

I WAS THE ONLY ONE

IN MY FAMILY THAT EVER

HELPED MY MOM,

OUT OF ALL

THE MEGALOMANIAC BROTHERS.

BUT WHAT REALLY HURT ME

IS THE FACT

THAT I WAS

SO INTO MEDICINE

AND I WANTED SO BAD

TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.

I WANTED TO GO

TO STANFORD.

AND WHEN I WAS 18

I STILL HAD HOPES

THAT I COULD DO THAT.

SO I STARTED TAKING CLASSES--

YOU KNOW, THE G.E.D,

ALL THIS STUFF,

JUNIOR COLLEGE.

AND I HAD E.M.T. COURSES

AND FIRST AID,

LIFESAVING.

AND THEN I TALKED

TO SOME COUNSELORS

AND THEY SAID

THAT IT WOULD BE

LITERALLY 10 YEARS

TO CATCH UP.

BY THE TIME I QUALIFIED

TO GO TO A GOOD

FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE,

I'D BE 30 YEARS OLD.

IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS

WHEN I KNEW THAT I WAS

SO FAR BEHIND.

AND THAT DREAM-- POOH--

WAS GONE.

FROM THAT DAY I SAID,

"I'LL NEVER BE A DOCTOR."

Navah:

YOU KNOW, MY DAD

ALWAYS LOVES

TO SHOW OFF THE FACT THAT

HE'S A STANFORD GRADUATE.

AND IT'S LIKE,

WHAT THE HECK KIND

OF STANFORD GRADUATE,

WHAT THE HECK KIND OF JEW

WOULD SAY,

"I'M NOT SENDING

MY KIDS TO SCHOOL"?

I THINK THAT WAS

COMPLETELY UNFAIR.

IF YOU WERE GONNA KEEP US

IN THE CAMPER

FOR THE REST

OF OUR LIVES,

THEN THAT WAS OKAY.

BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP US

UNEDUCATED

AND THEN SEND US OFF

INTO THE WORLD

AND EXPECT

THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE

SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS,

YOU KNOW?

Salvador:

MY DAD ALWAYS--

HE ALWAYS WANTED US

TO UNDERSTAND

THAT WE WERE NO DIFFERENT

FROM THE GREAT APES,

WHICH WAS FINE

IF WE HAD STAYED THERE.

BUT WE DIDN'T STAY THERE.

WE GOT MARRIED,

YOU KNOW,

AND OUR WIVES

DIDN'T WANT TO BE

MARRIED TO AN ANIMAL.

( both laugh )

SO, YOU KNOW,

IT'S HARD TO DEAL

WITH MODERN LIFE

SOMETIMES, STILL.

- Sawin: NEXT WEEK?

- SAME TIME NEXT WEEK?

YOU GOT IT.

BYE.

Phaedra Paskowitz:

IT'S A STRUGGLE

FOR ALL OF THE PASKOWITZ

BROTHERS AND A SISTER

TO FUNCTION

IN A SOCIETY

THAT THEY WEREN'T REALLY

PREPARED FOR.

THEY WERE GIVEN

THIS IDEA

THAT YOU

COULD LIVE LIFE

THE WAY YOU WANTED TO,

YOU COULD LIVE

WHERE YOU COULD BREATHE,

WHEN ALL OF THAT

IS ALL WONDERFUL,

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF

OTHER ELEMENTS, I THINK,

THAT AFFECT

DAILY LIVING.

Jonathan:

THE INABILITY

TO HOLD DOWN A JOB

LIKE A NORMAL PERSON WOULD,

YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE JUST IN THE LAST

10 YEARS

I'D CREATED

A $20-MILLION COMPANY

FOR ONE GUY

AND RAN

A SPORTSWEAR COMPANY

AND, YOU KNOW,

THINGS LIKE THAT,

WHERE I SHOULD

HAVE BEEN SMARTER.

I SHOULD HAVE HAD

A CONTRACT

WITH THESE GUYS.

I SHOULD HAVE GOT

A PIECE OF THE PIE

OR WHATEVER IT IS.

AND BECAUSE

I'M A PASKOWITZ,

I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH

IN "THE WAYS

OF THE WICKED,"

AS DORIAN WOULD SAY,

THE SOCIETY'S WAYS.

Phaedra:

AND SO NOW AS ADULTS,

TO HAVE A FAMILY,

TO HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT,

TO OWN A HOME,

TO MAKE PAYMENTS,

AND TO CONSISTENTLY

DO THAT

IS A STRUGGLE.

Jonathan:

FOR ANYBODY

THAT THINKS,

"WELL, THOSE GUYS,

THE PASKOWITZES--

THEY HAD A WONDERFUL

HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE

IN THEIR LIVES

AND THEY SHOULD HAVE

KEPT IT CLEAN AND

BURNED PURE

LIKE A CANDLE GOD MADE

WITH HIS OWN URINE"--

FIRST OF ALL,

I COULDN'T GIVE A SHIT

WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

FOR SURE, SOCIALLY

WE HAVE ALL CREATED VICES

FOR OURSELVES.

UNFORTUNATELY,

WE ARE HUMAN.

Joshua:

I HAVE PLAYED

EVERY PIT,

EVERY DUMP,

EVERY PLACE OF MALCONTENT

FROM HERE TO FREAKIN'

CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

THIS IS A NEW DUMP.

OH, I'M SORRY.

CAN WE NOT SIT HERE?

NOT GOOD? NO?

? HARDER THAN A RAIL ?

? SHARPER THAN A NAIL ?

? THAT THEY PIERCE

THE BELLY OF THE SIDE ?

? OF THE FAVORITE

MOTHER'S SON... ?

THEY'RE LAZY.

NOT 1/10 OF THE PEOPLE--

THE CHILDREN OF THE EARTH

HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

THAT MY KIDS HAVE.

? ...INSIDE THE FIST ?

? OF EVERY BABY BORN ?

? INSIDE THE FURY ?

? OF EVERY WOMAN

SCORNED... ?

ONE OF MY SAD

DISAPPOINTMENTS

IS THAT MY KIDS

DIDN'T FIND OUT

FOR THEMSELVES

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE.

Dorian:

LISTEN, A LOT OF PEOPLE

GO TO SCHOOL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE

GO TO STANFORD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GO

TO MIDDLE SCHOOL

AND HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

WHY AREN'T YOU OUT--

WHY AREN'T YOU

OUT FILMING THEM?

HOW COME YOU COME

TO A BUNCH

OF IGNORAMUSES,

A MEXICAN INDIAN

AND A DUMB JEW?

HOW COME

YOU'RE FILMING US?

- ( song intro playing )

- David: I WROTE A SONG

FOR MY FATHER

THAT EXPRESSED MY--

MY DISAPPOINTMENT

WITH THE WAY

HE TREATED ME.

AND I FELT THAT

I'D PUT IN MY GOOD TIME

TO BE TRUSTED

AND BELIEVED IN.

AND SO BASICALLY

THIS SONG SAID

THAT THINGS

WON'T GET BETTER

UNTIL HE'S GONE.

BECAUSE HIS WILL

IS TOO STRONG

TO LET ANYONE ELSE'S

COME OUT.

? Feel you... ?

FEEL YOU...

- ? Frail eyes... ?

- FRAIL EYES...

- ? Think you... ?

- THINK YOU...

- ? But broken mind... ?

- BUT BROKEN MIND...

- STOP NOW...

- ? Stop now... ?

- AND REALIZE...

- ? And realize... ?

- TO WHOM YOU...

- ? To whom you... ?

? ...GAVE THE PRIZE ?

? SEE NOW ?

? CRY YOU MUST ?

? SOON I'LL LEAVE ?

? YOU, DUST ?

? DO YOU STILL ?

? PRAY TOO? ?

? TO YOUR FACE ?

? I SAY ?

? YOU MUST ?

? GO DOWN ?

? YOU GO ?

? DOWN ?

? YOU MUST ?

? GO DOWN ?

? YOU GO ?

? DOWN ?

? I TRIED THE GOOD,

BUT THE GOOD SAID NO ?

? LOOK TO ANOTHER ANSWER ?

? GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE

SO I'LL KNOW ?

? WHO-- ?

? LOOK INTO MY EYES,

TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE ?

? ANOTHER SOUL

IN DISASTER ?

? DEVIL TAKES

ANOTHER LITTLE PART OF ME ?

? GOD, YOU ARE

A NO-RISK MASTER... ?

( mock laugh )

- ( music stops )

- I CAN'T HEAR ANY MORE

OF THAT.

- ISN'T THAT HORRIBLE?

- Man: DID HE EVER

HEAR THAT?

Juliette:

WE HAVEN'T JOINED

THE CIRCLE

IN OVER 10 YEARS.

AND I DOUBT

IF IT WILL HAPPEN SOON.

DORIAN IS

A HIGHLY FEELING INSTRUMENT--

HIGHLY,

VERY SENSITIVE,

VERY INTELLIGENT.

HE'S-- HE'S LIKE

A PROPHET.

HE FEELS THESE THINGS

DIFFERENTLY

FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

I GUESS THAT'S WHY

HE'S SO EXTREME,

YOU KNOW--

MARRYING A CERTAIN

KIND OF A WIFE,

HAVING A GREAT NUMBER

OF CHILDREN,

INTRODUCING SURFING

TO ISRAEL

AND SO ON

AND SO ON.

BUT HE'S

LIKE A RECEPTACLE

FOR THE INSPIRING

TERRIBLE THINGS

OF LIVING.

Dorian:

IN MANY TIMES

IN MY LIFE

WITH MY KIDS

I WAS

FAR TOO SERIOUS,

FAR TOO RADICAL

AND FAR TOO

TIGHTFISTED.

BUT THAT'S JUST

A WAY OF SAYING

I WASN'T THE MAN

THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

'CAUSE A REAL MAN,

LIKE A REAL WOMAN,

IS CAPABLE

OF CONTROLLING HIMSELF

BEFORE HE CONTROLS

HIS CHILDREN.

DID I GIVE THEM

THE ACTUAL TOOLS

THAT IN A WAY

INVENT OPPORTUNITY?

NO, I DID NOT.

Salvador:

IF YOU LOOK

AT MY FATHER,

AND INSERT HIM

IN ANY TIME

IN THE HISTORY

OF HUMANITY,

HE IS A GREAT

HUMAN BEING.

IF YOU INSERT HIM

IN THIS SMALL

TECHNOLOGICAL TIME,

HE HASN'T DONE

THAT MUCH.

HE HAS NO TRAPPINGS

OF A COMFORTABLE

EXISTENCE.

AND 99% OF PEOPLE

WOULD WANT TO BE

A PART OF THE WORLD

THAT ISN'T JUST

RELATING TO SURVIVAL.

SO, YOU KNOW,

YOU CAN SAY

HE HAS BEEN

NOTHING BUT A FAILURE

HIS WHOLE LIFE.

Dorian:

WE GAVE THEM LOVE,

TOGETHERNESS,

FOOD, CLOTHING

AND SHELTER.

WE GAVE THEM DIET,

THE EXERCISE

THEY HAD ALWAYS,

THE REST

THAT THEY GOT--

HUDDLED TOGETHER

WITH ONE ANOTHER,

THEY SLEPT

LIKE PUPPIES.

THEIR RECREATION

WAS ONE ANOTHER,

AND THE ANTICIPATION

OF A NEW DAY.

AND THEIR ATTITUDES

OF MIND

WERE MAYBE NOT

GREAT PHILOSOPHIES,

BUT THEY WERE

SENSIBLE ATTITUDES.

NO NO, HEY,

I HAVE TO GO.

I HAVE TO GO.

( speaking Hebrew )

- YOU WANT TO DO THIS

TOMORROW?

- YES.

- WILL YOU

TAKE CARE OF THIS?

- GIVE ME.

- YOU'LL TAKE

CARE OF IT?

- YES YES.

- YOU'LL TAKE

GOOD CARE OF IT?

- YES YES.

- YEAH? YOU DON'T

HURT YOURSELF?

- YES.

- NO HURT YOURSELF, OKAY?

- OKAY.

- DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

- IT'S GOOD, YOU.

- YOU BE SAFE,

THOUGH, OKAY?

- OKAY.

- ALL RIGHT?

- ALL RIGHT.

- GOOD.

- THANK YOU.

- YOU'RE WELCOME.

- YOU?

- FOR YOU.

- ( shouts )

- BE CAREFUL.

- OKAY, THANK YOU.

- BE CAREFUL.

- OKAY.

Jonathan:

WE'LL SEE IF HE IS

CAREFUL.

Salvador:

I READ MY DAD'S BOOK

"SURFING IN HEALTH"

FOR THE FIRST TIME.

HE SAID ONE THING

IN THAT BOOK

THAT MADE SENSE

TO ME,

WHICH WAS,

THE PRIMITIVE MAN

HAD TO FIGHT

EVERY DAY

NOT TO BE HUNGRY,

AND THE MODERN MAN

HAS TO FIGHT

EVERY DAY

TO BE HUNGRY.

BECAUSE AS HARD

AS IT WAS

FOR THE PRIMITIVE MAN

TO GET THE FOOD,

IT'S SO EASY

FOR US TO GET IT

AND DIE FROM IT.

I GOT THAT.

IT MADE SENSE.

WHY WOULDN'T IT BE

A STRUGGLE?

Jonathan:

EVERY BONE IN MY BODY

WISHES

ONE DAY TO GET BACK

TO THAT LEVEL

OF HEALTH--

NOT BEING THE ABSENCE

OF ILLNESS

BUT A SUPERIOR STATE

OF WELL-BEING

ABOVE AND BEYOND

SIMPLY BEING,

BUT BEING EVERYTHING

A HUMAN BEING COULD BE

SO THAT THE BRAIN

CAN BE EVERYTHING

THAT IT CAN BE.

David:

EVERYONE CAN DO IT.

THERE'S ONLY

ONE ACHILLES' HEEL

TO THE WHOLE THING--

IT'S THAT YOU'VE GOT

TO BE HONEST

ABOUT REALLY

WANTING IT.

Navah:

YOU HAVE TO REALLY CARE.

YOU HAVE TO KNOW

THAT EVERY SINGLE THING

YOU PICK UP

HAS TO BE

THOUGHT ABOUT.

YOU CAN'T

JUST EAT SOMETHING

WITHOUT THOUGHT,

WHICH I THINK

100% OF AMERICANS DO.

David:

WE TAKE THE STEAK,

START THE FREAKIN'

HUMMER...

I THINK THAT'S THE THING

THAT DORIAN WAS REALLY

AFRAID OF,

IS THAT WE WOULD

TURN INTO ANTIHUMANS...

David:

...WHERE YOU GIVE

AS LEAST AS YOU CAN

TO GAIN AS MUCH

AS YOU CAN

IN THE SHORTEST

PERIOD OF TIME.

Abraham:

I THINK THAT THE END

OF MODERN CIVILIZATION

IS NEAR.

I THINK THAT--

David:

--THAT THE CURRENT

STATE OF EXISTENCE

NEEDS TO COME

TO A FINALITY,

I WOULD HOPE

WITH AS LEAST CONSEQUENCE

AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WE ALL

NEED TO GO HUNGRY

FOR A BUNCH OF YEARS.

Dorian:

BECAUSE THE WORLD

IS TOO SMALL

IN THE CONTEXT

OF THE UNIVERSE.

AND WE ARE

SO SELF-CONTAINED

THAT YOU CAN'T JUMP HERE

WITHOUT MAKING

A NOISE THERE.

IF WE CONTINUE

IN OUR QUEST

FOR POWER

AND COMFORTS

AND WE KEEP CONSTANTLY

AGREEING TO THAT,

WE WILL BE UNREPENTANT,

WE WILL BE UNKNOWING,

WE WILL BE IGNORANT

OF OUR OWN VULNERABILITY.

AND ONE

OF THESE DAYS

SOMEONE'S GONNA

THROW THE SWITCH.

Juliette:

TODAY IS A VERY

SPECIAL DAY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PAPA,

BUT I WAS UP AT 4:04

THINKING ABOUT IT

AND ANTICIPATING

MEETING MY SONS

AT THE AIRPORT.

Hey, guys,

this is David.

I just wanted to call

and let you know

that everything is

100% go...

Hey, Dave, it's Navie.

I'm so bummed

that we couldn't have

flown out tonight...

It's Salvador.

Um, Thanksgiving--

you know why...

David:

Hopefully everything goes

as wonderfully

as we can expect...

Dorian:

WE DON'T WANT TO BE

ON OUR ASSES

WHEN OUR CHILDREN

ARE COMING.

HOW ARE YOU?

COME ON, COME ON,

MY SONS.

HI.

HOW ARE YOU?

NO NO NO NO NO.

TA-DAH!

GROUP HUG.

GROUP HUG.

SALVADOR,

YOU'RE GETTING THINNER.

Salvador:

I AM. I'M TRYING

SO HARD.

THERE HE IS.

DON'T FALL OVER

OR ANYTHING, DAD.

OH MY-- CAREFUL

WITH THE HEAD.

CAREFUL.

TOMORROW--

MR. TOMORROW.

OHH, JOSHUA, JOSHUA.

JOSHUA'S FULL

OF MUSCLES, ABRAHAM.

OH, I KNOW.

AND YOU'RE FULL

OF FAT, ABRAHAM.

Juliette:

I'M A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS

ABOUT MY FEELINGS

BECAUSE I

REALLY DON'T KNOW

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND I'M ETERNALLY

OPTIMISTIC.

I THINK

THAT SOMEBODY WOULD

GO UP TO THEIR

BIG BROTHER AND SAY,

"BROTHER, I'M SO HAPPY

TO SEE YOU,"

AND JUST GRAB HIM,

HUG HIM.

I'M VERY MUCH

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

WHATEVER HAPPENS,

I'M LOOKING FORWARD

TO IT.

Nancy:

I THINK THERE'S

A LONG WAY TO GO

ON CERTAIN ASPECTS.

LIFE'S REALLY SHORT,

THOUGH.

DAVE'S PARENTS ARE OLDER.

YOU KNOW, WHO'S TO SAY

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN

TOMORROW? WE DON'T WANT

TO LOOK BACK

AND HAVE

ANY REGRETS LIKE,

"OH, WE SHOULD HAVE

DONE THAT

OR WHAT WE SHOULD

HAVE SAID."

IT DOESN'T MATTER

WHAT YOU DWELL ON.

THAT SUN'S GONNA COME UP

AND GO DOWN TOMORROW.

AND I'VE TRIED TO INSTILL

IN MY BROTHERS

THAT, LOOK, I'M FUCKING

41 YEARS OLD NOW,

AND IF YOU DON'T

FIGURE IT OUT PRETTY SOON,

YOU'RE GONNA BE 51 AND 61

AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA SAY,

"JESUS CHRIST, WE LET

20 YEARS GO BY."

AT LEAST WE LET

SEVEN YEARS GO BY.

Joshua:

I'M JUST GLAD

TO BE HERE

WITH THESE GUYS,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

I'VE DEALT

WITH SO MANY OF MY OWN

PERSONAL LOSSES

THAT I REALIZE

EVEN A FLAWED FAMILY

THAT STICKS TOGETHER

IS BETTER

THAN NO FAMILY

AT ALL.

I'M GONNA GIVE DAVID

A BIG HUG AND A KISS

RIGHT WHEN I SEE HIM.

HI.

Man:

HERE'S DELILAH

AND DAVIDA.

HI.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

( chuckles )

HI.

- YOU LOOK GOOD.

- THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

( laughs )

LET ME JUST STARE AT YOU

FOR A SECOND.

I KNEW HIM

WHEN HE WAS AN INFANT.

AND I THINK I'VE HEARD

THEY HAD A SECOND,

BUT I WAS UNAWARE

THAT THERE WAS A THIRD.

Juliette:

WE ARE 99%

ALL TOGETHER.

WE'RE JUST MISSING

ONE GUY AND HIS FAMILY,

AND THAT WOULD BE

IZZY.

( man chanting

in Hawaiian )

( chanting continues

in distance )

I JUST FLEW IN,

BUT I SHOULDN'T BE HERE.

I'VE GOT MY AUTISTIC

SON HOME

THAT'S VIOLENT

AND HITTING AND BITING.

AND I SHOULDN'T

BE HERE,

BUT I AM

OUT OF RESPECT

FOR A VERY SPECIAL

PERSON--

YOU KNOW, MY DAD,

WHOM I LOVE AND RESPECT

AND DON'T UNDERSTAND.

OKAY, HOW DO I LOOK?

( distant cheering )

Izzy:

I'M HERE.

YOU'VE GOT MY LEI ON.

- HI, MOM.

- I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.

( chuckles )

- Izzy: OH, IT'S SO NICE

TO SEE YOU.

- ( crying )

- YOU'VE GOT YOUR

LITTLE FAMILY HERE.

- OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

THANK YOU.

- THIS IS FOR YOU.

THIS IS FOR YOU.

- THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE

TO HOLD HANDS,

CLOSE THE CIRCLE.

- Boy: IZZY!

- I MISSED YOU.

WE'RE OUTSIDE THE GATES

FROM HERE.

HUG EACH OTHER

FOR GOD'S SAKE.

( cheering, applause )

IMAGINE THIS.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

( crying )

Izzy:

THE GOOD TIMES

OUTWEIGH THE BAD,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DREAM.

WHEN I LIE DOWN

I STILL THINK

ABOUT ALL THE THINGS

THAT ALMOST KILLED US,

BUT--

AND I WOULD NEVER EVER

DO THIS TO MY KIDS,

NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.

YOU COULDN'T GIVE ME

$10 MILLION.

Navah:

I UNDERSTAND

SO MUCH MORE

WHY MY MOM AND DAD

MADE THE CHOICES THEY DID.

AND I HAVE

SUCH A NORMAL

VALLEY-JEWISH-MOM

LIFE NOW.

AND NOBODY WOULD

EVER BELIEVE

THE EXPERIENCES

MY BROTHERS AND I

HAD TOGETHER.

I WOULDN'T CHANGE THAT

FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD,

YOU KNOW,

NEVER NEVER.

Salvador:

THE ONLY CHANGE

THAT I WILL MAKE IS

I WILL TRY TO GIVE

MY DAUGHTER HALO

ENOUGH SAVVY

ABOUT THE WORLD

- THAT SHE CAN BE

A PART OF IT...

- BYE.

...IF SHE CHOOSES TO BE.

AND IF SHE WANTS

TO LIVE

THE WAY THAT HER

GRANDPA LIVED...

- BYE.

- ...THAT SHE CAN

DO THAT TOO.

Adam:

INSTEAD OF A CAMPER

I'M GONNA GET MYSELF

A SLOW-MOVING,

A SHRIMP KIND OF BOAT,

AND THEN JUST GO

AS FAR AS I CAN GO

FOR AS LONG

AS I CAN GO.

AND I INTEND

TO PUT MY KIDS THROUGH

WHAT MY DAD

PUT ME THROUGH.

I'M NOT SENDING

THEM TO SCHOOL.

( chuckles )

AND I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW,

KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE.

David:

I REALLY REALLY LONG

FOR THAT MOMENT

WHEN I'M DOWN

AT PUNTA CONEJO,

THE CAR'S

STUCK IN THE SAND,

WE HAVE NO MONEY,

NOTHING TO EAT,

BUT AFTER THE HUNGER

GOES AWAY

AND I'M PADDLING OUT

TO THIS FOUR-FOOT LEFT.

NOBODY'S OUT.

NOBODY KNOWS

WHERE IT IS.

AND I'M ALL BY MYSELF

AND I AM BLAZING.

I'M GOING

100 MILES AN HOUR,

AND THAT'S IT, DONE.

AT THE END OF THE RIDE

I EVAPORATE.

I WANT IT BACK.

I WANT TO BE

THERE AGAIN.

( all cheering )

( all chattering )

- Woman: WHERE'S MAX?

- Man: MAX!

- Man #2: JEFF, GET IN HERE.

- GET YOUR BUTTS IN HERE.

- GET OVER HERE, JEFF.

- JEFF, GET IN HERE.

Jonathan:

AND HE'S UP,

TURNING, TRULY EXPLORING.

ABRAHAM CHARGING

OFF THE BOTTOM.

- Adam: THERE'S IZZY.

- Jonathan: OH, GOD.

( laughing, applauding )

Jonathan:

NO STOPPING HIM.

LARGE... OFF THE TOP,

FLESH TREMBLING.

Adam: I'M GONNA WAIT

A LITTLE BIT MORE

TILL I SEE SOMETHING

THAT RESEMBLES SOMETHING

THAT'S RIDEABLE.

THE THING IS,

IS THAT I'M ACTUALLY

BETTER THAN ALL OF 'EM.

I HADN'T SURFED

FOR A YEAR.

Juliette:

YAHOO! WHOA.

NAVIE'S WITH HER.

WHOO!

Jonathan:

OH, YEAH. HE'S NOT

GONNA LET THIS ONE

SKIP AWAY FROM HIM.

OH, NO.

AND DAVID BACKSIDES,

CHARGING WITH ABRAHAM.

DAVID TRYING TO SCARE HIM.

ABRAHAM QUIVERING

IN TERROR.

AND JOSH RIGHT THERE

TO GREET THEM.

BROTHERS UNITED

IN THE WHITE WATER.

Juliette:

A BEAUTIFUL RIDE.

BRAVO.

Juliette:

ENJOY YOUR

LITTLE CHILDREN

WHILE THEY'RE LITTLE.

AND JUST LOVE THEM,

LOVE THEM, LOVE THEM,

BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GROW

VERY FAST.

( kid yells )

Dorian:

IT'S EASIER TO DIE

WHEN YOU HAVE LIVED

THAN IT IS TO DIE

WHEN YOU HAVEN'T.

SO I SAY

TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE,

GO MAKE MEMORIES,

BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES.

WHEN THE TIME COMES

FOR YOU TO GO

YOU WILL NOT

GO ALONE.

( mid-tempo music playing )

? AHH-HH... ?

? DARLIN', I HAD ?

? THE BEST INTENTIONS ?

? BUT I DUG MYSELF

A HOLE ?

? WITH A MODERN

INVENTION ?

? AHH-HH... ?

? BABY, DID I

MAKE YOU FEEL ?

? THAT YOU DIDN'T

HAVE A MIND ?

? TO RECONCILE

THE TRUTH ?

? IN A TROUBLED TIME? ?

? SKIPPING MESSAGES ?

? GOOD MACHINES

DON'T LIE ?

? AHH-HH... ?

? FROM HERE WE ROLL ON ?

? FROM HERE

WE ROLL ON ?

? FROM HERE WE ROLL ON ?

? FROM HERE WE ROLL... ?

? ON ?

? FROM HERE WE ROLL ON ?

? FROM HERE

WE ROLL ON ?

? FROM HERE WE ROLL ON. ?

Dorian:

THAT WOULD BE

A GREAT WAY TO DIE--

TO BE EATEN

BY A SHARK--

YEP,

A BIG SHARK.