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.