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Chasing Mavericks

Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson, 2012

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Chasing Mavericks
Christine Peymani, 2012

NOVELIZATION

Chasing Mavericks: The Movie Novelization is a movie novelization written by Christine Peymani in 2012 and based on the movie Chasing Mavericks, directed by Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson in 2012. The movie features Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin, Greg Long, and others.

What users say

“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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Book cover
Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend (2012)
Book by Frosty Hesson, Ian Spiegelman

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RATING

7.1

/ 10

Movie Poster: Chasing Mavericks (Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson, 2012)

8.7

/ 10

Book Cover: Chasing Mavericks (Christine Peymani, 2012)

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Storyline

When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.

Genres

Movie vs Book

Poster of Chasing Mavericks, the 2012 movie by Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson

Year

2012

Minutes

116

Movie Rate

7.10

Source: IMDb

Movie

Chasing Mavericks

Country: USA

Year: 2012

Length: 1h56m

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Cover of Chasing Mavericks, the 2012 book by Christine Peymani

Year

2012

Pages

256

Book Rate

8.72

S: Goodreads

Book

Chasing Mavericks

Subtitle: The Movie Novelization

Country: USA

First published in: 2012

Length: 256 pages

Genre: Non Fiction

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Poster of Chasing Mavericks, the 2012 movie by Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson

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Cover of Chasing Mavericks, the 2012 book by Christine Peymani

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IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of Chasing Mavericks, the 2012 movie by Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson

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10 votes

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IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of Chasing Mavericks, the 2012 book by Christine Peymani

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