Occy: The Occumentary at United Cinemas Warriewood
JACK MCCOY PRESENTS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCUMENTARY AND OCCY’S 1999 ASP WORLD TITLE! Feat. Mark Occhilupo, Jack McCoy and special guests
To celebrate the 25th anniversaries of Mark Occhilupo’s 1999 ASP World Title and multi award winning film The Occumentary, legendary surf film maker Jack McCoy and Occhilupo will be hitting the east coast of Australia.
It will be the first time ever the film has been shown in cinemas on the big screen and to commemorate the event, McCoy has remastered the film to give it a complete new look.
Following his ‘hiatus’ from competitive surfing, Billabong founder, Gordon Merchant, sent Occhilupo to WA to live and train with McCoy and his family and begin the comeback of all comebacks. He shed 30kg, cleaned up his lifestyle and they began documenting Occhilupo’s journey back to the pinnacle of professional surfing.
The film was the first ever feature documentary of a surfer and instantly became a cult classic, with many still regarding it as one of the best surf movies ever produced. As with all of McCoy’s films, the sound track is next level and features the likes of the Foo Fighters, Ed Kuepper, Powderfinger and Yothu Yindi.
Throughout the tour, the audience will be treated with McCoy, Occhilupo and special guests will share untold stories and never seen before footage from Occhilupo’s career, as well as a Q and A session to delve deeper into this special moment in time.
“The best surfing bio-film ever made.” – The Surfers Journal
“One of surfing’s most inspirational stories. The comeback to end all comebacks. A classic tribute to a unique character.” – Surfer Mag
Opening 22 August 2024! with showing times TBA.
