Point Break
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7.2In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Released: 1991-07-12122 minDir: Kathryn BigelowAction, Thriller, Crime
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Agent Johnny Utah
- Patrick Swayze as Bodhi / Mask President
- Lori Petty as Tyler Endicott
- Gary Busey as Agent Angelo Pappas
- John C. McGinley as SAIC Ben Harp
- James Le Gros as Roach
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Screenplay by
- W. Peter Iliff
- Story by
- Rick King W. Peter Iliff
- Produced by
- Peter Abrams Robert L. Levy
- Starring
- Keanu Reeves Patrick Swayze Gary Busey Lori Petty
- Cinematography
- Donald Peterman
- Edited by
- Howard Smith
- Music by
- Mark Isham
- Production companies
- Largo Entertainment Johnny Utah Productions
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- July 10, 1991 ( 1991-07-10 ) ( Westwood ) July 12, 1991 ( 1991-07-12 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 122 minutes
- Country
Key dates
- Published
- 19 September 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy cop film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- skydiving
- Creator
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Director
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Cast member
- Julie Michaels
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
Article
Point Break is a 1991 American action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W. Peter Iliff. It stars Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey and Lori Petty. The title refers to the surfing term "point break", where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline. The film features Reeves as an undercover FBI agent who is tasked with investigating the identities of a group of bank robbers while he develops a complex relationship with the group's leader (Swayze).
Development of Point Break began in 1986, when Iliff wrote an initial script for the film. Bigelow soon developed it with her husband, James Cameron, and filming took place four years later. It was shot across the western coast of the continental United States and was budgeted at $24 million. It was released on July 12, 1991.