Free Movie In The Park: Surf’s Up
This week the movie will be the movie “Surf’s Up” on July 16cth.
Join us for “Moonlight Movies” in Town Center Park. Make a magical memory under a beautiful Ocean Isle Beach night sky with your entire crew! Bring a comfy chair or blanket and enjoy your favorite family-friendly films projected onto a 16ft screen on the Amphitheater stage.
No matter where you are, every spot has a great view! A variety of food vendors will also be on site with yummy snacks and treats for purchase. Moonlight Movies is a great way to relax with your friends and family in an inviting outdoor setting.
The Plot:
A documentary crew arrives in the penguin community of Shiverpool, Antarctica to document the life of teenage northern rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick, living with his mother Edna and his older brother Glen. Cody has dreamed of becoming a professional surfer ever since meeting the famous surfer emperor penguin Zeke “Big Z” Topanga many years ago.
When talent scout shorebird Michael Abromowitz arrives to find entrants for the Big Z Memorial surfing competition on Pen-Gu Island, Cody manages to prove his skills to enlist in the competition. En route to Pen-Gu Island, Cody befriends another entrant, Chicken Joe, a cheerful but slow-witted rooster surfer from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
The entrants arrive at Pen-Gu Island, where Cody meets and immediately falls in love with Lani Aliikai, a female gentoo penguin who is a lifeguard. He also meets the mean-spirited king penguin Tank “The Shredder” Evans, who has won the competition nine times since its creation after Big Z’s death a decade ago. Cody sees Tank vandalizing Big Z’s memorial and furiously challenges him to a duel. Tank wins, while Cody nearly drowns and is stung by a sea urchin named Ivan, getting a poisonous spine stuck in his foot. Lani rescues him and takes him to her uncle Geek to help Cody recover from his injuries. Cody wakes up, but cannot find the souvenir necklace given to him by Big Z when he was young. Geek then finds it in his hut, hesitant on returning the accessory.
While returning the necklace, Geek finds Cody sitting on a koa log and offers to help him make a surfboard. They attempt to take the log back to Geek’s house, only to lose control of it and end up on a beach far away from the house. When Cody gets to the beach, he discovers a shack full of old trophies and surfboards, which used to belong to Big Z. After observing Geek walking solemnly into the shack, he realizes that Geek is Big Z himself. Excited, Cody asks him to teach him how to surf. Big Z reluctantly agrees, but tells Cody he has to make his own board first.
VENUE DETAILS
Town Center Park – 11 E. 2nd Street
Admission is FREE
Parking is FREE
Food Vendors available
Movie begins after sunset
Pets, smoking, vaping, alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, and glass containers are prohibited on park grounds and in parking areas.
For additional Park Rules & Regulations, please refer to the Town Center Park page.
Here Is The Complete Summer 2025 Schedule Of Free Movies:
Movies begin as the sun sets at Town Center Park!
