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Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story

  • 2010
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Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story (2010)
A real surfer girl conquers Hollywood and inspires generations of young women to try a traditionally male-dominated sport.
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Young female surfers have been nicknamed 'Gidget' for almost 50 years and yet the true story of Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, the real 'Gidget,' and how her account of surfing Malibu in the mid-19... Read allYoung female surfers have been nicknamed 'Gidget' for almost 50 years and yet the true story of Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, the real 'Gidget,' and how her account of surfing Malibu in the mid-1950s became the basis for a best-selling novel and spurred a national cultural phenomenon h... Read allYoung female surfers have been nicknamed 'Gidget' for almost 50 years and yet the true story of Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, the real 'Gidget,' and how her account of surfing Malibu in the mid-1950s became the basis for a best-selling novel and spurred a national cultural phenomenon has never been explored until now. This touching look at a unique father/daughter relations... Read all

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    • Brian Gillogly
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    • Brian Gillogly
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    • Layne Beachley
    • James Darren
    • Sally Field
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    • Director
      • Brian Gillogly
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      • Brian Gillogly
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      • Layne Beachley
      • James Darren
      • Sally Field
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    Gregory Harrison
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    Kathy Kohner
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    Caryn Richman
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    • I know Sandra Dee died before this was made, but why would they not include interviews from her in this documentary? After all she was the original Gidget!

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      • April 2010 (United States)
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      • United States
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      • English
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      • LeftPeak Productions
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