Bondi Rescue - Season 6 - 2-DVD Set ( Bondi Rescue - Season Six )

Bondi Rescue - Season 6 - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Bondi Rescue - Season Six
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
308 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Michael Cordell

Written By:
Michael Cordell

Actors:
Andrew Günsberg ..... Himself - Narrator / ... (83 episodes, 2006-2011)
Dean Gladstone ..... Himself (51 episodes, 2006-2011)
Bruce Hopkins ..... Himself - Hoppo / ... (45 episodes, 2006-2011)
Andrew Reid ..... Himself / ... (42 episodes, 2006-2011)
Anthony 'Harries' Caroll ..... Himself / ... (35 episodes, 2006-2011)
Ryan Clark ..... Himself / ... (35 episodes, 2006-2011)
Trent 'Maxi' Maxwell ..... Himself / ... (33 episodes, 2008-2011)
Greg Bishop ..... Himself / ... (32 episodes, 2006-2011)
Chris Chapman ..... Himself (27 episodes, 2006-2011)
Kristian Yates ..... Himself / ... (27 episodes, 2006-2011)
Rod Kerr ..... Himself / ... (26 episodes, 2006-2011)
Corey Adams ..... Himself / ... (25 episodes, 2006-2011)
Tom Bunting ..... Himself (23 episodes, 2007-2011)
Blake McKeown ..... Himself (20 episodes, 2007-2011)
Brad Malyon ..... Himself (17 episodes, 2008-2011)
Kobi Graham ..... Himself (14 episodes, 2008-2011)
Dunstan Foss ..... Himself (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Harry Nightingale ..... Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Kyle Pao ..... Himself (8 episodes, 2008-2011)
Hugh Grant ..... Himself (2 episodes, 2009-2010)
Kelly Slater ..... Himself (2 episodes, 2009-2010)

Synopsis:

Australia's most famous lifeguards are back for a sixth season. Bondi Rescue's real-life heroes including Hoppo Whippet Maxy and Harries continue saving lives on one of the world's busiest and most extraordinary beaches. Rescues resuscitations shark sightings perverts bag thieves and fights all feature on a beach that hosts over 2.5 million visitors a year and as many as 40000 people in a single day. Using mini-cams on boards buggies and helmets viewers witness the action up close and personal. The terrified faces of rescue victims the critical seconds during resuscitations and the life-changing decisions made by lifeguards. Throughout another blistering hot summer of huge crowds and dangerous surf the boys in blue perform over 2500 rescues scores of first aids and generally keep the peace on a beach where anything can happen. Despite the enormous pressure these larrikin heroes maintain a sharp sense of humour that has made them a hit with beachgoers and audiences alike. From Europe to Asia America and the Middle East Bondi Rescue has attracted huge international interest. Wild surf big crowds and the most loveable lifeguards to ever pull on board shorts Bondi Rescue delivers all the action from the world's most extraordinary and unpredictable stretch of sand.

Join Bondi Rescue, the original beach rescue series for it's record sixth season in 2011! Over the last five summers, Australian Television audiences were introduced to the dramatic world of the Bondi lifeguards, the real life heroes who patrol one of the world's busiest beaches. In Bondi Rescue the audience sees the action through the eyes of real characters and lifeguards like Reidy, Maxy, Whippet, Deano and Hoppo who deal with anything from shark scares to mass rescues, resuscitations, lost children, thieves and perverts. Their larrikin humour teamed with their ability to save lives has charmed beachgoers and viewers alike. Head Lifeguard Bruce Hopkins expects his team to give everything they've got. But with a maximum of eight lifeguards on duty at any one time, watching over more than 40,000 beach goers on a summer s day, the question is sure to arise, 'will that be enough?' Performing around 2,500 rescues each season, with crowds exceeding 2.5 million people per year, these lifeguards certainly have their work cut out for them. Bondi Rescue has attracted huge international interest and has been distributed worldwide including the UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark and New Zealand. Helmet cams, new lightweight board mounted cameras, underwater photography and water proof sound equipment makes sure audiences get all the action of the dramatic rescues including close-up coverage in the surf. Viewers are so close to the action and are entrenched in the importance of every second - the panic, breathlessness and interaction between the lifeguard and the victim. There is no doubt about it, Bondi Rescue celebrates the unsung heroes of Australia's best asset- the beach.

Bondi beach, where Australian metropolis Sydney's people and countless tourists seek sand and water fun, needs a professional corps of life-guards performing numerous rescues and preventive actions every day. They are among the best-trained, strictest selected, most motivated and hard-working rescuers in the world. They also consider it the best possible job, enjoyed in humanitarian dedication and the Aussie spirit of chivalrous macho fun, competition, pranks, mateship-loyalty and unrelenting effort to help weaker or inexperienced people in need. They constantly train eager newcomers on the job.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 February, 2012.