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A young avid skateboarder uncovers a conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.A young avid skateboarder uncovers a conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.A young avid skateboarder uncovers a conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.
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- TriviaFormer pro-skater Tommy Guerrero made $500 per day teaching Christian Slater how to skateboard.
- GoofsDuring the intense skate scene on the building site, Slater's skateboard miraculously changes from a regular skateboard to a freestyle board, which is less wide and differently shaped than the board he rides throughout the film.
- Quotes
Brian Kelly: I don't know what's worse: getting blown up in nuclear war or having a 7-11 on every corner.
- Crazy creditsRodney Mullen can be seen doing flatground tricks toward the beginning of the end credits.
- Alternate versionsInitial UK releases were cut for language and bloody imagery to achieve a PG rating from the BBFC:
- [Reel 2] During scene in orchard, after Vietnamese character has pulled out gun, remove dialogue "don't give me a jerk-off hand job" before he loses his gun and is killed (13 mins).
- [Reel 3] During scene between man in maroon jersey and boy in blue, after latter has swept objects off table, remove his response "Fuck, no" as he faces away from camera (6 mins).
- [Reel 6] After boy on skateboard has crashed through window and Vietnamese man has been shot, reduce sight of his lying on ground bleeding and being held by wife (4 mins).
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of Gleaming the Cube (1989)
- SoundtracksGleaming the Cube
Written by Robbin Thompson, Carlos Chafin and Eric Heiberg
Performed by James House
Produced by Michael James Jackson
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This is the story of a young confused high school punk who loses his adopted Vietnamese brother to a couple of gun runners. What is he to do? Well he could figure out who these people are and when he's frustrated, he could just skateboard while he's pissed. To lighten things up, he could hit on his dead brothers girlfriend.
There are many famous skaters who lent their abilities to this film. This does rank above the break dancing movies ('Breakin'')and the evil dancing movies ('Footloose' and 'Dirty Dancing') of the eighties, but I don't think it comes close to bike movies ('Rad' and 'The Dirtbike Kid')
There are many famous skaters who lent their abilities to this film. This does rank above the break dancing movies ('Breakin'')and the evil dancing movies ('Footloose' and 'Dirty Dancing') of the eighties, but I don't think it comes close to bike movies ('Rad' and 'The Dirtbike Kid')
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- Feb 2, 2004
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- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,777,280
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $740,780
- Jan 15, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $2,777,280
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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