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Gleaming the Cube (1989) -- Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications. To the police it looks like suicide, but Brian knows better so he skates off to investigate the murder himself.

Overview

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Director:
Graeme Clifford
Writer (WGA):
Michael Tolkin (written by)
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Release Date:
13 January 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
Skate or Die more
Plot:
Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Perfect Late '80s Skater film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christian Slater ... Brian Kelly

Steven Bauer ... Al Lucero

Richard Herd ... Ed Lawndale
Le Tuan ... Colonel Trac
Min Luong ... Tina Trac

Art Chudabala ... Vinh Kelly
Ed Lauter ... Mr. Kelly

Micole Mercurio ... Mrs. Kelly

Peter Kwong ... Bobby Nguyen

Charles Cyphers ... Harvey McGill

Max Perlich ... Yabbo

Tony Hawk ... Buddy
Tommy Guerrero ... Sam
Christian Jacobs ... Gremic
Joe Gosha ... Nick Oliver
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Brother's Justice
Skate or Die
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Runtime:
100 min | USA:105 min (FMC Library Print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Anaheim, California, USA more

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Trivia:
Former pro-skater Tommy Guerrero made $500 per day teaching Christian Slater how to skateboard. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double for Slater during the intense skating scenes in the house under construction. more
Quotes:
Yabbo: [telling Brian about a house that burned down to skate the pool] Besides, it burned down last week.
Buddy: [points at Yabbo] Yeah, he burned it!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Robot Chicken: Suck It (#2.1)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE more

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11 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Perfect Late '80s Skater film, 17 July 2002
10/10
Author: Me Grimlock from Seattle, WA

Ok I know this film is old, but who cares? Let's get that out of the way, it's old it's old it's old. I don't care if it's old. I was 13 1/2 when this movie came out, and I know a lot of people even my age (27) would consider this a dated "old school" movie, but like I said, I don't care, it's still fun.

I was a middle school skater in the very late '80s, and this film brings back great memories. Ok the fashions got old by like 1991, but again who cares? Forget the fashions and just concentrate on the skateboard stunts, they'll blow you away. Legendary skater Tony Hawk is in this film, and everyone who was or is a skater knows how valuable Hawk was to skateboarding. These days I see a lot of teenagers skateboarding in parking lots and malls, it seems the trend has come back since being dormant since 1990. Even though the skating fad died down then, I was still skating as a teenager into around 1995. It was uncool to be a 19 or 20 year old skating back in the heyday of grunge, but once a skater, always a skater. Many times when I see these kids skating today, I want to haul my old 27 year old butt out there and show them how us 13 and 14 year olds did it back in 1989.

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