Airborne (1993)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Bill Apablasa (screenplay)
Bill Apablasa (story)

Release Date:

17 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Mitchell Became The Most Popular Guy On Earth...Once He Took To The Sky!

Plot:

Mitchell Goosen is sixteen/seventeen year old kid from California who loves to surf and roller blade...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Cousin | Cincinnati Ohio | Uncle | Aunt

Cast

Shane McDermott	...	Mitchell Goosen
Seth Green	...	Wiley
Brittney Powell	...	Nikki
Chris Conrad	...	Jack
Edie McClurg	...	Aunt Irene
Patrick Thomas O'Brien	...	Uncle Louis (as Patrick O'Brien)
Jack Black	...	Augie
Alanna Ubach	...	Gloria
Jacob Vargas	...	Snake
Owen Stadele	...	Blane
Chris Edwards	...	Walt
Daniel Betances	...	Tony Banducci
David Betances	...	Mark Banducci
Jim Jansen	...	Mr. Goosen
Louan Gideon	...	Mrs. Goosen

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:G | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bellevue, Kentucky, USA

Company:

Icon Entertainment International

Trivia:

Central High school is actually Western Hills High School, alma mater of baseball greats Pete Rose and Whitey Herzog.

Goofs:

Factual errors: After his really bad day at school, Mitchell's aunt mentions his father had come down with Poison Oak. His parents are supposed to be doing research in Australia, but both varieties of poison oak are found only in the United States.

Quotes:

Aunt Irene: Oh, I'm feeling kind of frisky.
Uncle Louis: Well, let's get out the Twister game.

Movie Connections:

References Ice Hockey (1988) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Afterburner

so-so story, excellent skatin'

I enjoyed this movie as a kid, but have only recently re-watched it. Present impressions are not as favorable, but at least one aspect was impressive. Granted, the storyline was nothing new and at times corny, but there was a bit of vocabulary and a few good lines. What most impressed me was the novelty of the street skating scenes. These moves were being done by a few people at the time, but most kids like me had never seen such things. As I just watched now, I was surprised at things like the flip on the half pipe and riding walls and jumping cars and grinding rails. For 93, that's just plain amazing. For a lot of my friends this movie became a sort of street skating manual. We even painted dragons on our skates like the main character. Some of us even went on to be sponsored and I think it all started with this movie. Considered from this perspective, Airborne is definitely innovative and classic.