Airborne (1993)

Mitchell Goosen is sixteen/seventeen year old kid from California who loves to surf and roller blade. Yet, his parents, who are two zoologists were given a grant to work in Australia. The ... See full summary »

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Bill Apablasa (screenplay), Stephen McEveety (story),

Stars:

Shane McDermott, Seth Green, Brittney Powell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Mitchell Goosen is sixteen/seventeen year old kid from California who loves to surf and roller blade. Yet, his parents, who are two zoologists were given a grant to work in Australia. The only problem was: Mitchell couldn't go with them. So, he gets sent to stay with his aunt, uncle, and cousin in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he arrives, he meets his cousin who is also his new roommate for the next six months: Wiley. Mitchell then goes to school and gets on the bad side the high school hockey players. Mitchell and Wiley end up enduring weeks of torture from the guys. Then, the big guys and Mitchell and Wiley have to learn to get along to try to beat the Central High School rivals in a competition down Devil's Backbone.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | zoologist | cincinnati ohio | hockey | rollerblading | 

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Taglines:

There are two kinds of people: those who get AIRBORNE...and those who don't.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language and brief nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cool Blades - Nur der Sieg zählt

Filming Locations:

Newport, Kentucky, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,600,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$2,850,263 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Icon Entertainment International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed when the X-Games (then called X-Games 101) started becoming popular and in-line skating was the craze. Chris Edwards (Walt) was a well known for his X-Games appearances and was one of the members of Team Rollerblade.

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Goofs

At the end of the race, Wiley appears to be suddenly wearing an aviator hat and no longer a helmet. However, Wiley was wearing the aviator hat under the helmet and has just removed the helmet.

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Quotes

Nikki: So, if you could have lunch with any three people in the entire world - alive, dead, fictitious, I don't care. Who would it be?
Mitchell Goosen: What kind of question is that?
Nikki: A fun one, c'mon.
Mitchell Goosen: Well, I'd have to say Tom Curren; greatest surfer in the world, now that would be cool. And, um, maybe Ghandi. Not for lunch though, he wouldn't eat lunch.
Nikki: And the third one?
Mitchell Goosen: I'd have to say you.
Nikki: Me? You can have lunch with anyone in the world, and you would choose me.
Mitchell Goosen: You're not just anyone. You're special.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Best of the Worst in Movies - Part 1 (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Tip of my tongue"
Written by Diesel
Performed by Diesel

User Reviews

The "Citizen Kane" of teenage rollerblade movies!

Airborne is mostly a teen movie marketed back in the early 90's when the rollerblade craze was starting to catch on. It's like the rollerblade companies needed some more exposure, so they gave these guys a bunch of money and said "hey, make the kids crave rollerblades". With all that aside, it is a rather enjoyable movie. Shane McDermott plays Mitchel, a surfer from California who must move to Ohio for a couple months. His performance reminds me of a teenage version of Keanu Reeves in Point Break. Seth Green plays the comic relief hapless friend, and Seth's parents are played by Edie McClurg(secretary from Ferris Buehlers) and Patrick O'Brien. The parents in this are hilarious and they work very well with the rest of the cast. The moviesfollows Mitchel as he tries to adjust to the very different Cincinatti atmosphere. He quickly becomes a heartthrob thus alienating him from every guy in town. So he pretty much spends the next hour trying to avoid trouble, but at every turn it seems to find him. In the course of this he ends up playing ice hockey/roller hockey and then rollerblading. The major flaw of this movie is the motive and identity of the villains. You see very little of them throughout the movie, and their dialogue is terrible. There is also a huge disparity in the look of the males and the females in this movie. Most of the male cast looks and are well into their 20's (with the exception of the Shane and Seth).. The girls in this movie look like a bunch of 12 year olds... But since there isn't a lot of interaction between the two, it doesn't detract from the movie too much. All in all, I enjoy this movie. I really like the approach they have taken with the Mitchel character.. He's just a young surfer dude who is a vehement pacifist. He is very cool and very not violent (hero's always breed violence in modern movies).. He also makes a couple of Zen-like observations which are fun to watch. The movie ends with a rollerblade race through downtown Cincinatti with the hero's facing the "Preps". The rollerblade race is the best part of the movie, and it is very well played out. This movie isn't oscar material, but it is much better then any other "roller-skating" movie, sport genre movie, and many disney-teen movies.. Jack Black also play's a small role in this, and is fun to watch. I give this 7 out of 10 stars.