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17 September 1993 (USA)
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Mitchell Became The Most Popular Guy On Earth...Once He Took To The Sky! more
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Mitchell Goosen is sixteen/seventeen year old kid from California who loves to surf and roller blade...
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When In-Line skating and plaid was all the rage.
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(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 |
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91 min
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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.
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Mitchell Goosen:
Popeye, now there was a great man. Do you know why?
Wiley: He never joined the Hairclub For Men?
[buzzer sound]
Mitchell Goosen: Wrong. Because his motto was: I am what I am. Do you think Popeye ever worried about what he wore just so he could get Olive Oil in the sack? I should say not, Dude. And do you know why?
Wiley: He was gay?
Mitchell Goosen: Because he is what he is.
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Wiley: He never joined the Hairclub For Men?
[buzzer sound]
Mitchell Goosen: Wrong. Because his motto was: I am what I am. Do you think Popeye ever worried about what he wore just so he could get Olive Oil in the sack? I should say not, Dude. And do you know why?
Wiley: He was gay?
Mitchell Goosen: Because he is what he is.
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References Popeye the Sailor (1933)
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Afterburner
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Airborne is a fun movie for teenagers. Shane McDermott is Mitchell Goosen, a hot young Californian surfer. His parents are leaving for Australia for a few months. But instead of taking him along, they send him to ice cold Ohio to live with his Uncle Lewis, Aunt Irene, and his cousin Wiley (Seth Green).
Poor Mitchell is alienated in his new environment as people shun his pacifist surfer outlook. While he's charming to the girls, the gang of steroid-pumped high school hockey players he runs into hate him, and they try all they can to give Mitchell a hard time and make his visit in Ohio as difficult as he can. Mitchell has to find a way to adjust, but that's pretty hard to do when you're dating your adversary's sister in that old fashioned Romeo and Juliet cliche. Mitchell's only peace offering is his ability to rollerblade, which will come in handy during some finale competitions in which the guys all get their opportunity to bond.
The story is kind of stupid and hard to believe knowing that some of the high school guys are played by actors like Jack Black and Chris Conrad who are long past teen years. But, Shane McDermott and Seth Green both offer a few good laughs, nonetheless. However, the beauty in this movie is indeed the skating scenes, particularly the five-minute downhill race along Devil's Spine. It is a fantastic sequence, especially if you like skating movies. It's just a nice grunge days movie about rollerblading.