Airborne (1993)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Bill Apablasa (screenplay)
Stephen McEveety (story) ...
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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 | Zoologist | Cincinnati Ohio | Hockey | Rollerblading

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
Chick Hearn	...	Basketball Announcer
Brian Winkler	...	Sean
Jessica Bogart	...	Alexis (as Jessica Boevers)
Katrina Fiebig	...	Debbie
Bill Apablasa	...	Mr. Cauley
Laketa O'Bannon	...	Stacey
Napiera Groves	...	Molly Ryan
Jay Herold	...	Clyde
Jason Matthew Smith	...	Rosenblat
Larry Bagby	...	Jimbo (as Larry Bagby III)
Pat Parnell	...	Prep
Paul Kennedy	...	Examiner
Cean Okada	...	Supervisor (as Cean Heidt)
Jim Trimble	...	Jimmy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Oliver Watkins	...	Student / Hockey Fan (uncredited)

Directed by
Rob Bowman

Writing credits
Bill Apablasa		(screenplay)
Stephen McEveety		(story) and
Bill Apablasa		(story)

Produced by
Bruce Davey	....	producer
Stephen McEveety	....	producer

Original Music by
Stewart Copeland

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Harry B. Miller III

Casting by
Eric Dawson
Robert J. Ulrich

Production Design by
John Myhre

Set Decoration by
Brian Kasch

Costume Design by
Abigail Murray

Makeup Department
Toni G	....	key makeup artist (as Boo)
Deborah Ann Piper	....	key hair stylist
Amy Schmiederer	....	hair stylist: second unit
Amy Schmiederer	....	makeup artist: second unit
Cindy J. Williams	....	second makeup artist (as Cindy Williams)

Production Management
Chris Silver Finigan	....	production supervisor
Jim Lemley	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fernando Castroman	....	second assistant director
Ricardo Méndez Matta	....	first assistant director
Kaaren F. Ochoa	....	second assistant director: second unit
Ken Paull	....	second second assistant director
Steve Boyum	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Ronald Chong	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Robert Beck	....	property master (as Robbie Beck)
Daniel Bickel	....	construction foreman
Kathy Budas	....	art department coordinator
Jeff Crowe	....	scenic charge
James A. Gelarden	....	construction foreman
Lowell Huff	....	swing gang
Kim Larsen-Santini	....	assistant property master (as Kim Larsen)
John McFarlane	....	construction coordinator
Peter Mitchell	....	storyboard artist (as Peter S. Mitchel)
Thomas H. Paul	....	set designer (as Tom Paul)
Maggi Poorman	....	props: second unit
Richard Robles	....	assistant property master
Peter Mitchell Rubin	....	storyboard artist
David C. Ryan	....	construction foreman
Everett Shaw	....	construction assistant
Julie Smith	....	on-set dresser (as Julie K. Smith)
Michael Thurman	....	lead person
Sarah Young	....	buyer
Kelley A. Hankins	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kenneth Michael Alexander	....	apprentice sound editor
Ara Ashjian	....	sound recordist
Bill W. Benton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Martin J. Bram	....	dialogue editor
Peter Brancaccio	....	assistant sound editor
G.W. Brown	....	adr editor
Betty Burkhart	....	assistant sound editor
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Spartan Castiglioni	....	sound recordist
Paul Coogan	....	boom operator
Dane A. Davis	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
Kurt Nicholas Forshager	....	foley editor (as Kurt N. Forshager)
Joseph Geisinger	....	production sound mixer
Tommy Goodwin	....	adr mixer
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Zigmund Gron	....	sound effects editor (as Zigmund M. Gron)
Tom Hammond	....	foley editor
Darrell Hanzalik	....	adr editor
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
Dennis Johnson	....	sound recordist
Kini Kay	....	sound effects editor
Elizabeth Kenton	....	assistant sound editor
Tricia Linklater	....	sound assistant
Kimberly Ellen Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly Lowe Voigt)
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Geoff Maxwell	....	sound mixer: second unit
Linda Raths	....	apprentice sound editor
Charles W. Ritter	....	sound effects editor (as Charles Ritter)
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
Robert Shands	....	sound recordist
Christopher Sheldon	....	supervising sound editor
Todd Toon	....	sound effects editor
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Tami Treadwell	....	foley recordist
Lisa K. Wolf	....	assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by
Wayne Trickett	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Katie Boyum	....	stunts
Steve Boyum	....	stunts
Steve Holladay	....	stunts
Paul Leduc	....	stunts
Cole McLarty	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts (as Jimmy Roberts)
Kevin Swigert	....	stunts
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts
Martin Thomas	....	stunts
Scott Wilder	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Barklage	....	additional camera operator
Guy Norman Bee	....	Steadicam operator
Bruce Benedict	....	second camera operator: second unit
Walter Bithell	....	electrician (as Walt Bithell)
Kevin Boyd	....	video assist operator
R.L. Clancey	....	grip
Thomas C. Cook	....	key grip (as Thomas Cook)
Philip Dann	....	first assistant camera
Edward Dimuzio	....	video assist operator: second unit
Danny Eccleston	....	gaffer (as Daniel Eccleston)
Sean D. Eccleston	....	best boy electric
Yuri Farrant	....	director of water photography: second unit
Dulce 'Candy' González	....	director of photography: second unit
Todd Griffith	....	best boy grip
Billy Holdson	....	film loader
Spook James	....	key grip: second unit
James Kjelland	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Annie McEveety	....	first assistant camera: second unit
John McEveety	....	grip
John O'Connor	....	second assistant camera
Paul Olsen	....	electrician
Jim Sheldon	....	still photographer
Jordan Valenti	....	electrician
Tommy D. Walker	....	dolly grip
Fred Westerbeck	....	grip: second unit
Fred Winney	....	grip: second unit
Barry Allen Congrove	....	additional first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Cindy Bashore	....	casting assistant: Cincinnati
Anita Daugherty	....	casting: Cincinnati
Scott Genkinger	....	casting associate
Carol Kritzer	....	casting associate
Linda Winters	....	extras casting: local

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elana C. Fisher	....	wardrobe: second unit
Donnie McFinely	....	wardrobe: second unit (as Donnie McFinley)
Jennifer Day Young	....	set costumer
Valerie Zielonka	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Troy A. Blome	....	apprentice film editor (as Troy Blome)
Karen Bowman	....	assistant film editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Pablo Prietto	....	apprentice film editor
Marcelo Sansevieri	....	additional film editor
Mary Ann Skweres	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Michael T. Andreas	....	musician: trumpets
Marc Bonilla	....	musician: electric guitar
Budd Carr	....	music supervisor
Stewart Copeland	....	musician: drums
Michael Dittrick	....	music editor
Judd Miller	....	musician: EVI
Blake Martin Moulin	....	assistant music editor
Jeff Seitz	....	score mixer
Michael Thompson	....	musician: guitars
Marc Bonilla	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Michael Coady	....	driver
Jody Kreinbrink	....	transportation captain
Mike Kreinbrink	....	transportation coordinator
John Schramm	....	transportation dispatcher

Other crew
Eddy Avni	....	caterer
Robbie Beer	....	rollerblader
Kelly Book	....	caterer
Nita Boyum	....	script supervisor: second unit
Lisa Bradley	....	production coordinator
Ursula Brauner	....	animal trainer
Bill Brown	....	rollerblader
Jim Brown	....	police coordinator
Deirdre Costa	....	location manager: Cincinnati
Robert DeDiemar Jr.	....	rollerblader (as Robert DeDiemar)
Fred 'Fredo' Donatelli	....	production staff: second unit (as Fredo Donatelli)
Jess Dyrenforth	....	rollerblader
Chris Edwards	....	rollerblader
Chris Edwards	....	skating double: Mitchell
Mike Fenne	....	rollerblader
Alan Forbes	....	location manager: Cincinnati
Tim Gantz	....	rollerblader
Hayley H. Hsu	....	production staff (as Hayley Hsu)
Benjamin Kelley	....	rollerblader
Barry Kirschner	....	production staff (as Barry S. Kirschner)
Shauna L. Kroen	....	production accountant
Mable Lawson-McCrary	....	script supervisor
Ian Edward Martin	....	medic (as Ian Martin)
Hamish Mcrae	....	rollerblader
Kari Ann Messina	....	unit publicist
Chris C. Mitchell	....	rollerblader (as Chris Mitchell)
Tony Moore	....	rollerblader
Monica Muehlhause-Horn	....	assistant accountant (as Monica Muehlhause)
Phill Norman	....	title designer
Kitty Olisky	....	assistant production coordinator
Mike Opalek	....	rollerblader
Pat Parnell	....	rollerblade coordinator
Frederic Perrin	....	caterer (as Fred Perrin)
Jackie Phlipot	....	production staff: second unit
Annabel T. Plageman	....	production staff
Roger Saiki	....	rollerblader
David Sander	....	location assistant: Cincinnati
Mary Seguin	....	production staff
Mark Shays	....	rollerblader
Jonathon Slator	....	location manager: Los Angeles (as Jonathan Slater)
Susan Stonelake	....	production staff: second unit
Jimmy Trimble	....	rollerblader
Alan Vano	....	rollerblader
Stacey Weaks	....	rollerblader
S.B. Weathersby	....	production staff: second unit
Tristan Whalley	....	international publicist
Jack White	....	hockey technical advisor
Richard Marshall Womack	....	craft service

Thanks
Lori Holladay	....	thanks: Greater Cincinnati Film Commission
Jan Wolterman	....	thanks: Greater Cincinnati Film Commission

Production Companies

• Icon Entertainment International

Distributors

• América Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Majestic Films International (Europe)
• Warner Bros
• Warner Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)

Other Companies

• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• The Worried Rabbit  music recorded at

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and brief nudity

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:

Newport, Kentucky, USA

Company:

Icon Entertainment International

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: According to Mitchell's parents, he will be spending 6 months in Ohio. In the restaurant, when Jack tells Mitchell that "he's driving Nikki home", Mitchell responds by saying he's been there for 3 weeks, and in the next sentence tells Jack that he's leaving in 3 months. 3 month + 3 weeks = (not 6 months)

Quotes:

Snake:My name's Snake. I don't like speech. I never even signed up for it. And I ain't got no hobbies, 'less you call collecting knives and putting tattoos across the foreheads of guys I don't like..."hobbies." And I have a 1.1 GPA...

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

My Love is Good Enough

An eye opening, light hearted action packed ride...eight wheels included

"The French Connection of Rollerblade Chases", a quote that may attract a wondering teenage eye to the front cover in the video store, hopefully the shop will be closing and they may reside to taking this to the counter. I would then hope they had the same experience I did. From perfectly selected music to skating scenes to make exercise look more than just burning calories, this film couldn't be more perfect. The protagonist Mitchell Goosen, woke up from a Californian Dream to find his self in the Winters of Cincinnati, with no use for a surf board other than as an ironing board. Mitchell's Zen like attitudes aren't favoured at the local school and it's not until he puts on a pair on Rollerblades is it you see the power in his stride. Not forgetting the appearances from a young Jack Black and Seth Green, the story moves the watcher with the a light hearted portrayal into teenage romance and angst. Five Star