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On Edge (2001) -- Trailer
On Edge (2001) -- President Bush is huddling with his economic advisers discussing the turmoil in the financial markets. Meanwhile, Wall Street is watching and waiting for the next crisis. Alexis Christoforous reports.
On Edge (2001) -- Investors and world markets are still wary of a snowball effect over failed U.S. banks, reports Jeff Glor. Maggie Rodriguez talks to Sheila Bair, chairman of the FDIC, about your money.

Overview

User Rating:
4.9/10   164 votes
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Director:
Karl Slovin
Writers:
Karl Slovin (writer)
Laura Wolf (writer)
Contact:
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Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
"Spinal Tap" on ice!
Plot:
Wendy, Veda, and J.C. are part of Southern California's thriving figure skating community - the bottom part... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Waste of talent more (10 total)

Cast

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Jason Alexander ... Zamboni Phil
Tai Babilonia ... Regionals Judge #5

Andrew Bilgore ... Chanel 127 Cameraman
Jennifer Birchfield-Eick ... Mother #2
Kirk Blada ... Wendy's Brother
Tracey Brown ... Skater
Gia Buonaguro ... Waitress (as Gia Bonaguro)
Yule Caise ... Police Officer #1
Peter Carruthers ... Regionals Judge #1

Lina Chmiel ... Curvaceous Skater
Marsha Clark ... Irate Mother
Steven Cousins ... Regionals Judge #3
Jennifer Darling ... Mother #3
Viveka Davis ... Patsy Cain
Cohen Duncan ... 3rd Dramatic Skater
Susan Fakuda ... Audrey Chin
Carole Fortini ... Sailor Skater
Randy Gardner ... Regionals Judge #2

Ron Geren ... Jackson
John Glover ... Yuri Moskivin

Joy Gohring ... Tattle Tail Skater

Meta Golding ... Julie Johnson
Chrisha Gossard ... Tiffany Bernstein

Jason Graae ... Bradley Bryce
Sharie Green ... Skater
Sharie lee Green ... Skater

Kathy Griffin ... Karen Katz
Scott Hamilton ... Ricky Medford

Bonnie Hellman ... Cheerful Skate Mom
Amy Hill ... Bullhorn Woman

Chris Hogan ... Prof. Robinson
Jamie Isley ... Homely Skater
Jennifer Itoh ... 2nd Dramatic Skater
Michael Jackman ... Dramatic Skater's Coach
Hitomi Kadono ... Sato Hakawa
Marsha Kramer ... Skate Mother #2
Natasha Kuchiki ... Pirate Skater
A.J. Langer ... J.C. Cain

Wallace Langham ... Jimmy Hand
Ashley Lencek ... Molly Brown
Megan Lencek ... Mary Brown
Eli Russell Linnetz ... Boy (as Eli Linnetz)
Sabrina Lloyd ... Becky Brooks
Meganne Macias ... Tammy

Wendie Malick ... Mildred Tilman
Sean Moran ... Dan Wodinski
Taylor Neff ... Skater
Caitlan O'Connor ... Wendy's Sister

Megan Paul ... Cindy
Ken Perkins ... Police Officer #2

Robert Peters ... Businessman #1

Suzie Plakson ... Janet Bellamy
Alex May Pruett ... Younf Veda
Carol Rippy ... Skate Mother #1
Stacie Rippy ... Jody James
Sara Robertson ... Dramatic Skater
Willie Rosenblatt ... Tiffany's Father
Bob Rumnock ... Businessman #2
Cheri Rae Russell ... Aggressive Skater
Giuliana Santini ... Attractive Woman
Eric Slovin ... Duffy
Jose Solano ... Gigolo

Barret Swatek ... Veda Tilman
Lou Thornton ... Buffy Burke

Andy Umberger ... Angry Father
Lita Wen ... Tiffany's Mother

Marissa Jaret Winokur ... Wendy Wodinski

Wendy Worthington ... Joannie Wodinski
Kristi Yamaguchi ... Regionals Judge #4
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and drug content.
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Finland:K-11 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (2003)
Filming Locations:
Culver Ice Arena - 4545 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, California, USA
Company:
Angel Ark Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Two of the five regional judges, Peter Carruthers and Kristi Yamaguchi, were Olympic medalists. Carruthers won the pairs silver medal in 1984 with his sister Kitty, while Yamaguchi won the 1992 ladies' gold. Two others, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, were the favorites at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics before withdrawing due to Randy's injury, as discussed in the movie. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Titanic (1997) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Waste of talent, 21 April 2008
4/10
Author: leychica from San Francisco, California, U.S.

I had high hopes for this film because of its stellar cast – Jason Alexander, Marissa Winkour, Kathy Griffin, A.J. Langer, and Wendie Mallick all have such strong comedy chops, I figured any movie with these actors HAD to be good. Right? Alas, this was so bad it was unwatchable.

There have been many references to Christopher Guest's mockumentaries in these comments, and I agree that this movie is a long, long way from being in the same league as Guest's. The main difference is that Guest's films genuinely love and respect their subject matters, even while deprecating them. The writers of this film apparently hate figure skaters, and as a result, the "jokes" are offensive, mean-spirited, and sexist, as opposed to being light, good-natured fun. Nearly EVERY scene contains a fat joke at Winkour's expense. The Veda character is stalked and nearly raped in a parking lot by two idiot male groupies, and this is passed off as hilarity. Bulimia and drug use are also given the comedy treatment, and every unfunny, poorly-written gag is repeated several times.

What a waste of talent! The three lead characters (Winkour, Swatek, and Langer) cannot do anything with the material. Kathy Griffin's role was far too short. Jason Alexander seems embarrassed to be in the movie, as if he signed on and then couldn't take it back. The narrator is square, boring, lacks timing, and adds nothing to the mockumentary nature of the story.

Worst of all, the movie is tragically low-budget, and nowhere is this more evidence than in the film's music. Whoever wrote the music was about 20 years behind the times, apparently scoring every scene with AWFUL 80s keyboard pop. Obviously, I can't fault a movie for not having lots of money thrown at it, but the filmmakers didn't even TRY to make this film sound professional. One character is obsessed with Madonna, yet the music she is listening to clearly is NOT Madonna's – it is a very cheap, and not at all realistic, imitation of "Get into the Groove." Similarly, another skater later ostensibly skates to the Titanic theme music, yet the "music" is clearly a bad imitation of the Titanic score, not the real thing. The filmmakers insult the audience's intelligence with this tripe, and make this movie feel like a cheap 80s film instead of one made in 2001.

I am only giving this film 4 stars because of the cast. The writing deserves 0 stars.

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