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1989 film by Graeme Clifford

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An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.

Released: 1989-01-13106 minDir: Graeme CliffordCrime, Thriller, ActionBudget: $10.0MBox office: $2.8M

Cast

  • Christian Slater as Brian Kelly
  • Steven Bauer as Al Lucero
  • Richard Herd as Ed Lawndale
  • Ed Lauter as Mr. Kelly
  • Le Tuan as Colonel Trac
  • Peter Kwong as Bobby Nguyen

Themes

  • skateboarding
  • los angeles, california

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Ratings

IMDb

6.3/10

9,293 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

29%

Metacritic

40/100

Year
1989
Runtime
105 min
Genres
Action, Drama, Mystery
Rated
PG-13

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
Michael Tolkin
Cast member
Rodney Mullen
Composer
Jay Ferguson
Producer
David Foster
Duration
105
FilmAffinity ID
337782
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publication date
1989-11-16
title
Gleaming the Cube
distributed by
20th Century Studios
review score
4.2/10
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