Gleaming the Cube
All he cared about was gleaming the cube...until the night they killed his brother.
1989 | 106m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Graeme Clifford |
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| Writer: | Michael Tolkin |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 13, 1989 |
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| Director: | Graeme Clifford |
| Writer: | Michael Tolkin |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | skateboarding, los angeles, california |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Gladden Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,777,280
Budget: $10,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Christian Slater | Brian Kelly |
| Steven Bauer | Al Lucero |
| Richard Herd | Ed Lawndale |
| Ed Lauter | Mr. Kelly |
| Le Tuan | Colonel Trac |
| Peter Kwong | Bobby Nguyen |
| Charles Cyphers | Harvey McGill |
| Micole Mercurio | Mrs. Kelly |
| Min Luong | Tina Trac |
| Art Chudabala | Vinh Kelly |
| Max Perlich | Yabbo |
| Tony Hawk | Buddy |
| Tommy Guerrero | Sam |
| Christian Jacobs | Gremic |
| Joe Gosha | Nick Oliver |
| Andy Nguyen | Tran Thanh |
| Kiều Chinh | Madame Trac |
| Joshua Ravetch | Student Pilot |
| Jack Riley | Homeowner |
| Ángela Moya | Housekeeper |
| F. William Parker | Motel Manager |
| J. Jay Saunders | Medical Examiner |
| Chi Muoi Lo | Tough #1 |
| Vien Hong | Tough #2 |
| Ngo Van Quy | Billiards Manager |
| Hao Pham | Pool Player #1 |
| Phong Thien Nguyen | Pool Player #2 |
| Arsenio | Other Nguyen |
| Khiem Tran | Mr. Phong |
| Rita Rudner | Mrs. Yabbo |
| Lauree Berger | Mrs. Lawndale |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Corvette Driver |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator |
| Stacy Peralta | Second Unit Director |
| David R. Ellis | Stunts |
| Freddie Hice | Stunts |
| Steve M. Davison | Stunts |
| Bobby Burns | Stunts |
| Elisabeth Leustig | Casting |
| Reed Smoot | Director of Photography |
| John Wright | Editor |
| Ann Somers Major | Costume Designer |
| John Muto | Production Design |
| John J. Smith | Unit Production Manager |
| Dennis M. White | First Assistant Director |
| Frank Capra III | Second Assistant Director |
| Daniel R. Suhart | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Michael James Jackson | Music Supervisor |
| Norman Wallerstein | Post Production Supervisor |
| Marilyn Bailey | Script Supervisor |
| Constance Rowbotham | Production Office Coordinator |
| Dan Webster | Art Direction |
| Susan Emshwiller | Set Decoration |
| Claire Jenora Bowin | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Annie D'Angelo | Makeup Artist |
| Leslie Lightfoot | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Enid Arias | Hairstylist |
| Phil Cory | Special Effects |
| Brian Sullivan | First Assistant Camera |
| Gordon Huston | Second Assistant Camera |
| Don Summer | Sound Mixer |
| Kevin Stitt | Assistant Editor |
| John Leveque | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Glenn T. Morgan | Sound Editor |
| Marilyn McCoppen | Sound Editor |
| Jeffrey L. Sandler | Sound Editor |
| Marvin Walowitz | Sound Editor |
| Karen G. Wilson | Sound Editor |
| Mark Boisseau | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Becky Sullivan | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Mary Ruth Smith | ADR Editor |
| Richard E. Yawn | Foley Supervisor |
| Shawn Sykora | Foley Editor |
| Joan Rowe | Foley Artist |
| Robin Harlan | Foley Artist |
| Michael J. Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Aaron Rochin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Carlos Delarios | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Al Nicholson | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Paul Edwards | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Pat Darrin | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Graeme Clifford | Director |
| Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Jay Ferguson | Original Music Composer |
| Michael Tolkin | Writer |
| J.H. Arrufat | Sound Editor |
| Tom Carlson | Music Editor |
| Melinda Sue Gordon | Still Photographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Turman | Producer |
| John Turman | Associate Producer |
| David Foster | Producer |
| Michael Tolkin | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Yeah, it's not the best movie. It could actually be a lot better... but it is entertaining as all.... heck? Even if you aren't hip to the whole skater thing, this is a seriously fun movie to watch in the cheap 80s action/adventure kind of way. It has a compelling enough police drama vide, even if ... most of the action is centered around skateboarding... which is also fun to watch. I honestly think a lot of the distaste comes from the fact that it is capitalizing on what was, in the 80s, seen as a passing fad. But the story is still solid for what it is. It has a good message about family ties. It has actual character growth. The story is something that Hollywood has forgotten to do lately, make a compelling narrative. But this somehow manages to accomplish that and still, you know, exploit the skater phenomenon that was sweeping the nation at the time.