I was 10 when this came out...😂😂😂 and no lie everyone of my close friends and myself all had skateboards the next weekend after seeing this movie....😂😂 80's were mad fun as a kid!!!!
One of the bits I love about this movie. Brian’s friends don’t abandon him when he changes. They realize he is going through something and tell him they are there for him.
Yeah, I think that's a plus for him. He was going thru a very hard time after Vinh died, he was trying to get some answers, and maybe improve on his bad boy image for Tina (Vinh's gf.). If anything, they probably thought with the short hair, and the preppy clothes, that he was going thru a phase, and he'll probably snap out of it.
God, I watched this my freshman year in 1990 when I first started skating. I was in Eureka Ca and this movie BLEW MY MIND. I would end up starting a skate company at 34 years old and the first two guys on my team were Frankie Hill and Eric Ricks. Blue Dragon Enterprises only lasted about a year, but to have my childhood heroes on my team was a dream come true.
I lived in Arcata around the time tony hawk built that sick park in utweaka I mean eureka. That park was one of the best parks I've ever skated I miss it. I also miss being down h street into Arcata town square dodging college kids on bikes lol
I desperately wanted to see this movie as a teenager living in Belgium but it wasn’t in cinema’s here nor available on video. So here we are, 35 years later, and my desire finally manifests. 🥳 Still skating at 49, a bit slower though, like everything else I do. 😁 Thanks for sharing! 🖖🏻✨
Bro me too! Im almost 49 and got my board in the trunk of the car! And im a chick...slowing downs a bit dif for us but whatevs 🤷 Still skating! Just more worried about breaking something these days, like a hip, not the board!!!
I'm 49 and can't imagine stepping foot on a skateboard again. That was my whole childhood. My mom thought I was going to skate down the aisle when I got married I was on it so much. Every so often I still dream about it and it's so fun I don't want to wake up.
These little back in the day movies are always my personal favorites to watch over again and again because it's awesome nostalgia therapy for my mind. Any nostalgia fan friends agree??.. let's see'm! ✌️
This movie has a special place in my heart. I moved to Oregon in 88' when I was 11. I was so homesick for SoCal. This movie gave me a slice of home back. Skate or Die!
My brother, a manager of mine at my day job loved this movie. It was his favorite movie of all time. He passed away recently. He was actually Rob Dyrdek’s “nemesis” while growing up in Dayton, Ohio. I miss my brother. I could say he was “gone too soon”, but ultimately God ordains all life and death. I miss you my brother. Wish we could have had one more chat about the 80’s. Miss you Jay.
I was about 9 when my mother got this movie from an American friend in Brazil because she knew I loved skateboarding. This movie was sooo bad azz back in the day. Kids and teachers talked about it in my school
I always loved this movie growing up. It brings back such great memories watching this because I’m from Orange County, CA where this was filmed. It’s like looking at a time capsule of 1980s Southern California. I really miss those days.
Haha. I used to live in the City of Orange. My older brother is dating a Vietnamese girl. I have been skating on an electric board designed in Huntington beach (kyng board 29inch). I rode a mountain bike 45 mph down Cannon St. I didn't realize how much this movie influenced me.
Hell yeah. The 1st step to finding new meaning is realizing that all meaning has been stolen from us. Recreate the counterculture that has been turned into "conformity is cool."
Watched this in the cinema when I was about 9 with my older cousin. They had some special deal where you got extra goodies (including a Karate Kid headband) if you brought a skateboard with you. Such good memories!
@Real100Talk any big seller movie or even a cult classic will never be on Netflix or any free streaming,ever! Justbuy them and own them physically forever. I’ve owned pump up the volume on dvd since like forever.
Man the 80s was the best time to be a kid. The when the world was fun, we had all the shows n cartoons n movies n iconic figures . You could really enjoy just being a kid n didn't have to worry about bs
This movie always got my brother and me stoked to skate in the middle of the night when it came on HBO. We would watch it and then sneak out and go skate the New Streets. That what we called the concrete streets of the new neighborhood that was being built right down the street from our little ghetto house. So much fun!
Got to give luv to the 80s kids! I had a vision board and airwalks after this movie. So awesome! Times are just too weird now. Last of the real generations.
Culture stagnated in the early 2000s..the 90s were the last of the generations that had its own culture. Thankfully I snuck in as a 80s/90s kid so I got to experience it before whatever happened that paused culture.
@jbellflower83 it was the internet. Then it got even worse with social media and smart phones. Its not natural to think socially that way. It took kids individuality away. It's why music suffered- movies became all remakes. Etc. I'm also an 80s kid.
Born in 1980. As a teen in the 90's I already noticed things were going down hill. Maybe the internet didn't help, but music, corporatization, recycled styles and ideas etc.. were part of the 90's blandness.
@@cordelianoelle Hi Yes actually i''ve seen three that i know of and one is Australian. They weren't bad and kind of average. But then there was Gleaming the cube.Unfortunately i cant remember the names of the other movies i watched.
Wow I just learned something Tony Hawk huh sometimes people become famous way after the fact!lol I never knew that of course at the time I was into mongoose dirt bikes lol 😆
Been looking for this on stream or dvd for a few years now. It's up there with my 80s favorites Rad Racing, Breakfast club, Lost Boys... Thanks for posting this!
This is my favorite movie. Its exactly how I feel about life. You would do anything for people you care about. And want justice when no one else sees it.
So stoked to come across this movie, my first board was the Mike McGill that Christian had. I saved every penny i could get my hands on to buy it. We had the best childhood in the 80s
My parents used the wooden spoon and belt….. but guess what….. I was a bad kid , I know that……. Never got arrested later in life and never caused trouble…… I guess parenting worked…..
everyone says that about childhood even the rich and privileged. I find it funny when they say. I survived childhood. this comes from people who lived after 1960 the safest time in humans' lives. When before 1950 8 out of 10 kids died before the age of ten. If a couple had 8 kids only 2 would make it to adulthood. most died before 10. the easier and safer we have it te more we complain about how hard it is.
No way dude, the eighties were gritty and grainy and tough. It's like listening to an old record, it's the character that helps improve it, and only the years can do it.
Movie Fact. Although the movie shows Tony hawk driving the Truck, he was in fact one of the skaters seen skating down the hill, since they didn't have enough Skater extras. He was also injured during the scene when he wrecked.
I'm 42 years old, watched this movie religiously as a kid and I'm just now learning from a UA-cam comment that Tony Hawk was in it, what am I doing with my life? 😐
@@toadsonytwoThe Wizard is a CLASSIC!! I remember all the hype for *_Super Mario Bros 3_* when the movie came out. It was nuts. We talked about it in school for weeks.
Me too! This film was introduced by my aunt and I wanted to skate so bad. I learned it loved it. Board broke in the 90's by a cousin of mine over some anger management due something I cannot remember and I resumed skating again and never stopped again several years later. This movie still rocks and I miss 1988/1989 times. Being so young does make you feel alive and live forever when you see stuff like this. Skateboarding is to live for and it was a thing to do and freedom to express your connection with your life and that board. Nobody could take away the melody you feel when you ride on the surface.
I was at Disneyland today and decided to take a break for a couple of hours from the park. I randomly thought about Gleaming The Cube and decided to watch this when I got back to the hotel. Pretty cool to see how the area again back in 1989 compared to how it looks now!
My husband was looking for this movie everywhere! And I said “let’s check UA-cam” and BAM 💥 our friend here made it available for free!!!! Thank you 🙏🏼
A major thanks to whomever uploaded this. I probably watch this 1000 times in my youth. I was a daily skater. This, trashin' and rad were all we had before skate videos were accessable. This was epic in it's day.
OMG I'm so old. I remember when this came out 33 years ago o.O This time period was the height of western culture. 10 years prior and 10 years after, the golden age.
I begged my parents to go see this when I was 9 years old and seeing him go under that truck on the highway was mind blowing lol …..This has definitely become a classic !
Wish I could go back in time. Miss the 90s. I know this was 1989 but close enough. Before cell phones. I'm stuck in the wrong time right now. Everyone tells me I need to let the past go, but it's hard. This movie is the shit. Brian's hair should have its own autograph.. When you're 37 and still wanna be Brian. Lol.
Damn i agree so much. This era was awesome. Hes haircut is fire 🔥 And the Musik, the clothes, the girls , the Cars..... everything. Today all bullshit. Not my time. I give the Rest of my living years for a live back in this time from 80 to 2000.
83 baby and I agree. Something has been lost in the last 20 years. We were the last to have real culture in our childhood. I feel terrible for kids today who don't know what they missed.
Knowing God can help you feel like your true self, like you are still young on the inside, and bot to care so much how other's want us to be/act. Besolides you r at the beginning of adulthood...u r young silly. Just wanted to say I get you. p.s. I am 60 lol
I adore this movie with my entire soul. It's THE REASON I'm learning to skate. I was * beyond* livid when they took it off prime. THANK YOU. YOU ARE A BLESSING.
@Kane Kochera I should have been more specific with the time stamp but wanted to include the entire segment. It's when he says "it's ridiculous to think there will be anything here in 30 years".
It took a ton of courage for Brian to give himself a complete makeover like that, we all know just how powerful and overwhelming the pressure from our peers can be, especially in high school.
I think Brian was trying to prove to Tina that he wasn't all about skateboarding. He was willing to change, but couldn't fully change, as the skateboard still played a dominant role in his life.
Few more big names in there then I ever realized, Stacy Peralta (wasn't in the movie but was involved in the production) Mike valley, and I think Andy Nguyen was a skater too, pretty sure I seen that name in at least one of the Tony hawk games.
Classic it brings back so many memories as a kids growing up I was the only black kid skate boarding with my friends and Erie..PA 30 years ago 👌 best days ever !!! Bro
Erie Pennsylvania that's got that big ass park it's like you can never stop driving in it That must be fun skating over there with the park on the lake did the beach there have the sand flies that bite? you
This used to come on either HBO or USA when I was a kid, made me want a skateboard, after gettin one I fell and had to get a total of 36 stitches. Thanx Christian Slater lol
I went to see this movie when it came out,saw it being promoted on “Entertainment Tonight “, and it did not disappoint…the skateboard stunts done in this movie were phenomenal especially the curved hill stunt,the stunt gliding under the truck among others.Definitely made this movie stand out,Christian Slater played this role well. I being a skateboard guy myself always enjoyed watching this film,I appreciate that this movie has a loyal following of fans around the country and throughout the world as well.
Thanks for the upload. Awesome movie. One of my favorites growing up. Had to have watched it 100 times. Great movie, great plot. during a great time period late 80's.
I was a freshman in high school at that time and already skating!!! It was the SH!T to see skateboarding reach the big screen with REAL skaters in the movie!!! We new right away who the stunt doubles were!!!😂😂😂
Have not watched this since it was on HBO , seen it first at the theaters when i was 14 ( thank you nana for taking us ) i always dreamed of skating this way , but since i have always been a big guy i just could not get any tricks down , but the feeling of just skating in the warm summer weather in Chicago was liberating , back then that was all the therapy we needed to get through any hard times we were facing. 48 now and this just took me back to my Hs days thank you , and to all my fellow skaters who don't skate no more cause health insurance is to high now and we cant afford to break a bone ..SKATE OR DIE for EVER !!!
I was 10 when this came out...😂😂😂 and no lie everyone of my close friends and myself all had skateboards the next weekend after seeing this movie....😂😂 80's were mad fun as a kid!!!!
YOURE TURNING 43 THIS YEAR?!
Hahaha me too, then I watched Rad and then started in the bmx haha. Would watch both religiously
And I bet not a single one of you has avenged your Asian foster brothers death, smh posers
I was 9 when this came out, and I have to agree.. I also had a skateboard by the next weekend. 😂,I loved growing up in the 80's
same as me
I just shed a tear for my childhood and this era. R.I.P. A legendary time to grow up. The last golden era
RIP for people who wanted to be in this era but will never get to experience it
@@xgeex7540 *applauds (slaps) skateboard countless times for those who missed it too.*
Calm down
@@eldudereeno77 *Throws Gleaming the Cube DVD at you* You calm down and watch this movie :D lol
Stay gold Ponyboy
One of the bits I love about this movie. Brian’s friends don’t abandon him when he changes. They realize he is going through something and tell him they are there for him.
Yeah, I think that's a plus for him. He was going thru a very hard time after Vinh died, he was trying to get some answers, and maybe improve on his bad boy image for Tina (Vinh's gf.). If anything, they probably thought with the short hair, and the preppy clothes, that he was going thru a phase, and he'll probably snap out of it.
absolute goat moment.
I like when he crashes through the window at the end for almost no reason. Love this movie.
💯❤️
This movie, rad and the dukes of Hazzard was my childhood
God, I watched this my freshman year in 1990 when I first started skating. I was in Eureka Ca and this movie BLEW MY MIND. I would end up starting a skate company at 34 years old and the first two guys on my team were Frankie Hill and Eric Ricks. Blue Dragon Enterprises only lasted about a year, but to have my childhood heroes on my team was a dream come true.
I lived in Arcata around the time tony hawk built that sick park in utweaka I mean eureka. That park was one of the best parks I've ever skated I miss it. I also miss being down h street into Arcata town square dodging college kids on bikes lol
Do you remember RAD ? That bike movie 🍿 lol the 80’s hahahaha I had a vision gator and vision psycho stick
Were you affiliated with Red Dragon, or just a coincidence?
@@a7xSkateboarding Coincidence. I always just liked dragons.
@@californiapoontappa Arcata is an amazing place. That park is really fun.
I desperately wanted to see this movie as a teenager living in Belgium but it wasn’t in cinema’s here nor available on video. So here we are, 35 years later, and my desire finally manifests. 🥳 Still skating at 49, a bit slower though, like everything else I do. 😁
Thanks for sharing! 🖖🏻✨
Bro me too! Im almost 49 and got my board in the trunk of the car! And im a chick...slowing downs a bit dif for us but whatevs 🤷 Still skating! Just more worried about breaking something these days, like a hip, not the board!!!
I'm 49 and can't imagine stepping foot on a skateboard again. That was my whole childhood.
My mom thought I was going to skate down the aisle when I got married I was on it so much. Every so often I still dream about it and it's so fun I don't want to wake up.
Another great movie from the 80s. Im so glad i was born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s and 90s.
It was the best decade of my life. Wish we could go back to the 80s.
These little back in the day movies are always my personal favorites to watch over again and again because it's awesome nostalgia therapy for my mind. Any nostalgia fan friends agree??.. let's see'm! ✌️
Yes nostalgia it's those warm summer days we never forget when learning the ropes!!
My nostalgia is when I see a Juergen lotion bottle I immediately wanna whack off
That whole line of “it’s ridiculous to think there will even be anything in 30 years” is so true
PERFECT TIMING!!!!!
I mean, it's true..
Hell yeah best comment bro!!!
We have air fryers now bro
@@babyonanipad we have ovens with airfryers all in one now bro! Imagine what we'll have 30 years from now!
Was 12, my brother and I watched this all the time and would skate after. RIP little brother
Did he die in a skating accident?
Still love this movie. Slater was an 80s icon. Just finished watching The Legend of Billie Jean last night.
Gotta love the classic Pizza Hut truck! I miss the dine-in Pizza Hut with the Pac-Man video game tables
Love the MAD Max Headroom and yeah those were great times
Pizza Hut was the best pizza back then. Weren't those flat sit down games 2 sided? I feel like the other side was Kung Fu. Miss those days.
That’s Tony Hawk driving the truck in the movie
And the red glasses for soda
This movie has a special place in my heart. I moved to Oregon in 88' when I was 11. I was so homesick for SoCal. This movie gave me a slice of home back. Skate or Die!
Yeah but you became a Goonie... Just as good
@@EternallyUnhappy Nice. lol.
So you’re 44?
@@jasonmountain4643 sheeeesh days numbered my friend
Nobody cares
Man, I grew up on this movie. Used to watch it to get pumped before skating as a kid. It's still as awesome as I remember it!
me toooooooo
@@clarkkent3730 \m/
I was born in 2000s but I still do the same thing.
My brother, a manager of mine at my day job loved this movie. It was his favorite movie of all time. He passed away recently. He was actually Rob Dyrdek’s “nemesis” while growing up in Dayton, Ohio. I miss my brother. I could say he was “gone too soon”, but ultimately God ordains all life and death. I miss you my brother. Wish we could have had one more chat about the 80’s. Miss you Jay.
Sorry to hear about your brother. But why was he Rob's nemesis?
Jason grew up with Rob in Dayton skateboarding. He was Rob’s skateboarding competition.
@@iTzYoMasterXX Jason and Rob grew up in Dayton, Ohio skateboarding. They were childhood competitors.
I was about 9 when my mother got this movie from an American friend in Brazil because she knew I loved skateboarding. This movie was sooo bad azz back in the day. Kids and teachers talked about it in my school
I always loved this movie growing up. It brings back such great memories watching this because I’m from Orange County, CA where this was filmed. It’s like looking at a time capsule of 1980s Southern California. I really miss those days.
Born n raised in Fullerton myself
It's filmed all over LA!
I hate Orange County. Fucking hell hole.
I’m from Adelaide South Australia and this film was big over here. Got me into skating. Fuck I miss my childhood. Not a care in the world.
Haha. I used to live in the City of Orange. My older brother is dating a Vietnamese girl. I have been skating on an electric board designed in Huntington beach (kyng board 29inch). I rode a mountain bike 45 mph down Cannon St. I didn't realize how much this movie influenced me.
Iam here in 2021 iam traveling back to a time when the World meant something....
Hell yeah. The 1st step to finding new meaning is realizing that all meaning has been stolen from us. Recreate the counterculture that has been turned into "conformity is cool."
@@kito109654 couldn't have said it better myself
I know the feeling
Back then created now. If you could go back, you'd be well aware of how badly the wheels come off in the future. It'd be bittersweet for me
Hola Como yeah ... the 80s meant cocaine and working all the time to buy big homes a huge boat and more cocaine well ignoring your children lol.
In the 90’s all my friends were obsessed with this film. And yes we were skateboarding all over the city back then.
That's great man
Watched this in the cinema when I was about 9 with my older cousin. They had some special deal where you got extra goodies (including a Karate Kid headband) if you brought a skateboard with you. Such good memories!
I was so mad that they took it off of prime, because I don’t have a Dvd, THANK YOU FOR THIS
@Real100Talk any big seller movie or even a cult classic will never be on Netflix or any free streaming,ever! Justbuy them and own them physically forever. I’ve owned pump up the volume on dvd since like forever.
@Real100Talk gotta love those classic 80’s movies. Watched RAD the other day… *Hell Track* Lol
Yeah
What Up Prime???
Same here! Thanks
@Real100Talk lol..I went back to buying all the greats on VHS
Man the 80s was the best time to be a kid. The when the world was fun, we had all the shows n cartoons n movies n iconic figures . You could really enjoy just being a kid n didn't have to worry about bs
❤👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Best childhood time ever
I remember movies like this when I was younger, movies were great back then. This is an excellent movie👍👍👍
I watched this movie over 100 times when I was a kid. I still say lines from this movie 30 years later.
This movie always got my brother and me stoked to skate in the middle of the night when it came on HBO. We would watch it and then sneak out and go skate the New Streets. That what we called the concrete streets of the new neighborhood that was being built right down the street from our little ghetto house. So much fun!
Got to give luv to the 80s kids! I had a vision board and airwalks after this movie. So awesome! Times are just too weird now. Last of the real generations.
Culture stagnated in the early 2000s..the 90s were the last of the generations that had its own culture. Thankfully I snuck in as a 80s/90s kid so I got to experience it before whatever happened that paused culture.
@jbellflower83 it was the internet. Then it got even worse with social media and smart phones. Its not natural to think socially that way. It took kids individuality away. It's why music suffered- movies became all remakes. Etc. I'm also an 80s kid.
Born in 1980. As a teen in the 90's I already noticed things were going down hill. Maybe the internet didn't help, but music, corporatization, recycled styles and ideas etc.. were part of the 90's blandness.
People are WEIRD empty shells of programming now.
@@NS-lz6jh Climate warfare and the global cabal aka money printers kinda shoved us off the proverbial cliff to extinction.
Without a doubt the ULTIMATE Skateboard Movie of all time.
I agree, I love this movie but honestly has there been any other skateboard movies ever made??
@@cordelianoelle thrashin with Josh brolin, lords of dogtown
@@cordelianoelle Hi Yes actually i''ve seen three that i know of and one is Australian. They weren't bad and kind of average. But then there was Gleaming the cube.Unfortunately i cant remember the names of the other movies i watched.
@@jaimeflores8392 Thanks. Happy New Year.
@@AnthonySmith-777 Thank you. Happy New Year
Young ass Tony Hawk and Christian Slater... what a classic!
Wow I just learned something Tony Hawk huh sometimes people become famous way after the fact!lol I never knew that of course at the time I was into mongoose dirt bikes lol 😆
Yup and Rodney Mullen as the stunt double, McGill, Mountain, Gonz, Peralta as well truly iconic cast. Easily one of the best movies of the era.
@@Jak_eee McGill also doubled Slater.
@@Jak_eeeAs soon as I saw those tricks I was like hey that’s Rodney Mullen lol
@@jp3813 Rodney Mullen was Slaters double..
I'm almost 38 years old and I loved this movie growing up... It became so hard to find and watch as the years went on... Thanks for the upload...
favorite movie of all time! christian slater AND skateboarding? my two favorite things 💗
Been looking for this on stream or dvd for a few years now.
It's up there with my 80s favorites Rad Racing, Breakfast club, Lost Boys...
Thanks for posting this!
This is my favorite movie. Its exactly how I feel about life. You would do anything for people you care about. And want justice when no one else sees it.
So stoked to come across this movie, my first board was the Mike McGill that Christian had. I saved every penny i could get my hands on to buy it. We had the best childhood in the 80s
80s was the best time ever, and I had a horrible childhood! 😅
70's & 80's for me. 👍
My parents used the wooden spoon and belt….. but guess what….. I was a bad kid , I know that……. Never got arrested later in life and never caused trouble…… I guess parenting worked…..
@@gc4408true early 2000s kid parenting done right helped me stay out of most trouble
everyone says that about childhood even the rich and privileged. I find it funny when they say. I survived childhood. this comes from people who lived after 1960 the safest time in humans' lives. When before 1950 8 out of 10 kids died before the age of ten. If a couple had 8 kids only 2 would make it to adulthood. most died before 10. the easier and safer we have it te more we complain about how hard it is.
It's been more than 30 years, and I still wish I had Yabbo's bomb shelter bedroom...
As a kid I used to think. What kind of lives do these Rich kids have. I was sharing a bedroom with my brother in a small Brooklyn apartment b
Came to make that same comment, I beg my dad for weeks to dig out the back yard….
Truth
@@pichuki2 the kids out here love a completely different life. So much money out here..
😂😂😂 Me too
Gleaming The Cube could really use a 4k UHD release, but I'd settle for a new scan on blu-ray. Here's hoping...
At this point I’d even take a dvd lol
True Romance is getting one now, so I definitely second this!
Vinegar Syndrome should seriously consider doing a 4K remaster of this. They did an excellent job with Rad.
No way dude, the eighties were gritty and grainy and tough.
It's like listening to an old record, it's the character that helps improve it, and only the years can do it.
Originally Released
From The Rank Organization
Thru The Gladden Company
Too Bad I Can't Use
Twentieth Century Fox Because Copyrights! 😅
I was a teenager when I first saw this movie, as an adult, I'm glad I still skate. It's one of the things that keep me young.
Tony hawk driving a Pizza Hut truck with an army of skaters in tow playing chicken with the bad guy. Fucking epic!
One of my fav scenes!
that scene seriously used to pump me up as a young skater!
Movie Fact. Although the movie shows Tony hawk driving the Truck, he was in fact one of the skaters seen skating down the hill, since they didn't have enough Skater extras. He was also injured during the scene when he wrecked.
Did you notice he didn’t land the kick flip at the beginning of the movie before they boarded the plane. 😂
I'm 42 years old, watched this movie religiously as a kid and I'm just now learning from a UA-cam comment that Tony Hawk was in it, what am I doing with my life? 😐
Who up rn gleaming they cube
Your mom usually gleams my cubes.
Their*
My dad told me to watch this andi loved it (I'm 12)
You should watch the Wizard if you like this one. Its an old video game movie from the early 80s.
I was 9 when it came out..
Im 40 now..i still watch it at least once a year
toadsonytwo Late 80's. GTC & Thrashin are the ultimate 80's skateboarding double bill
@@toadsonytwoThe Wizard is a CLASSIC!! I remember all the hype for *_Super Mario Bros 3_* when the movie came out. It was nuts. We talked about it in school for weeks.
That's a good Dad
I was 8.5 yrs old and a skater when this movie came out. I must have watched it a 100 times with friends as a kid. Nice to watch again after 30 years!
Yeah I hear you those were the good ole days I sure miss them
same
I lived in Hollywood, CA through the 80's. I was 22 when this was being made in 1988.
This movie is the reason I learned to skateboard! EffeN Classic
SAME🙌🏼
There a 3 f bombs and other profanities in PG-13!
Me too! This film was introduced by my aunt and I wanted to skate so bad. I learned it loved it. Board broke in the 90's by a cousin of mine over some anger management due something I cannot remember and I resumed skating again and never stopped again several years later. This movie still rocks and I miss 1988/1989 times. Being so young does make you feel alive and live forever when you see stuff like this. Skateboarding is to live for and it was a thing to do and freedom to express your connection with your life and that board. Nobody could take away the melody you feel when you ride on the surface.
I'm glad you like it!
Same
I was at Disneyland today and decided to take a break for a couple of hours from the park. I randomly thought about Gleaming The Cube and decided to watch this when I got back to the hotel. Pretty cool to see how the area again back in 1989 compared to how it looks now!
My husband was looking for this movie everywhere! And I said “let’s check UA-cam” and BAM 💥 our friend here made it available for free!!!! Thank you 🙏🏼
43 year old black guy one of my favorite movies.
Me too!
Same, except I'm 38, and I have no idea why I like it.
40 year old white dude and me to
I could never skateboard like that but a big fan.
35 yrs black guy watched this movie
A major thanks to whomever uploaded this. I probably watch this 1000 times in my youth. I was a daily skater. This, trashin' and rad were all we had before skate videos were accessable. This was epic in it's day.
OMG I'm so old. I remember when this came out 33 years ago o.O
This time period was the height of western culture. 10 years prior and 10 years after, the golden age.
I begged my parents to go see this when I was 9 years old and seeing him go under that truck on the highway was mind blowing lol …..This has definitely become a classic !
I was 16 in 89 when this movie came out, seen it an assload of time since... I was already a casual skater but this movie made me a diehard...
I still answer the phone with "Bolsa Video, may I help you?" when an unknown number calls. 😂
This was one of my favorite movies when I was a teenager
I remember back in maybe 2012-2014 summer, I stayed home all by myself and my dad put on Gleaming the cube and i was hooked on it ever since
Your dad is a good dude🤞🏾💪🏾💪🏾😂😂
I'm 49 this hits hard it really brings me back
Great memories with this movie. That reminds me when I was a skater back in the 90´s. Thank you!
Saw this in Highschool me and my friends were the only ones in the theater we were 16 they were all skaters I would film them skate
Never saw this film but rocked a skateboard since the late 80s-90s even today I have a longboard
G.O.A.T status movie right here
I’m so glad the whole thing is on UA-cam lol
@somefella I can't surf for nothing but as a youngster in the 80s and early 90s I tried my hand at skating. Wasn't very good though 😁
This and Thrashin(1986)
Wish I could go back in time. Miss the 90s. I know this was 1989 but close enough. Before cell phones. I'm stuck in the wrong time right now. Everyone tells me I need to let the past go, but it's hard. This movie is the shit. Brian's hair should have its own autograph.. When you're 37 and still wanna be Brian. Lol.
Same here 37 almost 38
Damn i agree so much. This era was awesome. Hes haircut is fire 🔥
And the Musik, the clothes, the girls , the Cars..... everything.
Today all bullshit.
Not my time.
I give the Rest of my living years for a live back in this time from 80 to 2000.
83 baby and I agree. Something has been lost in the last 20 years. We were the last to have real culture in our childhood. I feel terrible for kids today who don't know what they missed.
Knowing God can help you feel like your true self, like you are still young on the inside, and bot to care so much how other's want us to be/act. Besolides you r at the beginning of adulthood...u r young silly. Just wanted to say I get you. p.s. I am 60 lol
This has been an extremely vague memory for 20 years until I just googled “skateboarders Asian brother dies” and finally found it.
Lool
Thank you for uploading this movie! I was in 4th grade when this came out. This was one of my favorite movies. I miss 80s
I adore this movie with my entire soul. It's THE REASON I'm learning to skate. I was * beyond* livid when they took it off prime. THANK YOU. YOU ARE A BLESSING.
It's back on Prime. I just downloaded it the other day.
@@smoothpants BLESSING TY FOR TELLING ME
Went to the cinema to see this when I was 12,never seen it since. Will come back and watch this.
I used to love watching this over some beers after a good skate
It's been 30 years since I last watched this movies... Long live the 80s!
13:52 - yes, that's how we thought...
@Kane Kochera I should have been more specific with the time stamp but wanted to include the entire segment. It's when he says "it's ridiculous to think there will be anything here in 30 years".
This movie inspired me to start skateboarding when I was 7 years old. Still one of my favorite movies 🤙🤙
Omg!!!! I'm SO EXCITED that UA-cam has this movie for FREE!!!! I had totally forgotten about this gem.....and then saw it in someone's FB post today.
Thanks for this. I still have my Tony Hawk deck with the same Variflex trucks that I rode in the 80’s. Still ride it today with my kids.
Your welcome thanks for watching
One of my Favorite Christian Slater movies❤CLASSIC So many Memories...
It took a ton of courage for Brian to give himself a complete makeover like that,
we all know just how powerful and overwhelming the pressure from our peers can be, especially in high school.
I think Brian was trying to prove to Tina that he wasn't all about skateboarding. He was willing to change, but couldn't fully change, as the skateboard still played a dominant role in his life.
No. I was in high school in the early 1990's. Everyone had their own style.
I always assumed he just used it to get information from her
And I'm just realizing that the kid that worked at Pizza Hut is freaking Tony Hawk. That's awesome.
Same here, watched this movie more times than I could ever count and never realized that
Few more big names in there then I ever realized, Stacy Peralta (wasn't in the movie but was involved in the production) Mike valley, and I think Andy Nguyen was a skater too, pretty sure I seen that name in at least one of the Tony hawk games.
@@G00gLe_was_my_idea989Rodney Mullen too...
The best skateboarding movie ever created 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
you just made my entire morning, currently drinking coffee and smoking a fat one to re live this classic GEM. thank you for this!
Smoking gives you cancer
@@justinbolivar8103 he probably knew that already
Same, but a year later lol
@@justinbolivar8103 minding your business is also good for your health
@@Andy-Aims at least I’ll make it past the age of 40
Awesome . Loved every minute of this in 2024. Best days 1980 -2000.
Classic it brings back so many memories as a kids growing up I was the only black kid skate boarding with my friends and Erie..PA 30 years ago 👌 best days ever !!! Bro
Erie Pennsylvania that's got that big ass park it's like you can never stop driving in it That must be fun skating over there with the park on the lake did the beach there have the sand flies that bite? you
Man I was 12 when this came out and loved it. What a nostalgic memory. Thanks for posting this.👍
DANG! i WAS 14
This used to come on either HBO or USA when I was a kid, made me want a skateboard, after gettin one I fell and had to get a total of 36 stitches. Thanx Christian Slater lol
HBO
Always did like this movie ,I was a skater ,still am I guess just ride my blades now even at 53
One of my favorites! Thanks for the upload 💗
After watching this movie,my friends and I all suddenly wanted skateboards..😅
I just told my 12 year old son about this movie. Thank you for this. We will be watching this movie very soon
Still among my favorites. Such a great movie.
THANK YOU for uploading. used to watch this as a kid...
To this day, I still don't know why I like this film.
I'm not even a skateboarder.
You like it because it's fun, has a care-free aura and because of its nostalgia. Same reason we all like it! 😎
I'm not a superhero yet I like the Batman movies.
I went to see this movie when it came out,saw it being promoted on “Entertainment Tonight “, and it did not disappoint…the skateboard stunts done in this movie were phenomenal especially the curved hill stunt,the stunt gliding under the truck among others.Definitely made this movie stand out,Christian Slater played this role well. I being a skateboard guy myself always enjoyed watching this film,I appreciate that this movie has a loyal following of fans around the country and throughout the world as well.
Wow when movies and life had purpose-)
Thanks for the upload. Awesome movie. One of my favorites growing up. Had to have watched it 100 times. Great movie, great plot. during a great time period late 80's.
Yea I hear you I miss it
I was 12 when this came out & my moms immediately said “Don’t even ask for a skateboard”🤦🏾♂️🤣
😂😂😂
What a cool mum 😄👍🏾
Watch the intro like 500,00 times. Loved the 80's. mis the 'decades' years
Corvette dude was a bro if there ever was one...
Christian is gorgeous 🤗
meat sweats
I love 80s music
I was a freshman in high school at that time and already skating!!! It was the SH!T to see skateboarding reach the big screen with REAL skaters in the movie!!! We new right away who the stunt doubles were!!!😂😂😂
I'm gonna be watching "Ban This" and "Shackle Me Not" after this!!!
Somehow... I just knew this movie was in youtube. Christian slater was my idol when I was 10 😂
Basically the best movie ever.. Even better than Water World
Nothing is better than water world. Unless it’s the highlander.
Street dreams is better than both
Don't forget breakin'
This movie got me and a bunch of friends into skateboarding in early and mid 90s.
My Boss assigned this movie to me as homework :D I love this
You guys hiring?
I remember this … I was only like 8 years old, but this movie was huge when it came out
35 years old now. Amazing
Have not watched this since it was on HBO , seen it first at the theaters when i was 14 ( thank you nana for taking us ) i always dreamed of skating this way , but since i have always been a big guy i just could not get any tricks down , but the feeling of just skating in the warm summer weather in Chicago was liberating , back then that was all the therapy we needed to get through any hard times we were facing. 48 now and this just took me back to my Hs days thank you , and to all my fellow skaters who don't skate no more cause health insurance is to high now and we cant afford to break a bone ..SKATE OR DIE for EVER !!!