The Skateboard Kid
| The Skateboard Kid | |
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 DVD Front cover | |
| Directed by | Larry Swerdlove |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Written by | Gary Stuart Kaplan, Larry Swerdlove |
| Starring |
Trevor Lissauer Timothy Busfield Bess Armstrong |
| Cinematography | Don E. Fauntleroy |
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Running time | 83 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
The Skateboard Kid is a 1993 comedy film produced by Roger Corman.
Plot
Zack (Trevor Lissauer) is the new kid in town who makes the discovery of his life: a talking, wisecracking magical skateboard named Rip (voiced by Dom Deluise). The film opens with a crew of skateboarders led by Snake (Kai Lennox) who skated over to the local chicken wing restaurant to cause a little mischief. One of the members of Snake's crew hooks a spool up to the back of a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle that belongs to the Sheriff (Lee McLaughlin). Snake goes up to the chicken mascot (who was advertising the chicken wings) and took off its head. Seeing this, Sheriff tries to start his car but the spool coasted down the hill and crashed into the rear bumper. The film cuts to a beach sidewalk in California where Zack and his buddies are skating. A car with a UHAUL box strapped to the roof pulls into the parking lot. The car is driven by Zack's father Frank (Timothy Busfield) who honks the horn. It's revealed that Zack and his dad are moving. Zack waves goodbye to his friends and hops into the car. While driving to their new hometown, Frank's car was surrounded by Snake's crew. Frank was trying to read the map that he has but then realizes that he has the wrong map. Snake (who was wearing the chicken head that he stole) goes in front of the car. Zack tells his dad to hit the brakes but Snake gets hit by the car. Zack, Frank and the other skaters crowded around Snake. Zack asks why did Snake had to cross the road like that to which the skater with the sunglasses, necklace and purple shirt replies "To get to the other side you barney" (a reference to the joke). Snake cluckes like a chicken and gets up. Frank, realizing it was a prank, asks for directions after Zack tells Snake that he was laughing until Snake took the chicken head off causing Snake's crew to act like they didn't expect that. Snake and the others act as if they ever heard of Mill Creak. The movie follows Zack and his father adjusting to life in Mill Creek, with his dad helping film a commercial for a local car dealership. The film then transitions to Snake's crew bullying a random girl by withholding her bike from her, until Zack comes by on his skateboard and accidentally knocks into Snake which knocks him down. Snake, the antagonist at this point, snaps at Zack and promises to pay him back or something slightly threatening. Zack runs away from the skateboard gang and ends up at a used-car lot where his dad is filming a commercial for the owner, insert name, and Snake frames Zack by knocking over a domino like set of scarecrows.
Cast
- Trevor Lissauer - Zack
- Timothy Busfield - Frank
- Bess Armstrong - Maggie
- Cliff DeYoung - Big Dan
- Rick Dean - Earl
- Dom DeLuise - Rip (voice)
- Shanelle Workman - Jenny
- Jonathan Pekar - Ham
- Lee McLaughlin - Sheriff
- Kai Lennox - Snake