Gleaming the Cube 4k. Filming Locations. Then and now. 80s life

[@rodolfoesquerchavez2301]

I could watch gleaming the cube all the time and never get tired

[@Deflow91]

Same. It's a Great movie.

[@traho811]

It's on youtube

[@therush757]

Great video. Gleaming the Cube got me into skating in ‘89 and have been skating ever since.

[@JSC178]

I met Tony Hawk early in the morning near Lowell Elementary and Rogers Middle School in Long Beach when they were filming Gleaming The Cube back in '88. He was driving the Pizza Hut pickup truck and the other skaters were in the back. Saw Gleaming The Cube in the theater right around my birthday in January of '89. My friends and I were skating on the corner of Vista Street and Nieto Avenue right before school started. The Pizza Hut truck with Tony driving and the rest of the skaters pulled up right there. They got out and did a few skate tricks, it was hella cool. Ended up getting Tony's autograph! Good times.

[@80sLife]

Amazing story! Thank you so much for sharing it.

[@PouchMaster]

Got Tony's autograph at the Sport Chek signing they had in Winnipeg years ago. Nice guy. Free autograph. Never got tired of my questions!

[@fmminformation]

That’s awesome!

[@chuckfan1]

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[@CoachKRiLLiN]

I just met Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen last night at an event and got them to sign my DVD copy of Gleaming the Cube. I'll never forget watching it in theaters back in '89. Thanks for doing this.

[@johnnicholson243]

The re-enactments are the best 👌

[@Mr.Buttermaker]

Bro I just wanted to give you props for the level of work and detail you put in to making this filming location video! This couldn't have been easy

[@80sLife]

Thank you for noticing, I really appreciate that

[@BostonSmitty]

Your shirt was my first board in 1989. Whole thing cost $172. Pricey by 89 standards but so worth it.

[@corbijn1980]

one of my favorite movies of all time!!

[@pen1503]

I went to Woodbridge, in the 90's so many people would do the payphone scene.

[@keithhodges524]

WHS Class of 1987 here! From what I remember, all the scenes were shot after school was done for the day! It was a trip to see so many people I knew in the background. I could swear it was shot when I was still there, but I could be wrong. Those yellow things covering the Quad(that's what the lunch area was called) were installed over the summer in 1985. School opened in 1981. My sis was Class of 84. The first class to go all 4 years.

[@AkashicMoon]

Absolute awesomeness! I recorded this movie off of HBO about a year after it came out & watched it over & over until the picture wore out, clutching my skateboard & dreaming of visiting these places the whole way. I always wondered about the train scene from the window & never knew that was actually Disneyland (never been, so my mind didn't piece it all together), & I LOVED the visuals of the campus scene. You're doing the Lord's work with this, haha...12-year-old me thanks you endlessly! 🤘😊🛹

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it

[@chain_sawyer7469]

I never get tired of this awesome classic!!

[@80sLife]

Me neither

[@Viele411]

It’s like my childhood brought back to life. Best skate movie ever. Good job with this video bro.

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much

[@indigobluu]

This was dope, good work finding all those spots!

[@grakkerful]

Oh wow, what a nostalgia trip. I recognized almost all the OC locations both when watching the movie in the theater and now. It kind of makes sense that I didn't know any of the places in LA or the valley. This was fun, thanks for putting in the effort putting it together.

[@v2vroth]

I snoozed on this when I was a kid and watched your video. Love your work I just watched movie what an awesome film. Thanks for what you do

[@80sLife]

So glad I was able to bring you back to this great movie. Thank you!

[@MobileInstinct]

Great video man. I probably watched this movie 100 times. I saw a video not too long ago where 90s pro Bobby Puleo visited Lance Mountains old house where his famous vert ramp used to be. I belive that's the ramp in Gleaming the Cube.

[@shawnfraser7883]

Love the Corey O’brien shirt!

[@genderflu1dwh0r17]

I love this so much, I love you for making this video!!

[@TubbsMcGhee]

Wow, this is a very detailed vid with pinpoint references to the film. I cant believe how much stuff in this video still looks the same after 34 years. Thanks for this, brings back lots of memories, i must have watched this movie a few hundred times as a kid.

[@chrono1220]

Great job on this video! Gleaming the Cube is an old favorite of mine. I still do a bit of skateboarding to this day even though I am in my late 40's.

[@80sLife]

Thank you! And me too.

[@Braveliltoaster15]

The hotel room showing the mono rail is exactly why i looked this up ! I definitely appreciate this break down being a local who watched this flick over and over as a kid . super cool to see alll the areas verified !

[@jonesdoug]

Great work, I wrote a Gleaming the Cube 30 year anniversary article for the OC Weekly and tried to cover some of these locations but you really took it to the next level with your research. Very well done 👍🏻

[@80sLife]

Wow, that means a lot. Thank you so much

[@katosimon8603]

IT looks like a monumentos effort and and satisfying to find these locations, your extra information and insight make this my most appreciated channel on KZbin. THANK YOU

[@vincenzopetrullo]

Man!! this is just amazing. I start skating because of this movie, I was just a little kid in a small village in south Italy. I'm so grateful that you made this video. Thank you.

[@bakkendrt7972]

I wore my VCR out watching this movie It definitely made me wanna bleach my hair and buy a skateboard Nice job

[@80sLife]

Yeah man, same here. This movie and Thrashin were on repeat! I'm working on a similar video right now. Stay tuned. Thank you!

[@synthoelectro]

I played the crap out of that recorded tape back in the day, loved it.

[@fmminformation]

Same

[@adamn5821]

Very cool you were able to find all those locations. I love that movie. 👍👍

[@80sLife]

Thank you for watching

[@laciemarie469]

I lived in Newport Beach, CA over the summer when this movie was filmed. I like you loved to skateboard, not common for girls my age but I made friends while there. Some of which ended up being extras in the Fun Zone filmed scenes. I also ran into Christian Slater and Alyssa Milano on the Newport Pier while they were touring on a day off of filming. It was a highlight of my early teen years. Thanks for covering the movie, it brought back so many memories :) I wish it was 1988-1989 all over again.

[@kw3674]

Awesome skating outside of the Col house!! Thanks for the video!

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much for watching

[@BenBlack_]

Great video dude. Your hill recreation killed me.

[@base1b2626]

Always loved this movie. Thanks for sharing all of these filming locations. Really enjoyed watching this. Brought back so many memories.

[@indierockguitar6875]

Rememberrenting the video and watching it with a bunch of friends I still have today. Just watched it today in 30 years on Amazon prime. Brought back so many good memories. Thanks for this vid. So accurate.

[@80sLife]

That's the best part.. bringing back those feelings from 30 years ago. I'm currently working on a couple of similar videos that you might like. Stay tuned. Thank you so much for watching.

[@indierockguitar6875]

@@80sLife Especially growing up in Orange County Area. The awesome memories of Saturday afternoons and Summers in orange country. Maybe that is why I loved and could relate to this movie so much. look forward to you other videos. I can tell you put a lot effort into the video and appreciate it.

[@srarcade]

I can't say enough awesome stuff about this video but thank you so much this is amazing. Unknowingly I've passed by some of these locations during my life! I must have watched this movie every day for the longest time when it first came out. I lived and breathed skateboarding at that age just like you did and this movie had everything to offer from that era. Definitely still one of my favorite retro flicks to kick back to every now and then.

[@80sLife]

Awesome. Thank you so much for watching

[@johnniebravo5985]

Kurt you do the best filming locations videos! I enjoy them all! You should do a Rad filming locations video!👍

[@CGFIELDS]

Thank you for making this video from a fellow 80’s-90’s Skateboard kid 👍🏾

[@RobertBannonActor]

Amazing job mate. I watched this religiously growing up in Ireland and when I finally got to go to Long Beach a few years back to see some family, I wanted desperately to find some of the LB locations. definitely next time!!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much. I hope you make it to the locations sooner than later. Thanks for watching

[@jobber1964]

I loved that movie "Gleaming The Cube"!!! Thanks for making this video... Totally enjoyed it!!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you!

[@vaz80]

My favorite Christian slater movie....I love this movie

[@rainfyre]

This was my favorite movie growing up. Thanks for the amazing content.

[@80sLife]

Awesome. My pleasure. Thank you!

[@kennydunk]

Take me back to the 80s

[@beyonddriven]

Man I just want to say thank you so much for making this video. That movie was the only movie I had as a kid at four years old. I would watch it over and over again I was always so curious about the locations as I lived in Orange County and knew a few spots but not to this much detail. Thank you so much for making this. Epic video.

[@80sLife]

Aww, my pleasure. I loved putting this one together. Thank you for watching

[@baopham8676]

I got to watch this movie again. I am very familiar with many of these filming locations but never knew they were filmed there. I used to live in San Pedro and drove thru Patton and 17th to get to Busy Bee. I'm now in Long Beach at Alamitos/Shore Line and Ocean. Once or twice a month I would visit Today Plaza for Da Vien coffee. They also filmed the Fast and Furious here

[@iadr71]

SO COOL, IVE BEEN TO MANY OF THESE PLACES AND NEVER HAD A CLUE, I finally got this on DVD so I guess it's time to watch it again. Ive visited many locations of my favorite movies, Goonies, Mallrats, APPARENTLY GtC, and a few others, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE JOURNEY!!!

[@80sLife]

My pleasure. Thank you

[@user-zc9zt2vl5s]

Awesome job on this! This and Rad were the 2 best skateboarding/bmx freestyle movies of all time!

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it. I have 2 more that are similar to this one, coming soon. Keep an eye out.

[@pjdexter168]

Amazing! Your video locations are the best and love your story of living in those apartments during filming. I’ve been obsessed with this movie since 92 when I first saw it.

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much. Me too

[@TheNuckinFoob]

The 3 squares at the hotel lobby/drive up car Port is identical to the one at the Atomic Lodge. You can see it, very carefully, when the detective is turning into the motel's parking lot. The owner of those motel's used the same layout. So you nailed it, good sir! 👍

[@jaybarney1]

Can't believe I just found this. Love this movie

[@80sLife]

Glad you found it. Thank you so much

[@LoneGoatCult]

Stukaaaas over Disneyland! Excellent video! Thanks so much for making this, great work!

[@kieferclarkf1674]

That's incredible that the pool hall is still there over 30 years later.

[@geogixx]

Trank you very very much. Its awesome to see this Locations. Love this Movie 😊

[@N8Lightinthedarkness]

This was awesome thank you. Me and my 12 year old loved it

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it

[@lashaleck1506]

This video is AMAZING! I am so grateful for the time and work you put into finding these locations, filming them, and putting it all together in such a cool way! I love Gleaming the Cube so this was so much fun to watch! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me.

[@stlrsfan27]

Another home run..I loved this move as a kid and still do. i really enjoy the way you put yourself in to the videos. acting out the scenes is Awesome keep it up. great job i look forward to the next video.You and your family stay safe.

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. More on the way!

[@seventhsun1982]

superbly done... didn't want it to end OC'er since 2000, been wondering about a lot of these spots for years

[@80sLife]

Awesome. Thank you!!! That means a lot to me. Thanks for watching.

[@christianboyd4635]

Great video man, you got so many of the shots. Gleaming has always been one of my all time favorites since I was a massive skater back in the day.

[@80sLife]

Me too. Thank you!!

[@MFBURNS7909]

I was just watching this movie on Prime 😂 💙

[@Hotsauce-cj7kj]

Brilliant bro. Thanks for making this video. Loved Gleaming The Cube. Lesser known classic. Hopefully you get part 2 out.

[@concretesurfersmotorcycled3563]

So good!!! Thanks for putting this one together! Gleaming the cube was the first movie I saw skateing in when I was a kid. My parents had it on VHS. From the first time I saw it I had to learn how to skate. I am 32 now skate as often as I can. Great memories - thanks! Cheers, Alex from Germany

[@80sLife]

Awesome! So cool to hear. Thank you so much for watching!

[@jtbasic]

Dude you tooootally made me happy. I have loved this movie since i grew up in fullerton. Funny enought i started watching this movie yesterday when your video popped up today on my feed. Thank you for taking the time to do all the work into this video.

[@80sLife]

My pleasure. Thank you so much for watching

[@xruraldustx]

This is so awesome. Thanks for doing this. Interesting and well done. I still love this movie. It was an escape for me being a really young skateboarder living in a really small town.

[@80sLife]

Thank you for watching

[@digitalarkham]

Great channel, quickly has become one of my favorites and respect on the Corey O'Brien shirt.

[@arfhanmalik]

Brilliant well done looking forward to more hi from London england.Truly amazed some places are still there and have not changed in years One of my favourite child hood movies i watched, hopefuly a 2nd part have a good one

[@80sLife]

Thank you SO much, I really appreciate it. I was completely shocked by a lot of these spots as well. Especially the pool hall. Seems like we might have had the same kind of movie taste as kids. Thank you so much for watching

[@roberthartmann782]

Hi London... hope things going well over there

[@PouchMaster]

That was pretty awesome! Really liked Gleaming the Cube like I love Thrashin just for the nostalgic feeling of the 80's! I often style my hair like Brian's in the movie through a hairstyling technique I call "muscling" that I came up with many years ago, and recently put the blonde streaks back in. They often shoot a lot of movies where I live and you're making me think I should do something similar.

[@jasonlieu5379]

Wow I love this movie it just came out on TV a couple days ago I haven't seen it in like 20 years all the work and effort you put into making this great job

[@notthesameman]

Wow! Just watch this film and never heard of it but what a great film, so much skating and action, locations were nice and felt like a real 80s, its going into my collection movies, big big thanks

[@danielandrassy407]

Okay brother you just made my mind up for me, I want to thank you for this video you went to all these locations, I was going to buy the gleaming. The cube skateboard with the diamond plate grip tape on it. But I just decided I can make that myself and I would love to be able to share it with you when I'm finished.

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

Yes, this was awesome! I to skated in the late 80s and thought this movie was shot mostly in orange county. My connection to this movie was the finale. Before the new pike was built a lot of the property was used for LB Grand Prix storage. Gator was the stunt double for Slater. The tractor trailer that Slater rolls under was parked on that property and Gator was practicing launching off a launch ramp next to the truck. He was wearing a blonde wig with no shirt on. My friends and I skated downtown LB all the time and that morning we happened to be there while he was warming up. Later on that afternoon they filmed the finale.

[@80sLife]

That's a rad story. Thank you for sharing it and thank you for watching

[@chain_sawyer7469]

Gleaming the Cube happens to be one of my faves.1st time seeing Christian Slater in a movie.Next he went on to be in my second fave movie The Wizard!!

[@Sash77....oldmanradic]

Amazing ❤

[@technoir78]

Love this movie! Thank you for showing the locations! Let's all hit up Shout Factory to put this out on blu ray!!! I know they would give it tons of interviews and extras

[@johnfoodwine4820]

Bro you nailed it !! Loved all the details you showed. Definitely made my day. I'm from OC and watching all the locations movie growing up and your clips from start to finish were awesome !! Yes !! Keep going on more fun content !! Looking forward to more of your work !!🤗🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it

[@anthonysmith8321]

I got into skaterboarding when this movie came out when I was 11 years old. I skated till mid 2000s. Got sponsored and it was a great time skaterboarding.

[@jamesadams4606]

O M G. You actually have this movie. I was an east coast kid skater and I was always jealous of you CA kids lol. Huge ty for doing this one. Amazing job I lost it when you acted out the scenes at the HS yourself and the famous hill scene 🤣 And incredible detail work on the atomic age hotel location 🤯🤯🤯 You really inspire me to do one of these for movies for the NY/NJ area

[@80sLife]

Awww thanks. I really loved making this one. You totally should make videos

[@ZacharyCox]

I've been googling Colonel Trac's house and couldn't get it - even with AI, bravo to you, epic!!

[@90hatter90]

Gleaming the Cube aka A Brother’s Justice which ironically is the movies name when I first watch it on television back in the day. I don’t get why they need different names for movies but yeah.

[@volvoguy804]

Lived in El Segundo a lifetime ago. Video looks like you put a lot of time and effort into it. GJ! Thanks!

[@80sLife]

Thank you for watching

[@elizabethsulliman]

I lived in Irvine California and went to Woodbridge high school for half of ninth grade and we moved. The next year they filmed the movie there. It looks exactly like I remember. The yellow pods where the popular kids ate lunch and the library doors off the courtyard. So cool.

[@ogcali9291]

As an 80's skater i thought Gleaming the Cube was a way better skate movie than Thrashin. Also a much better story line.

[@allanreyes5520]

Watched this so much as a kid then who just got into skateboarding.. sucks to just see this vdeo of yours now, but this was very entertaining. more power to ur channel cheers mate!

[@gc4644]

I am good friends with Mike McGill (we went to high school and skated together), he did all Christian Slaters skating scenes, he told me about alot of the scenes & stunts he did in this movie, he especially enjoyed the scene when he aired thru the glass door (was actually candy glass). He said Christian was a pretty cool guy..

[@80sLife]

Awesome!

[@gameboysleepyd4277]

Bravo bro. Very good job. Could tell the work you put in to this and for that I thank you bro I envy you for sk8ing those spots even if just a little bit lol

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much

[@SpaceManSpliffz]

badass breakdown sir, still have my vhs copy :)

[@80sLife]

Thank you!

[@jasonmountain4643]

Super EXCELLENT!

[@80sLife]

Thank you!

[@stamford70]

Another great video Pal. Love how you have recreated some of the skate scenes. You looked like you had a great time filming this one 👍👍

[@Mr.Buttermaker]

This is legit! Great job!

[@LeandroSilva-vk5fj]

like thank you for showing these locations from the filming of this classic for those who like skateboarding, a movie that inspired to practice the sport here in Brazil was on TV many times and I skated a lot here in São Paulo in the 80's and 90's and I always watched this one film ,,,,

[@wilhelmtell7530]

That‘s incredible man!

[@BenjaminGates1776]

Dope channel, you really have a lot of cool videos thanks for doing what you do

[@ayindewoods35]

Good video I loved this movie!. You forgot the scene when Brian was skating through the construction building which became the Airport courthouse just outside LAX. In the movie, you can see the planes taking off and landing. Great shots

[@80sLife]

Oh, I didn't know that's where that was. Cool. Thanks

[@johnrambo3396]

Awesome job! I would pay you to take me on a tour of these locations!

[@michaelbrooks841]

Awesome video, the location I cant find is where vihn was "buried"

[@80sLife]

We looked so hard for that location. We researched all the OC and LA cemeteries and tried to figure out what ones had palm trees. In the end we just couldn't figure it out. Sorry.

[@michaelbrooks841]

@@80sLife one thing in the movie that I never liked was Brian blaming yabbo for the trucks not being tight enough when Brian said they were fine lol

[@JSC178]

​Been looking for that cemetery on Google Maps, still no luck though. I just hit up Steven Bauer on social media, he might remember where it's at. I'll let you know if he replies!

[@RealEstateWealthCoaching]

Loved watching your video!! Brings back memories for sure. Other places to check for if you ever do a part 2: Brian's house, Yabbo's house, warehouse where Brian starts the fire, location where Bobby Nguyen is killed, pool in the beginning where Yabbo gets hurt.

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much. Yes I hunted for ALL those spots.. but if I ever find them... part 2 for sure.

[@Shauniboy1984]

Amazing video, the movie that got me into skateboarding. I was going to say shame you couldn't find the pool from the start

[@spacepunk2456]

Great Video(s)!!!!! FreAKiN’ AWESOME MaN!!!!!!! And ThANks for the dedication in figuring out where that demolished "Atomic Age Lodge" was! Too Cool! But YES!!!!! Super Cool Videos!!!!!!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it

[@910dohead]

Amazing video! What's crazy is that I have been by a lot of these locations unknowingly. Subscribed man, dig the channel!

[@davestuddaman8127]

His homie Yabbo had the sickest little clubhouse!

[@80sLife]

Absolutely

[@davestuddaman8127]

@@80sLife its a bomb shelter!

[@stingerssxme6046]

Let's go!!

[@Braveliltoaster15]

p.s the thumbs up was for the skate clips of you ! props dude !

[@fatishathomas7798]

my favorite movie. i got it saved on my dvr.

[@TheHoodGuru]

My man! I subscribed to you a few weeks ago. This video especially interesting because the Pizza Hut location is in my neighborhood. In fact, I can post videos of me and my crew skating there in the 90s. yes its a KFC now but for a while it was a drive thru now. But even after the movie it had a little ram on the South side where cars would go up to a sort of drive thru. My cousin worked there for a while too. I saw it way back then and was like "how we gonna be skaters and a skate movie filmed in our hood" without us knowing at the time. but I think they beat us by a year or so.

[@VladisRed]

That's awesome movie. I watched this movie recently))

[@beatriz1488]

Thank u this made my day!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much

[@beatriz1488]

@@80sLife what board setup did u ride in the video?