Christian Slater and Tony Hawk discuss Gleaming the Cube - Dissent

Tony Hawk's Dissent TV is an interview series hosted by legendary skateboarder, Tony Hawk. Viewers are given a "backstage pass" to listen in on conversations between Tony and a vast array of celebrities.These are previously released episodes from past seasons of Dissent.
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[@LukeDodge916]

Christian Slater: “All I wanted was to be cool in the movie.” Dude, you were the epitome of cool to my 12-year old self! I wanted to be you more than the pro skaters when I was a kid... Why the hell hasn’t this film been released on Blu-ray??!

[@EnFyr]

The comment that i could'nt write by myself. ✌

[@codysnyder90]

Ditto for me.

[@ns2joel]

Hell yes and we do need this on Blu Ray!

[@martinlutherkingjr.5582]

Probably not gonna see it on blu-ray because all the stunt double shots of skaters wouldn’t hold up. They’d have to do CGI face mapping which is at the moment not cheap to do well.

[@jwbaccaro]

I know, I really love this movie too!

[@JAWS1376]

When I was a kid I begged my parents to build a fallout shelter underground. That was the coolest part of the movie. and also the skateboards.

[@Turco949]

I have to agree. A fallout shelter today especially in the backyard of an Orange County house, nowadays? Not likely!

[@joeyclemenza7339]

stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckas over DISNEYLAND!!! i still think thats like the most relaxing thing ever... just rolling up on a mini loop 10 feet from your bed....a good workout too. also. a deck building station next to that with a killer stereo system? yabbo was like the luckiest kid in the world, man

[@g-ready1887]

Dude you know it lol

[@ScottRuen]

I have a reoccurring dream to this day about having a fallout shelter with arcade games!

[@simonbrightman79]

Throughout my who life...(& I’m 39 now:-), whenever people have asked me who my favorite actor is, I’ve always said 80s Christian Slater. I idolized him...& I was a skater too, so when they came out with Gleaming The Cube I was so psyched. I actually just watched it tonight to walk down memory lane. Gleaming The Cube, Heathers, True Romance & Pump Up The Volume are still some of my favorite movies. They were all so fucking rad.

[@janeknevermind]

YES! ICONIC MOVIES. HEATHERS is like my favourite movie.

[@bobbymariani2839]

Gotta add the Legend of Billie Jean to this list!

[@Ninjeto]

Robin hood also

[@trenken]

And the wizard

[@JTWarnerJT]

I like that movie where he's a cop and talking to the camera the whole movie. I forget what it's called. It was the 90's. Kuffs !! That was it. Had to go search it and edit my comment. Lol

[@dmc16336]

I took up skateboarding because of this movie ....and I sucked at it.

[@danielireland8628]

2 years later...😆 Totally agree. I'm in my 30's now and I still try to emulate this movie. Lmao. And I still suck 😆

[@kayvonnratcliffe4406]

SAME lol

[@ericandcoley4276]

Techstorm2065 Its all fun and games until you wind up at the free clinic on Labor Day weekend with nothing but a five dollar bill and massive debt from your new hospital fees.

[@ericandcoley4276]

Daniel Ireland Me too but I can baby ollie now so I’m ready to start eating shit when I humiliate myself in front of 20 skater kids laughing at me.

[@LizzieFTP]

Freaking love christian slater

[@cron205]

and you know what I knew a guy in Stratford Ontario Canada named Brian Kelly in 1986 way before this movie

[@wib6044]

I thought this was a skateboarding movie when I was a kid, but watching it as an adult I realized it was a classic hero’s journey story. Lawndale is the dragon, Bryan is the dragonslayer.

[@doodlebugger77]

I was OBSESSED with Christian Slater when I was young I watched this movie over & over really just because he was in it!

[@shawnhoman7238]

This movie and "Legend of Billy Jean" Christian Slater was awesome in.

[@cron205]

same here I wanted that haircut but my mom said no

[@miked9466]

I thought he was great, but my GF at the time loved him (Obsessed). We went to the theater for a evening viewing of Pump Up The Volume then rented Heathers and watched Gleaming the Cube on VHS. But the hole time my Gf and her/are girl friends would non stop talk about how cute, cool, fun, etc, he is. I remember being so jealous and trying to slick my hair back like his. I was just a kid 13/14 ha ha lol..

[@bmoneyrancidfan91]

Lisa M my cousin wrote him in the 80s and he got a letter back with an autograph pic

[@StMichael7]

Shawn Homan Don’t forger his performance in Pump Up the Volume and The Heathers

[@GodWeenSatan]

This interview should have been longer. It was awesome to hear behind the scenes, it was funny. It's like i am there hanging out with two cool dudes

[@ryanbowers1519]

Grew up watching this as a kid and finally on Amazon prime. Usually when u become an adult. Movies get cheesier especially from the 80s and early 90s. But I cant believe actually i found it very heartwarming here in 2020 and really holds the test of time. Christian Slater was always underated and one of the great actors of the 90s.

[@teamchino918]

I loved this movie. Christian Slater as Brian was my biggest influence when i first started skating

[@johnbradshaw623]

I wanted that underground room with the mini half circle thing sooo bad. Rad man

[@tis8411]

What an awesome video. Was impossible to get any honest behind-the-scenes info about the movie back then. Now we get it straight from the mouths of the stars while we watch them have a candid, casual lunch. Love it.

[@JSC178]

I met Tony Hawk early in the morning near my school in Long Beach when they were filming Gleaming The Cube back in '88. Got his autograph too... He was driving the Pizza Hut pickup truck! Saw Gleaming The Cube in the theater right around my birthday in January of '89. Good times!

[@delatroy]

Nester great story

[@mayspondmogul]

No way how epic I love the Movie Tony was so young and I want that Pizza Hut truck so rad!!

[@Turco949]

I thought they did the school and skating scenes in Irvine and Anaheim? What part of LB?

[@JSC178]

@@Turco949 Here's the Google Maps EXACT location of where I met him. The schools below are Lowell Elementary and Rogers Middle School, the stairway going down the hill at the gate separates the two schools. My friends and I were skating on Vista St. right near where you see the black Nissan truck parked on the left. The Pizza Hut truck with Tony driving and the rest of the skaters pulled up right there. They got out and did a few tricks. I was oblivious to who they all were, and didn't even recognize Tony Hawk at first. I asked him for his autograph but couldn't make out the signature. When I got home, my Mom told me it said Tony Hawk. I went through a few of my Thrasher skate magazines and actually found a picture of Tony Hawk on one of the pages with his autograph, which I matched up with the one he gave me. I was so ecstatic, I could hardly contain myself! LOL www.google.com/maps/@33.7662677,-118.1331738,3a,75y,62.3h,90.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stVfkRRIKXoqIXJbsgkEKvw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[@Turco949]

@@JSC178 Dude! I wasn't aware they shot those scenes in Belmont Shores, wow! Great initial and supplemental story. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I'd be ecstatic too!

[@SaintMartins]

*my top 5 Christian Slater films....* 1. Heathers (1988) 2. Pump Up The Volume (1990) 3. Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990) seg."Lot 249" 4. Gleaming The Cube (1989) 5. True Romance (1993)

[@vixqwrt]

Saint Martins yesss all the best

[@LucLightWolf121]

Mobsters (1991) Murder In The First (1995) Broken Arrow (1996)

[@mcgilj1]

"Kuffs" (1992)

[@JC-11111]

Gleaming the Cube was EPIC for beginners back then. Every time I watched it, I'd go skate FOR DAYS!

[@kerbholzgt]

me to 🤣 - 7year old boys riding down the hill on the knees with a shitty supermarket-plastic-board

[@grevillesreview268]

yea man, i rocked Christians cross earing for years. Watched Gleaming like a million times. Thanks you guys

[@ShawnjHiggins]

I was a 17 years old Daytona beach skater who grew up on the beach and skating closed down hotel pools. This movie couldn't have come out at the best time ever for me in my life. Thank you so much for this flim. It was like looking right into my life with me and my friends as sk8ers.

[@EsotericOccultist]

I absolutely love Tony Hawk

[@Jason-o1k]

This movie was all to me as a child. I loved Skateboarding and watch this movie over weeks every day. Damn i miss this 90 time era. 😢😢😢😢

[@jp3813]

Gleaming the Cube & Hard Rain are criminally underrated. Very entertaining flicks.

[@chetrok1]

That was the movie back in thr day good times

[@skylarsmom1]

love thrashing too ..lol

[@gouger33]

Gleaming the Cube and Rad. two great flicks.

[@raenaldo]

Jim Gouger yasssssss!!! I agree. Oh, add Top Gun and I would watch all three on repeat...for-ev-errrr!

[@seraph7676]

Dude.. can't believe someone else knows - the truth ! Back to back classics

[@MatthewTrussell]

Totally! I watched Rad allll the time!

[@VAS204]

Thrashin!!

[@ericandcoley4276]

Thrashin’ is my favorite in this genre. Best soundtrack.

[@Rand0m411]

I remember going down to the local rental store and renting this movie as a kid.

[@coolnegative]

I freaking loved this movie!

[@sat0sh139]

Thanks for this video! Part of the magic of growing up in the 80s

[@bobbymariani2839]

In the summer of 1994, I watched this movie on VHS every single day. I couldn't skate because my family lived on a farm, and the only concrete around was the highway in front of my house with a 65 mph speed limit. I was 10 years old going on 11, and after that summer I moved to Savannah, Ga. from Bowman S.C., and was about to start Jr. Highschool. I modeled my image after Yabo (I think that was his name) on my first day and got picked on. Ahh good times 😂🤣😂

[@GlassGenius]

.........Back then things were much more inocent. I was 9 when this hit!

[@user-et2fj8xm5l]

This was filmed at my high school. I was a freshman at the time.

[@mikes2622]

Wow Slater did One flew over the cuckoos nest? I had to google it and of course he played the Nicolson part. When you see him in Heathers you totally saw that Nicolson vibe. Always liked him as an actor, seems like a really good dude too. Tony Hawk too, not as an actor of course just as a good person.

[@GeekBoy03]

mike s And now in the new TV show Mr. Robot. The first episode can be seen on you tube.

[@TheHeavensFellen]

he was obsessed with Jacko

[@Chris-js6oz]

That’s so great! I am literally watching G leaning the Cube right at this moment and paused for this interview. So special! I saw this film when I was a teen over 30 years ago. What a treat!!!

[@xBustedHeart]

his JD voice is still there

[@TheGreenDragon419.9]

When he put that board together in the end with the diamond plate pattern was one of the coolest scenes ever

[@DJnedKnowledge422]

Hell yeah thanks for doing this love that movie growing up. You guys killed it, coolness and all.

[@gofirst501]

Christian Slater was very cool in Pump up the volume. Gleaming the Cube and Thrashin are now 2 legendary classic’s

[@Inspector-71]

"Gleaming The Cube" and "Rad", my two favorite movies when I was a kid, I did flatland/bmx, then I got into skating

[@RyuHayabusa06]

Still love this movie. This and The Wizard are my two favorite Christian Slater movies.

[@teirangi]

No offence, but there are better Slater movies than those two.

[@superunknown2812]

Wizard was a cool movie too

[@ryandeffley7652]

I wouldn't call The Wizard a "Christian Slater movie". He co-starred. Definitely a Fred Savage movie. Regardless though, one of my favorite 80's movies.

[@johndough3125]

Pump Up the Volume had to be the best Christian Slater movie

[@adrien2323]

Pump up the volume is awesome too. People sleep on that one.

[@matthewc6342]

Top 3 Slater movies: Gleaming the Cube, True Romance, Very Bad Things. In that order. He's done other shit that's good but this is TOP 3

[@schwaggbagYES]

Heathers

[@Monkeyland03]

schwaggbagYES Christian Slater was also in the episode Case Of The Stubborns in the series Tales Of The Darkside. Very good episode! Christian Slater was 15 years old then! You can find it on KZbin.

[@schwaggbagYES]

Monkeyland03 nice I'll check it out

[@Monkeyland03]

schwaggbagYES The man who plays the Grandpa of Jody Tolliver (Christian Slater) was in Home Alone 2 as a Toy Shop owner. I know that Christian Slater got in some kind of drug or drugs but not sure what. Hopefully he is clean now. God bless you! : )

[@srenova]

All the above and for me Pump Up The Volume was awesome. Just one of those movies I could always watch anytime it was on.

[@knowbody9679]

Gleaming the cube and RAD two of the best movies of all time

[@JC-11111]

100 fuckin percent! I'd go shred for DAYS after watching them. Hitting ramps on the bike and bookin' it down the street. I think I still have my VHS tape of RAD in storage, TBH. 😆 And I had a bad ass original Jeff Kendall Santa Cruz 'Atomic Man' skateboard on Independent trucks and some Kryptonics 'Slammer' fat street wheels. I was the shit as a kid lmao. Fast-forward to today and I find myself looking for a reproduction deck like my old one to buy. They're out there occasionally. And Independent is still going so I could always get it assembled with good parts. Funny story. I actually just found my very first skateboard I ever got as a kid when I was at my storage unit a couple of weeks ago. It was a cheap Nash skateboard lol. For whatever reason, I kept the deck and still have it all these years later. Probably close to 30.

[@TheNuckinFoob]

Christian Slater looked comfortable on his board. Peralta said if they could just get him comfortable enough on the board the movie magic could take over and make everything else believable. Damn good flick!!!

[@GotMeStumped]

I remember seeing this in the theater; the very short time it was there, almost got kicked out for being too loud everytime one of the pros was on screen. Pure awesomeness! 🤘

[@Chris_WG]

Two of my favorite guys that I grew up knowing. They both survived so much and are looking great! My best to them both - I loved Tony's skate style - I skated for 15 years of my life - from about 7 to my early 20's and then Christian with his movies - heck yeah! Pump Up the Volume was amazing along with his other movies like Untamed Heart that were simply fantastic. Mr Robot - awesome! Tony I hope to see him expand his style - super sharp guy. Cheers to you both from an old 50 year old skater from SJ California. I loved the Bones Brigade Documentary! You guys really spoke your feelings. We needed to hear them

[@fakeknife87]

Traveling under the truck at the end of the movie was BEST in my opinion.

[@quakecon2009]

Slater is an amazing actor, so many cool films. Watched gleaming the cube as a kid in the UK. Good times.

[@Dan.Solo.Chicago]

3:49 That flyaway helmet looks much better than I remember. When Protec helmets came along in the 90’s, it was such an improvement that they actually looked kinda cool by comparison. How you wore the strap made a difference though. For example, unbuckled was cool at first, despite the potential of the strap whipping you in the face. Then there was a short fad of buckling the strap around the back of the helmet. I think rollerbladers started that one, and it looked decent for a minute, despite rendering the helmet completely useless. It fell off every time they fell. Kids who wore them unbuckled usually had the foam padding make it fit tight, or wore a baseball cap under it with the brim. Not so much with the clip around the back dudes. That was only cool for one summer in 1996. By 1997, X-Games was rolling, so everyone just wore the helmets buckled to get on TV, but with the strap loose. That was the cool way to wear it then, though they did sometimes rise up or almost fall off. White helmets were cool around then too. This includes on the street course. I’m not sure when they stopped making pros wear them in the street comp.

[@TheJohnrob3]

Rodney Mullens Movie

[@AVISIONMUSICTV]

I used to go on skateboard missions and dip under trucks because of this classic ish! What!!!!!

[@Ithinkishouldcoco]

that's a sick cramps shirt he's wearing

[@Xavia720]

Ithinkishouldcoco v

[@TheRob138]

hahahah I always remember thinking the same thing about the helmet

[@e-ross5893]

Gleaming the Cube all time classic movie

[@ThreeLions82]

Please don't remake this film.

[@budfox9741]

packerd00 if we do will throw you in a body bag yeaaaaaaaa!

[@timagnew6430]

packerd00 unless they can do it justice. No half-hearted attempts

[@JD-kl5fr]

+Bud Fox Yes. That is fucking hilarious.

[@cron205]

not a remake a part 2 with original cast

[@mztik]

How about a re-shoot? All the same actors reprising their roles and do every single scene exactly the same, without being self-aware of the age difference.

[@NikkoCara]

Watched it last night classic❤

[@jessiewalker6918]

Great movie, loved it growing up

[@mikemooch7719]

Gleaming the cube was awesome. I'm 43 & still watch it once a year or so.

[@JellyBabie1984]

Love gleaming the cube, was one of my favourite movies when I was a kid but it wasn't exactly original of ground breaking. Skateboard came out in 1978 and actually featured a younger Tony Alva, then there was Thrashin. Certainly think this one is the best though.

[@albrown1812]

Tony hawk was in that movie,that's crazy I had no idea

[@ClayKirby-sj3zy]

Dang can't believe this video is 12 years ago

[@livefreeprintguns]

I can't tell you how much this movie STILL means to me.

[@sarahgittens9518]

I lost count of the number of times I tried to find and watch this movie from the late 90s onward. It wasn't at any video store, used store, or anywhere to buy. (Not that I was looking constantly). I finally found it on KZbin during the first round of quarantine back in 2020. Worth the wait. haha

[@TheHeavensFellen]

it comes on the cable movie cannels every once in a while and Fox movie channel will have it on demand to watch at anytime for a period, i always had a VHS copy but now you can download a high quality upload from off of here

[@OnionChang]

Goin higher and faster than anyones ever been before.

[@nxrp]

Mr Robot did skateboard, amazing!

[@Trainy2]

My biggest problem with this movie is I wish it had a punk soundtrack to go with the skating

[@edithboozy1000]

Most skaters in the 90s listened to rap to be honest.

[@TechTokOffical]

This is a movie I'd ACTUALLY like to see redone with modern day skaters and tricks

[@jamesradski9082]

Natas did the ollie into the Pizza Hut truck, and was such a big deal back then.

[@kareemanderson8785]

Loved that movie!

[@Multi1628]

Christian Slater and the 1989 movie brought me here ~ Awesome ~ Cheers, DAVEDJ

[@nicecutie]

christian slater is such a cool guy easily one of my favorite actors and favorite people.

[@themanthelegend7048]

I have an original movie pister signed by hawk amd getting signed by slater. Its my mona lisa.

[@_Maxten]

i didn't even know natas was on powell. i thought he was always santa cruz but according to wikipedia it was only one year before them

[@MiNiMeMiniatureDrumCovers]

Legend of billie jean though

[@poetsrear]

1:50 He drinks from Tonys glass.

[@AliceInPantera]

Toraperse Nah Tonys drinking the iced tea or whatever it is

[@delatroy]

:D

[@mayjoe3742]

This movie... And Animal Chin. 2 great skate movies pre 90s

[@celticecho]

I first watched this film because of Christian Slater, but kept watching it because it was an awesome film!!! Still love it to this day!

[@jcbvortex22]

I remember the exact place where I learned to Ollie

[@nofd1977]

They dont make movies like this anymore. Different times people! God I wish I could go back

[@tweeze2700]

Amen 2 that man.

[@raydn23]

Tony Hawk > Rob Dyrdek

[@johnhofstetter2714]

I was an xtra in this movie ,the acting was horrible at best. Didn't know who Tony Hawk was or Christian Slater.

[@trustno_one]

really??

[@rsi9176]

Gleaming the cube rocked. Skater bra 4 life.

[@meitalpo]

such a cool guy and great actor, love his voice! PLUS, still so hot

[@vibeofthee80s_]

Gleaming the Cube is one of my all-time favorite films growing up, the filming locations weree local to where I grew up, a cult classic for me. 4/15/23

[@Action_Figure_King]

An important movie in my youth!! Ha ha ha

[@elmstreet7982]

thats the best movie ever

[@jstyles1]

Nostalgia

[@mr.eastcoast8369]

Gator did a good amount of Christian's stunt for the final 15 minutes of the film.

[@ssoundwaves]

The Chateau Marmont is a nice iconic casual lunch backdrop for two iconic casual dudes. P.s. Theres a rumor that the spider high top Airwalks worn by Mr. Slater will be making a return

[@vinsentsoltero9448]

Lol I opened this video and realized the interview is at the same hotel im sitting at lol weird coincidence

[@benjiarehart2878]

Am watching this now for the 1st time. Pretty good movie. I was born in 64, and from 75 to 80 skated a lot. Until I got my drivers license. Got on a board recently my nephew had, and about killed myself, lol. Christian performance in this movie is really good. I can see why he had success as an actor early on. He was constantly being compared to Jack Nicholason back then. Which is not a bad thing to be compared to. Having Tony Hawk to be your mentor as a 1st time skater is a pretty good teacher to have to say the least. I always wonder if I never quit skating how far I could have taking it. "It's on a loop at my house". Haha!

[@kenross863]

Don't forget Airborne

[@ROBOSKOT]

Gleaming the stupid cube sucked major ass!!! Tony was a dork and still is till This day!! Thrashin was a way better movie!!! The Daggers rule! Alva and Hosoi all day!!

[@django3422]

I've seen Slater in more formal interviews, on panel shows, and he always comes across as awkward. Seeing him in a less formal, more relaxed environment when he's talking with someone he's comfortable with, totally different energy. His charisma really comes out.

[@uncleruckus3149]

I love that movie! Watch it once a week

[@leonielson7138]

Gleaming the Cube and Rad are two of my favorite movies of all time.

[@marccuomo6723]

Best movie ever

[@AVISIONMUSICTV]

This movie single handedly boosted the sale of skateboards by 300%! LmAO

[@terrybates5509]

I didn't know Jack Nicholson skated in that movie

[@anthonylepera6285]

Love this movie

[@007stopjockin]

Movie is on right NOW! Phuckin rocks! Check it out if you never saw it fellas! 007

[@liamquinn1981]

was on last night! great movie! Im glad Tony graduated from Pizzahut! 🤣

[@mrasic3507]

😂😂😂 I think Christian Slater had a ton of plastic surgery a new airline and he actually uses his money to stay out of the media and let people know what he really looks like and who he really is I've never liked that man

[@MrJuice315]

he hated the helmet and i swear those are the coolest helmets in existence! i wanted one of those so badly but they are really expensive!

[@thepeterchannel3230]

There was no skateboarding in this movie. It is a boring Drama. Tony Hawk just stood silently in random scenes. The story made no sense. Terrible movie