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Brink!

  • Director: Greg Beeman
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Action
  • Movie Type: Sports Drama
  • Themes: Ladder to the Top, Faltering Friendships
  • Main Cast: Erik Von Detten, Christina Vidal, Patrick Levis, David Alan Graf, Asher Gold
  • Release Year: 1998
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

A young rollerblader is torn between money and his personal morality in this family friendly made-for-TV movie. Andy Brinker (Erik Von Detten), known to his friends as "Brink," is a teenager who lives for in-line skating. Andy and his skating buddies skate for the sheer love of the sport, and view professional skaters with no small degree of suspicion. However, when Andy's family falls on hard times financially, he wants to do something to help, and after Andy is approached by Val Horrigan (Sam Horrigan), the manager of a team of pro skaters, he decides to swallow his pride and sign up. Andy's friends think he's betrayed his principles, and begin to shun him. What's worse, Andy soon learns just how corrupt and underhanded Val can really be, and he has to decide if bringing in a few bucks for his family is worth having to deal with someone so inherently dishonest. Brink first aired on The Disney Channel on August 29, 1998. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Erik Von Detten - Andy "Brink" Brinker
  • Christina Vidal - Gabby
  • Patrick Levis - Peter
  • David Alan Graf - Ralph Brinker
  • Asher Gold - Jordy
Sam Horrigan - Val; Bonnie Hellman - Lunch Teacher; Robin Riker - Maddie Brinkeer; Tom Virtue - Science Teacher; Brian Fenwick - Photographer; Walter Emanuel Jones - Boomer; Chris Ufland - Downhill Emcee; Cynthia Avila - Mrs. DeLama; David Douglas - Championship Emcee; Katie Volding - Katie Brinker; Jake Elliott - BJ; Neil Daly - Skateboard Leader

Credit

Steve Miller - Art Director, Greg Beeman - Director, Lee Haxall - Editor, David Hoberman - Executive Producer, J. Peter Robinson - Composer (Music Score), Corey Kaplan - Production Designer, Rodney Charters - Cinematographer, Bernadette Caulfield - Producer, Ernie F. Orsatti - Stunts Coordinator, Jeff Schechter - Teleplay By, Mary Mapes Dodge - Book Author
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Dictionary: brink   (brĭngk) pronunciation
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n.
    1. The upper edge of a steep or vertical slope: the brink of a cliff.
    2. The margin of land bordering a body of water.
  1. The point at which something is likely to begin; the verge: "Time and again the monarchs and statesmen of Europe approached the brink of conflict" (W. Bruce Lincoln). See synonyms at border.

[Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin .]


Thesaurus: brink
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noun

  1. A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary: border, borderline, brim, edge, edging, fringe, margin, periphery, rim, verge. Chiefly Military perimeter. See edge/center.
  2. A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur: borderline, edge, point, threshold, verge. See edge/center.

Antonyms: brink
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n

Definition: edge of an object or area
Antonyms: center, interior, middle


Wikipedia: Brink!
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Brink!
Directed by Greg Beeman
Written by Jeff Schechter
Starring Erik von Detten
Sam Horrigan
Christina Vidal
Distributed by Disney Channel
Release date(s) 1998
Running time 89 mins.
Language English

Brink! is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie set in the backdrop of casual inline skating. Scenes from the film were shot at Malibu High School and Zuma Beach in Malibu, California. The tagline for this movie is It Takes A Champ To Stay In Line. [1]


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Plot

Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating friends, who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (meaning they skate for the fun of it, and not the money), clash with a group of sponsored skaters - Team X-Bladz. When Brink discovers his family is in financial trouble, he goes against the wishes of his parents and his friends and joins Team X-Bladz for 200 dollars a week. He keeps it from his friends until they see him skating for X-Bladz in a local competition. They call him a sell-out and for a while, they stop talking to him.

Since Brink seems eager to help out the family, his dad finds him a job working at a dog grooming shop named "Pup 'N Suds." He gets an advance in his paycheck and buys new gear for the team. In the days before the competition, he meets his friends at the skatepark and tells them of his plan to sponsor the team under the name "Team Pup 'N Suds." They accept him as their friend again, after hearing that he threw a shake in the face of Val, Team X-Bladz' captain.

So as friends once again, they compete in the competition. At the end, it comes down to Brink and his rival, Val. Although Brink tries to skate fair, Val uses dirty tricks in attempt to secure the win. However, these tricks do not work and Brink wins the race and the competition.

Immediately after the race, Val is fired from X-Bladz for cheating. Jimmy, Team X-Bladz' manager, offers Brink the captain position of the team. Being the great friend and team player he is, however, he decides to stick with his friends and remain a soul skater.

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Translations: Brink
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kant, rand

Nederlands (Dutch)
rand, kant

Français (French)
n. - bord

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χείλος, άκρη, παρυφή

Italiano (Italian)
bordo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - beira (f) de precipício, iminência (f) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
край, грань

Español (Spanish)
n. - borde

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rand, kant, brant

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
边缘

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 邊緣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가장자리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 縁, 川岸, 瀬戸際

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حافه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שפה, גדה, קצה‬


 
 
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