The Search for Animal Chin

The Search for Animal Chin
Directed by	Stacy Peralta
Produced by	Stacy Peralta
Written by	Paul Gross and John Smythe
Starring	Tony Hawk; Steve Caballero; Mike McGill; Lance Mountain; Tommy Guerrero; Rodney Mullen; Mike Vallely
Music by	Dennis Dragon, William Santschi, Johnny Rad
Distributed by	Powell Peralta
Release date	1987
Running time	65 minutes
Language	English

The Search for Animal Chin is a 1987 skateboarding film featuring the Bones Brigade. It is one of the first skateboarding films to have a plot, rather than simply a collection of skateboarding stunts and music videos.

An early version of the screenplay by John Smythe, titled "The Rollersurfing Quest for Animal Chang", was damaged by some ranch dressing. Producer Stacy Peralta misread the name of the title character "Animal Chang" as "Animal Chin", and liked the name so much that the title and the character's name were officially changed.

Plot summary

The Bones Brigade travels around California, Nevada, and Hawaii to different skate spots in search of a wizened old man, Won Ton "Animal" Chin. The movie is of the old-school nomadic, skate-everything-in-your-path genre with interludes of stopping to rip-up a big ramp, pool or kicker. After much searching and skateboarding, they locate a large ramp in the desert. They also find a Chinese character on the inside of the ramp's spine.

Cast

Bones Brigade:

Tony Hawk - Himself
Steve Caballero - Himself
Mike McGill - Himself
Lance Mountain - Himself
Tommy Guerrero - Himself
C. R. Stecyk, III - Emerson "Won Ton Animal" Chin - Himself (credited as Emerson Chin)

The film also includes:

San Francisco Scene: Jim Thiebaud, Jesse Martinez, Bryce Kanights, Doug Smith
Bakersfield Scene: Chris Borst, Bobby Reeves, Charlie Dubois, Ray Underhill, Adrian Demain, Donny Griffin, Kevin Lambert
Rad Party Scene: Mike Vallely, Rodney Mullen, Per Welinder, Natas Kaupas, Arron Murray, Kevin Harris, Johnny Rad

Also, in non-skating roles are Skip Engblom as a bouncer and Gerrit Graham as Alan Winters, the head of Slash Skates.

Legacy

The iconic ramp featured in the movie was rebuilt at Woodward West Skatepark in Tehachapi, California for the 30th anniversary of the film. The original Bones Brigade reunited and skated the ramp design that no one has skated in 30 years - the original was torn down after filming.[1]

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References

"Watch the Bones Brigade skate the recreated 'Animal Chin' ramp 30 years later". Grind TV. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

External links

The Search for Animal Chin on IMDb

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[1] "Watch the Bones Brigade skate the recreated 'Animal Chin' ramp 30 years later". Grind TV. Retrieved 14 November 2016.