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Brink!
Sign in to saveBrink! is a 1998 American sports drama film that depicts the sport of aggressive inline skating. Written by Jeff Schechter and directed by Greg Beeman, the film stars Erik von Detten as Andy "Brink" Brinker, a high school inline skater who joins a group of skaters to help his financially troubled family. The plot adapts and updates the 1865 novel Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge. The film was released as the third Disney Channel Original Movie.
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6.3Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating crew--Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella--who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (which means they skate for the fun of it, and not for the money), clash with a group of sponsored skaters, Team X-Bladz--led by Val--with whom they attend high school in southern California. 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. Brink tries to lead a double life but will be able to pull it off?
Cast
- Erik von Detten as Andy 'Brink' Brinker
- Sam Horrigan as Val
- Christina Vidal Mitchell as Gabriella
- Robin Riker as Maddie
- Geoffrey Blake as Jimmy
- Walter Jones as Boomer
Themes
- friendship
- sports
- rollerblades
- inline skating
- rollerblade
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television film
- Genre
- teen film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Greg Beeman
- Producer
- Bernadette Caulfield
- Production company
- Mandeville Films
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 905747
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- start time
- 1998-08-29
- title
- Brink!
- broadcast by
- Telecinco
- executive producer
- David Hoberman
- publication date
- 1998-08-29
- original broadcaster
- Disney Channel
- distributed by
- Disney+
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Brink! is a 1998 American sports drama film that depicts the sport of aggressive inline skating. Written by Jeff Schechter and directed by Greg Beeman, the film stars Erik von Detten as Andy "Brink" Brinker, a high school inline skater who joins a group of skaters to help his financially troubled family. The plot adapts and updates the 1865 novel Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge. The film was released as the third Disney Channel Original Movie.
==Plot== Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating best friends—Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella—who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (they skate for the fun of it, not for the money), clash with a semi-professional skating team, Team X-Bladz—led by Val—with whom they attend high school in southern California.
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