The Search for Animal Chin

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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
Distributed by	Powell Peralta
Release date(s)	1987
Running time	60 minutes
Language	English
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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.

[edit] Cast

Bones Brigade:

Tony Hawk - Himself
Steve Caballero - Himself
Mike McGill - Himself
Lance Mountain - Himself
Tommy Guerrero - Himself

The film also includes:

Emerson (Aka: Won Ton Animal) Chin - Himself
San Francisco Scene: Jim Thiebaud, Jesse Martinez, Bryce Kanights, Doug Smith
Bakersfield Scene: Chris Borst, Bobby Reeves, Charlie Dubois, Ray Underhill, Adrian Demain, Donny Griffins, Kevin Lambert
Rad Party Scene: Mike Vallely, Rodney Mullen, Per Welinder, Natas Kaupas, Arron Murray, Kevin Harris

Also, in a non-skating role is Skip Engblom as a bouncer.

[edit] 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.They conclude that in searching for Mr. Chin, they may have found his spirit. Tony Hawk mentions, "I say we look for him for the rest of our lives", insinuating that the band of friends should always skate and have fun together.

Some say Animal Chin itself represents having fun with your friends and your skateboards - which is what the skaters themselves do on their travels.