''Yeah Right!'' is a 2003

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by Girl Skateboards (featuring

Chocolate Skateboards Crailtap is a skateboarding distribution company based in Torrance, California, United States. The distribution company is home to Girl Skateboards, Chocolate Skateboards, Royal Skateboard Trucks, and Fourstar Clothing. Girl Skateboards Histor ...

), directed by Ty Evans and

Spike Jonze Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (), is an American Filmmaking, filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze ...

. ''Yeah Right!'' is notable for its soundtrack, length, and the extensive use of never-before-seen (in a skateboarding video) special effects. In his book ''Skateboard Video'', Duncan McDuie-Ra considers ''Yeah Right!'' one of the four "finalists" of the skateboard video canon.

Summary

A short prologue pays tribute to skater Keenan Milton, who died in 2001. Milton was part of Chocolate Skateboards team, a subset of Girl Skateboards. The introduction credits for the video feature a unique series of shots in ultra-slow motion, filmed with Jonze's personal camera that is capable of shooting 100 frames per second. The camera is low to the ground and very close to the skateboarder as various flip tricks are completed. In this sequence a different skater is shot landing on the skateboard noticed by the different shoes on the feet that appear to land each trick. Although ''Yeah Right'' features mainly skateboarding, there are many special effects used. There are several different scenes in between skaters' parts which make use of green screen technology like the "invisible skateboards" bit and other camera effects such as the "magic board" and the "Skatetrix" bits. A cameo is made by

Owen Wilson Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has frequently worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he has shared writing and acting credits on the films '' Bottle Rocket'' (1996), '' Rushmore'' (1998), and ''T ...

. He is in a parking lot with Rick Howard,

Eric Koston Eric Koston (born April 29, 1975) is a Thai born American professional skateboarder and company owner. He has been featured in the ''Tony Hawk's'' video game series and the Electronic Arts (EA) video games ''Skate 2'' and ''Skate 3''. Koston c ...

and Mike Carroll preparing to perform a trick on a handrail. By framing the camera very carefully, it appears that Wilson attempts a backside bluntslide. However, while the camera was facing the opposite direction for a moment, Wilson had slipped out of the frame and is replaced by

who is wearing a wig and matching clothes. Koston performs the trick down the staircase and Wilson reappears in the shot after Koston lands to make it look like he completed the trick.

Cast

''Yeah Right!'' features the Girl Skateboards team, along with

. (in order of appearance) * Keenan Milton – memorial section before the intro of the film (Milton rode for Chocolate until his death in 2001). * Brandon Biebel * Brian Anderson * Marc Johnson – Chocolate section * Chico Brenes – Chocolate montage * Jesus Fernandez – Chocolate montage * Daniel Castillo – Chocolate montage * Chris Roberts – Chocolate montage * Ricardo Carvalho – Chocolate montage * Scott Johnston – Chocolate montage * Richard Mulder – Chocolate montage * Kenny Anderson – Chocolate montage * Mike York – Chocolate section * Justin Eldridge – Chocolate section * Gino Iannuci – Chocolate section * Robbie McKinley * Guy Mariano – Girl "Veterans" montage * Rudy Johnson – Girl "Veterans" montage * Tony Ferguson – Girl "Veterans" montage * Jeron Wilson – Girl "Veterans" montage * Rick Howard – Girl "Veterans" montage * Paul Rodriguez * Jereme Rogers * Mike Carroll *

Rick McCrank Richard McCrank (born January 23, 1976) is a Canadian professional skateboarder and skate shop owner. Early life McCrank was born in Peterborough, Ontario, and grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. Professional skateboarding McCrank's first deck s ...

References

External links

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''Yeah Right!'' track listing
{{Spike Jonze Skateboarding videos 2003 films Films directed by Spike Jonze 2000s English-language films