TV Guide: Drive

Video: Roots

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

In episode 6 Mike Vallely visits his hometown of Edison, New Jersey. First meeting up with childhood friend, Al Batagliotti, at his skate shop Central Jersey Skate Shop. Al takes Mike to the backyard skatepark of the Nolan family, where they skate with a new generation of Edison kids. Another one of Mike's early childhood friends, Mike Schwartz, stops by to see Mike and, along with Al, they reminisce about growing up in Edison. From there Mike heads over to meet up with his childhood mentor Rodney Smith, who took Mike under his wing when he first started skating and exposed him to the world of skateboarding outside of Central New Jersey. They head to New York City to visit Rodney's skate shop, Shut Skateboards, and go to the infamous Brooklyn Banks, Mike's all-time favorite skate spot. There Mike shares with Rodney just how important his friendship and mentorship has meant to him all these years. Mike goes on to skate a demo at the public Edison skatepark, and in front of a hometown cr

Video: Two Ends of the Spectrum

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Mike visits two skate scenes that have been in the news for entirely different reasons, first visiting the town of Hot Springs, Arkansas where, on Go Skateboarding Day 2007, a group of youth made national headlines after an altercation with Police. Then Mike visits the Green Skate Lab in Washington, DC where a group of skaters set out to build the first "Green" skatepark and in the process created a skate scene in one of Washington, DC's poorer neighborhoods.

Video: Barbados

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

"Episode 4 of DRIVE finds Mike Vallely traveling to the island nation of Barbados to check out its fledgling skate scene. The show opens with Mike skating one of the local skate spots, an ocean front wooden boardwalk. From there he visits the Irie One Skate Shop to meet up with local skater Paul Wilson. Paul has taken it upon himself to create a legitimate scene in Barbados by bringing all of the islands skaters together. Mike joins Paul and some of the local crew for a session on their miniramp. In his efforts to push skateboarding and introduce more of the local people to skateboarding, Paul has established an island skate tour in which he takes all the skaters around the island to session different spots. Mike joins Paul on the tour and goes with the kids on the bus to checkout what the island has to offer. Mike is blown away by the local's friendly attitude and camaraderie regardless of their varying abilities. Mike's time in Barbados ends with him helping Paul and a bunch of the l

Video: Drive Season 3

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Based on the award-winning documentary film, DRIVE: Notes From the Wilderness goes on the road with professional skateboarder Mike Vallely as he travels across America exploring the people, places, and issues defining skateboarding and youth culture today.

Video: Brazil pt.1

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

"The premiere episode of the third season of DRIVE finds Mike Vallely packing up his Wagoneer, saying good by to the family and heading back out on the road. First stop is the country of Brazil where Mike meets skateboarder and community activist Sandro Santos. He takes Mike to his hometown of Poa where Mike has a skate session in front of Sandro's house with a group of the neighborhood kids. From there Sandro takes Mike into downtown Sao Paulo to the Vale Du Anhangebau, the central skate spot in Sao Paulo. Sandro and Mike talk about how Sandro got into skateboarding and how he uses skateboarding to teach kids lessons about life. Sandro tells Mike about the program he started at a juvenile prison and they visit the prison where Mike does a skate demo for the kids. The episode ends with Mike skating a rooftop plaza reflecting on his own role in skateboarding."

Video: Parental Guidance

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

"In episode 3 of DRIVE Mike Vallely explores the subject of Parental involvement in skateboarding. Mike visits the Bruno family in Crownsville, MD to skate their backyard wooden skatepark and talks with the father Tom about his desire to be involved in his kids interests, and how building the ramps has brought them closer together and given all the kids in the neighborhood a place to go. Next Mike visits Fillmore Middle School in Fillmore, CA to see David MacDonald, a Physical Education teacher who has implemented a skateboard program at the school, the first of its kind in the state. From there Mike travels to Lake Havasu City, Arizona to visit with Rachelle Duncan and Julie Sasseen, two moms brought together by tragic circumstances, who are working on getting a world-class skatepark built in honor of two local kids who recently passed away. In the process the kids, parents, and community have grown closer together in their quest to realize their dream in memory of Patrick Tinell and

Video: Brazil pt.2

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

"Episode 2 of DRIVE finds Mike Vallely continuing his trip to Brazil. Leaving Sao Paulo, Mike skates a local park in the town of Poa and leaves behind 5 complete Element skateboards for the local kids to share. From there he heads north to Rio De Janeiro where he sessions the first skate skatepark ever built in South America with fellow Element team rider Levi Brown and a group of locals. Mike goes on to visit the infamous the infamous City of God, one of Rio's many slums, or favela's are they are called. There he meets up with Brazilian hip hop star MV Bill, who started an organization, the Central Unicas Das Favelas, to further the plight of the favela's youths who often times get caught up in the rampant drug trade. Using skateboarding as a motivational tool and outlet, MV Bill has funded the construction of a mini-ramp and play area in the heart of the City of God, which Mike skates. The episode ends with Mike skating another local Rio park with a group of local kids."

Video: DRIVE

Singing Fool — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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Video: Drive Season 1

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A drama about various people competing in an illegal cross-country road race.

Video: Rearview

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Corinna and Alex devise a dangerous plan to gain info on the race and find a missing Kathryn when they discover that Winston and Sean have the flash drive; Ivy hitches a ride from Violet, while John hopes to reconnect with his daughter; Rob turns himself in to the military and faces the consequences. Also, Wendy races to the safe house to retrieve an endangered Sam before her abusive husband Richard can reclaim the baby.

Video: Drive

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

While fleeing the wrath of San Francisco's Chinese mob, a fighter (Mark Dacascos) ends up taking a writer (Kadeem Hardison) hostage and racing towards the safety of L. A. Along the way, the two must fight their way through a gauntlet of determined and crafty gang members, each one hell bent on destroying the two. Furious and fast paced, this martial arts action film comes highly recommended by genre aficionados.

Photo: Drive - "Partners" - Melanie Lynskey as Wendy

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Drive, Melanie Lynskey

Photo: Drive - Kevin Alejandro as Winston Salazar

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Drive, Kevin Alejandro

Photo: Drive - "The Starting Line" - Emma Stone as Violet Trimble, Dylan Baker as John Trible

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Drive, Emma Stone, Dylan Baker

Photo: Drive - Rochelle Aytes as Leigh Barnthouse

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Drive, Rochelle Aytes

Photo: Drive - Dylan Baker as John Trimble

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Drive, Dylan Baker

Photo: Drive - Nathan Fillion, Kristin Lehman, Mircea Monroe, Riley Smith, Melanie Lynskey, Dylan Baker, Emma Stone, Michael Hyatt, Taryn Manning, Rochelle Aytes, Kevin Alejandro, JD Pardo

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Drive, Nathan Fillion, Kristin Lehman, Mircea Monroe, Riley Smith, Melanie Lynskey, Dylan Baker, Emma Stone, Michael Hyatt, Taryn Manning, Rochelle Aytes, Kevin Alejandro, JD Pardo

Photo: Drive - "The Starting Line" - Charles Martin Smith as Mr. Bright

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Drive, Charles Martin Smith

Photo: Drive - "Let the Games Begin" - Nathan Fillion as Alex Tully, Michael Bowen as Officer Poole

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Drive, Nathan Fillion, Michael Bowen

Photo: Drive - "The Starting Line" - Michael Hyatt, Rochelle Aytes, Taryn Manning

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Drive, Michael Hyatt, Rochelle Aytes, Taryn Manning

Photo: Drive - Nathan Fillion as Alex Tully

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Drive, Nathan Fillion

Photo: Drive - Melanie Lynskey as Wendy Patrakas

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Drive, Melanie Lynskey

Photo: Drive - Mircea Monroe as Ellie Laird

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Drive, Mircea Monroe

Photo: Drive - "No Turning Back" - Kristin Lehman as Corinna, Kevin Alejandro as Winston

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Drive, Kristin Lehman, Kevin Alejandro

Photo: Drive - "No Turning Back" - JD Pardo as Sean, Kristin Lehman as Corinna, Kevin Alejandro as Winston

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Drive, JD Pardo, Kristin Lehman, Kevin Alejandro

Photo: Drive - JD Pardo as Sean Salazar

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Drive, JD Pardo

Photo: Drive - "Partners" - Emma Stone as Violet, Kevin Alejandro as Winston, JD Pardo as Sean

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Drive, Emma Stone, Kevin Alejandro, JD Pardo

Photo: Drive - Emma Stone as Violet Trimble

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Drive, Emma Stone

Photo: Drive - "Partners" - Emma Stone as Violet

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Drive, Emma Stone

Photo: Drive - Taryn Manning as Ivy Chitty

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Drive, Taryn Manning

Photo: Drive - Riley Smith as Rob Laird

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Drive, Riley Smith

Photo: Drive - "The Starting Line" - Kristin Lehman as Corinna, Nathan Fillion as Alex

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Drive, Kristin Lehman, Nathan Fillion

Photo: Drive - "No Turning Back" - Nathan Fillion as Alex Tully

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Drive, Nathan Fillion

Photo: Drive - Kristin Lehman

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Photo: Drive - Kristin Lehman

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Photo: Drive - Nathan Fillion as Alex Tully, Kristin Lehman as Corinna Wiles

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Drive, Nathan Fillion, Kristin Lehman

Photo: Drive - Kristin Lehman as Corinna Wiles

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Drive, Kristin Lehman

Photo: Drive - "The Extra Mile" - Kristin Lehman as Corinna

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Drive, Kristin Lehman

Photo: Drive - "Let the Games Begin" - Nathan Fillion as Alex Tully

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Drive, Nathan Fillion

Photo: Drive - Michael Hyatt as Susan Chamblee

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Drive, Michael Hyatt

Photo: Drive - "The Starting Line" - Nathan Fillion as Alex

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Drive, Nathan Fillion