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A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.


“It was a time when life was easy...in a place they thought would never change.”
In the early 1980s, in small-town Texas, dramatic events force a 19-year-old skating rink manager to look at his life in a very new way.

Ashley Greene
Michelle Burkham

Shiloh Fernandez
Ritchie Wheeler

Brett Cullen
David Wheeler

Taylor Handley
Kenny Crawford

Heath Freeman
Brent Burkham

Melinda McGraw
Debbie Wheeler

Haley Ramm
Mary Wheeler

A.J. Buckley
Teddy Tullos

Ellen Hollman
Deana Trammel

James Le Gros
Clive Burkham
Skateland is a drama film released in 2011 exploring themes of infidelity, small town, manager, texas, car crash, divorce. Directed by Anthony Burns, it stars Ashley Greene, Shiloh Fernandez, Brett Cullen. In the early 1980s, in small-town Texas, dramatic events force a 19-year-old skating rink manager to look at his life in a very new way.
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