A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter takes up temporary residence at his home.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Matthew Modine | ... | Louden Swain | |
| Linda Fiorentino | ... | Carla | |
| Michael Schoeffling | ... | Kuch | |
| Ronny Cox | ... | Louden's Dad | |
| Harold Sylvester | ... | Tanneran | |
| Charles Hallahan | ... | Coach | |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Elmo (as J. C. Quinn) | |
| Daphne Zuniga | ... | Margie Epstein | |
| R.H. Thomson | ... | Kevin (as R. H. Thomson) | |
| Gary Kasper | ... | Otto | |
| Raphael Sbarge | ... | Schmoozler | |
| Forest Whitaker | ... | Balldozer | |
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Frank Jasper | ... | Shute |
| Roberts Blossom | ... | Grandpa | |
| James Gammon | ... | Kuch's Dad | |
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Vision Quest is a coming of age movie in which high school wrestler Louden Swain decides he wants to be something more than an average high school athlete and sets his sights on a prize that many don't think he can win - he then sets out to reach his goal alone, without much support from his father or coach. His father rents a room to a young drifter, Carla. Swain falls in love with her and she helps him stay focused and prevents him from losing sight of his goals. Written by Lynanne Fowle <lynanne@thefowles.com>
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training | teen angst | high school wrestling | wrestling | motorcycle |Taglines:
All he needed was a lucky break. Then one day she moved in.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 February 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Crazy for You See more »Filming Locations:
Ferguson's Fountain Cafe - 804 W. Garland Avenue, Spokane, Washington, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,651,665, 18 February 1985Gross USA:
$12,993,175Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$12,993,175Company Credits
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ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Louden Swain: Well, I've been thinking a lot about that stuff lately.
Margie Epstein: Oooohhh, we're gonna' make history here!
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Performed by John Waite
Written by Holly Knight
Produced by Neil Giraldo (as Neil Geraldo)
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records
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A few years after this movie, Daphne Zuniga, who's Matthew Modine's young girl-buddy here, plays his love-interest in the medical school comedy-drama, Gross Anatomy. See more »Goofs
(at around 50 mins) Visible in the top of the frame for a second. See more »Quotes
Margie Epstein: [after reading Louden's article about the clitoris] I'm speechless. You've broken new ground here, Louden! This is professional stuff! We're gonna' draaaggg this dinky school paper right into the twentieth century! I mean, where do you get your ideas?Louden Swain: Well, I've been thinking a lot about that stuff lately.
Margie Epstein: Oooohhh, we're gonna' make history here!
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ChangePerformed by John Waite
Written by Holly Knight
Produced by Neil Giraldo (as Neil Geraldo)
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records
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...It's a way of life. Anyone who has ever wrestled, as I have, has learned lessons that stick with them for the rest of their lives. Even those who never make it to a tournament, or who don't get past being an "exhibition" wrestler learns these lessons. More than any other sport, wrestling teaches valuable lessons about self reliance, self determination, self confidence, and to get through life without making excuses for failure. It also teaches about setting lofty goals and not giving up when things go wrong, about what it takes to succeed in any station in life. This movie conveys these lessons well. Many folks who say this is a typical eighties movie should also know that the lessons it teaches are timeless, no matter what time period is depicted here. It could easily have been set in the fifties, sixties, nineties, right up to the present day and still say what it has to say. It's really a shame that real wrestling hasn't caught on too well in this country because it has some valuable life lessons to teach for those who become involved with it. Because when it gets right down to it, life is one big wrestling match. That is the theme of the movie, and it dramatized it very well.