Modine plays a spokane high school wrestler who falls in love with an older. Many know the squarejawed michael schoeffling as the dreamy jake ryan from the classic 80s teen movie sixteen candles. Anyway, vision quest is an odd title for this film but the price was worth it. Vision quest the 1985 teen drama movie featuring matthew modine and linda fiorentino at the award winning 80s movies rewind. Last year at the arnold there were approx 20,000 athletes from over 75 countries many of whom are fresh off the boat. A wrestler louden swain from another school has set out and is determined to beat brian shute.
To fully appreciate the soundtrack for the 1985 film vision quest, you need to appreciate a variety of music. This is vision quest, which is not a sciencefiction film, as you might think, but a lowkeyed, sincerely acted comingofage movie about louden swain matthew modine, a. Matthew modine full metal jacket, memphis belle stars as a high school wrestler trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously. Meet frank jasper, shute from vision quest intermat. Austin desantos vision quest mar 10, 2020 moments after a lopsided defeat at the piaa state wrestling tournament, austin desanto set out on a vision quest to avenge his loss to a high school. Theres a scene in vision quest where louden and a fellow student are picking up trash in front of a school. Earnest, warm, and often very funny, vision quest features a finely etched performance by matthew modine as louden swain, an 18yearold high school wrestler who is equally determined to lose his. May 24, 2016 vision quest speech great clip from the 1985 film vision quest, starring mathew modine. It is brimming with talent on the brink of stardom, including matthew modine, linda fiorentino, madonna, and even a cameo by forest whitaker.
Way back in 1979 my little first novel vision quest. Home entertainment has done a huge service to every one who has ever stepped on to a wrestling mat in the name of competition by releasing the 1985 classic vision quest on bluray and the 2017, american wrestler. Matthew modine, linda fiorentino, michael schoeffling tagline. Matthew modine full metal jacket, memphis belle stars as a high school wrestler trying to shed 23 pounds in a. May 18, 2014 10 videos play all vision quest movie clips. It is based on terry davis 1979 novel of the same name. Davis, who has been a high school english teacher and a wrestling coach, is the author of three novels for young adults. Three decades after first arriving in theaters, the 1985 movie vision quest still holds a special place in the hearts and minds of wrestlers and wrestling fans. Vision quest released in the united kingdom and australia as crazy for you is a 1985 american comingofage romantic drama film starring matthew modine, linda fiorentino, michael schoeffling and ronny cox. Watch vision quest free online movieswamp watch full length vision quest online for free in high quality or download and watch vision quest straight from your computer. Feb 23, 2017 frank jasper plays brian the beast shute in the 1985 timeless wrestling classic vision quest. Basic to advanced technique in folkstyle, freestyle, and grecoroman. 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. Vision quest movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind.
Watch vision quest 1985 full movie on putlocker, sockshare, novamov links, stream full movies online free, vision quest 1985 firedrive dvdrip download. Watch vision quest online stream full movie directv. Modine plays a spokane high school wrestler who falls in love with an older woman, an aspiring artist from new jersey on her way to. Credibility and even simple logic seem to have gotten short. Vision quest is a 1985 film about a spokane high school wrestler who falls in love with an older woman, an aspiring artist from new jersey on her way to san francisco directed by harold becker. Fort george wright drive, spokane, washington, usa. Vision quest speech great clip from the 1985 film vision quest, starring mathew modine. Moments after a lopsided defeat at the piaa state wrestling tournament, austin desanto set out on a vision quest to avenge his loss to a high school living legend, spencer lee.
Vision quest wrestling, mooresville, north carolina. Released 1985, vision quest stars matthew modine, linda fiorentino, michael schoeffling, ronny cox the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 47 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Its also known as crazy for you due to the fact, that madonna appears and they tried to cash in on her. The other people in the movie are all real originals. Feb 15, 1985 this is vision quest, which is not a sciencefiction film, as you might think, but a lowkeyed, sincerely acted comingofage movie about louden swain matthew modine, a high school wrestler. Ive already been very clear about how strongly i feel about the movie vision quest. I would hardly be the first critic to suggest that its rote sportsmovie structure and the presence of linda fiorentino as an implausibly available older woman masks vision quests strange. I would hardly be the first critic to suggest that its rote sports movie structure and the presence of linda fiorentino as an implausibly available older woman masks vision quest s strange. High school wrestler louden swain matthew modine feels he must do something significant in his life shortly after turning 18. Rent vision quest 1985 starring linda fiorentino and matthew modine on dvd and bluray. Combined with competitors from all 50 states and an attendence over. The modelturnedactor studied liberal arts and competed on the wrestling team at temple university in philadelphia before he started modeling for gq, eventually taking acting classes at the lee strausberg theatre institute. Frank jasper plays brian the beast shute in the 1985 timeless wrestling classic vision quest.
Ive loved this movie since i started wrestling in highschool. Unlock this video, live events, and more with a subscription. Loudens school, thompson high, was rogers high school on wellesley. 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 dont think he can win he then sets out to reach his goal alone, without much support from his father or coach. The title of vision quest citywide suggests science fiction, but the film is yet another comingofage story, poorly told. Despite vehement advice against it from his father ronny cox and coach charles hallahan, swain decides to try to lose over 20 pounds in a very short time in an attempt to take on the defending state champion of a lower weight class. Its the usual dumb stuff he strives, he fails, he falls in. The music is purely eighties but i always enjoy listening to it anyway even on cassette. The hit soundtrack features journeys only the young, foreigners hot blooded and john waites change. Matthew modine stars as the mopheaded student undeterred in his vision quest. Performed by jan tomasow solisti di zagreb as i solisti di zagreb antonio janigro. A wrestling story, about a high school wrestler, was published by the viking press and bantam books.
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. Fans of arena rock and poprock will appreciate foreigner s hot blooded which goes back to 1978, and is the lps oldest offering, sammy hagar s ill fall in love again, and red rider s lunatic fringe, while heavy metal lovers. Vision quest, mysterious ways, and if rock and roll were a machine. They include loudens father, who has lost the family farm and his wife, but still retains the respect of his son. High school wrestler louden swain is a man obsessed, trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on shute, the undefeated, toughasnails 168pound champion whos the best wrestler in the state. Rent vision quest 1985 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Vision quest 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There is also a scene at the back of the school where the school bus pulls in. Vision quest original soundtrack original soundtrack. With matthew modine, linda fiorentino, michael schoeffling, ronny cox. I think people underestimate the size and scope of the arnold classic. Vision quest 1985 stream and watch online moviefone.
Based on the popular late 1970s book of the same name by terry davis, the movie focuses on high school wrestler louden swain in his quest to defeat the muscular, menacing and. While the predictable happens, carla and modines character get together and he wrestles an undefeated wrestler in a big match but he must lose weight to do it. Vision quest has us jogging in circles down memory. He has also written presenting chris crutcher, a biography of the respected youngadult author. Vision quest wrestling amateur sports team mooresville. The karate kid learns a new martial art in vision quest, a tale of rasslin and rites of passage based on the novel by terry davis.
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