1985 Directed by Harold Becker
After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.
Greg Dillon William Randall David J. Hudson Robert Glass Gordon Daniel Chris Carpenter Gilbert D. Marchant
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You know that Journey song, "Only the Young"? Well, it popped up a few times throughout the movie, and every single time it did, I was jumpin’ on the couch doin’ fist pumps. What a fuckin’ song, man. Honestly, I can’t even tell you if this movie was any good... because that fuckin’ song, man... that fuckin’ song makes everything good.
Louden Swain is the horniest movie teenager you've never heard of.
Pitching Vision Quest to someone makes it sound like the driest movie imaginable, a wrestler wants to lose 20lbs and he falls in love with some older girl. Well I'd let Linda Fiorentino absolutely destroy my life.
A killer soundtrack throughout, Lunatic Fringe is the coolest song to skip rope to.
Matthew Modine is very good here and the on point 80s power tunes soundtrack rules.
What a strange movie.
One of the most casually existential pieces of media I’ve ever seen.
"It's not about the six minutes, it's about what happens in the six minutes."
Hits a lot of sweet spots in regards to 80s sports movies. Matthew Modine gives a strong performance, especially given that the character Louden is unlikable a fair bit, but always relatable and sympathetic. This actually takes a unique approach to the sports movie genre, in that the main character is already accomplished at the beginning of the movie, but they are going out of their way to test their abilities and prove something (basically the dude drops two weight classes in order to wrestle this unbeatable rival). I would say that one knock against the film is that while Tangerine Dream is billed as doing…
Small town Spokane high school wrestler Louden Swain (Mathew Modine) has just turned 18 and wants to make his mark on the world.
He figures the best way to do this is to put his health at risk by dropping down two weight classes by a dramatic 22lbs in order to challenge the seemingly invincible three-time state middleweight champion Brian Shute (Frank Jasper) who competes for a rival local high school.
Just as he's dialled his focus in on an excessive training regime that will see him lose the weight and prepare for his intimidating opponent a distraction comes along in the form of Carla (Linda Fiorentino) an attractive 21-year-old aspiring artist whose car has broken down en route from…
Recipe:
1 can Tom Cruise Formula (generic or name brand)
1 packet Wrestling Movie
1 packet High School Movie
2 cups Matthew Modine
3 tablespoons Linda Fiorentino
1 tablespoon Working Class Setting (preferably Spokane, WA)
Mix well
Stir in several helpings of Madonna’s “Crazy For You” and Journey’s “Only The Strong” to your taste
Heat on medium for 20 minutes
Serve warm
This is another movie I decided to watch thanks to the synth music documentary, The Rise of the Synths, and I actually haven't listened to the Tangerine Dream soundtrack. The soundtrack isn't on the popular streaming services, but it is uploaded on YouTube; so maybe it's a rarer soundtrack. Actually, after looking into it, it seems it was never released officially, but some fans got together to release unreleased Tangerine Dream stuff (somehow).
The title sounds like it would be something about computers, but that's the farthest it could be. It's about a high school wrestler named Louden Swain (Matthew Modine, who I forgot was in Full Metal Jacket because he looks so different normal and with hair) trying to…
It has been a while since I have seen this, probably twenty years. So when Warner Archives was having a sale I decided to pick up this recent edition on blu ray.
I grew up in the 80's. This came out in the middle of my sophomore year in high school. I didn't see it in the theaters but sure enough it was a VHS rental and HBO staple as well. Movies like this never get old for me. The movie holds up nicely and the music from the soundtrack, Journey and Madonna, you still hear being played.
Modine plays a high school wrestler looking to drop 2 weight classes to wrestle an opponent who is undefeated in the area.…
A while back I was watching Breaking News in Yuba County and noticed how old Mathew Modine was. Nothing wrong with that since I’ve aged exponentially as well. It was just a brutal reminder of how quickly time flies. Vision Quest did not pique my interest when it was released. A vague memory of Modine’s silhouette jumping rope with Madonna in the background. Set around high school wrestling and a promise of clean teen romance devoid of gratuitous nudity and excessive partying. Basically contained zero selling points for me during that era. But, as things go, recently I felt I needed to see this. Time doesn’t slow and I am weak for nostalgia. So I stashed this rental until my…
Belongs to that slick yet lumpy character driven coming-of-age factory that produced RISKY BUSINESS, unafraid to treat the trials and inner lives of high scool students as legitimately taxing while indulging in a bit of wish fulfillment fantasy (though it never reaches the insane heights of that Cruise iconography machine). Madonna is the weirdest choice for a Spokane bar singer ever.
