VISION QUEST
Now here is a movie that brings back memories. Vision Quest. Also known as Crazy for You in some parts of the world due to Madonna’s growing popularity at the time (she appears in the film performing the songs “Gambler” and “Crazy for You”), the drama is actually a coming-of-age story about high school wrestler Louden Swain (Matthew Modine) who is determined to drop a weight class so he can challenge the undefeated Shute, the best wrestler in the state. His quest is interrupted with the arrival of Carla (Linda Fiorentino), a drifter passing through town and to whom Louden is now love struck.
Vision Quest is totally ‘80s supported by a Tangerine Dream score, music tracks from Journey, Sammy Hagar, Foreigner, Red Rider (“Lunatic Fringe” FTW!), and supporting characters played by Michael Schoeffing (best remembered as Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles), Ronny Cox (RoboCop), Forest Whitaker, and Daphne Zuniga (Princess Vespa in Spaceballs). This Warner Archive release gets a nice high-definition remaster and includes the original green- and red-band trailers.
