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Louden Swain is a wrestler at Thompson High School who has just turned 18 years old. He has decided that he needs to do something truly meaningful in his life. He embarks on a mission or, in a Native American term, a vision quest. His goal is to drop two weight classes to challenge the area's toughest opponent, Brian Shute, a menacing three ...
A rising singer named Madonna filmed her movie debut in 1983 and then became a global superstar before the 1985 release of "Vision Quest," which celebrates its 40th anniversary.
Released March 15, 1985, “Vision Quest” arrived smack in the middle of the ‘80s teen movie renaissance. It was preceded by John Hughes’ first two films, “Sixteen Candles” and “The ...
Fiorentino landed her first professional role after her first professional audition in 1985 when she was cast in Vision Quest as Carla, the romantic partner of the lead character, a high school wrestler played by Matthew Modine. [14] Fiorentino beat out Rebecca de Mornay, Rosanna Arquette and Demi Moore for the role. [7]
Matthew Modine is looking back fondly on his 1985 cult classic Vision Quest, in which he plays a high-school wrestler who gets involved with a slightly older woman (Linda Fiorentino). "Just about ...
He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, including Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985), and Married to the Mob (1988). He gained further prominence for playing U.S. Marine James T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick 's Full Metal Jacket (1987).
The song was used in the opening scene of Miami Vice Episode 1.15, "Smuggler's Blues" which aired on February 1, 1985; the 1985 movie Vision Quest about a high school wrestler starring Matthew Modine; in the Season 3, Episode 1 closing credits for the HBO series Eastbound & Down; [10] and in the Season 2, episode 6 closing credits for the ...
Vision Quest is a young adult novel by Terry Davis, published in 1979. [1] In first-person, present-tense narrative, it tells the story of a few months in the life of Louden Swain, a high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington who is cutting weight and working toward the state championships.