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Vision Quest (1985) [R]

Featuring:
Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling

Written by:
Terry Davis
Darryl Ponicsan

Directed by:
Harold Becker


Release Date:
February 15, 1985

Original Title:
Vision Quest

Alternate Titles:
Crazy For You
Crazy for you - Liebe auf der Ringermatte
Pazzo per te
ビジョン・クエスト／青春の賭け

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Guber/Peters Company
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 105

All he needed was a lucky break. Then one day she moved in.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

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.

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Rankings and Honors

Vision Quest (1985) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes 60%
Metacritic 55/100

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Production

Art Direction:
Jeff Haley

Assistant Property Master:
Larry McGuire

Best Boy Grip:
Gary Van Auken

Boom Operator:
David Stafford

Camera Operator:
Mike Benson

Casting:
Nancy Klopper

Construction Coordinator:
Robert DePatis

Costume Assistant:
Susan Brewer

Costume Design:
Susan Becker

Director:
Harold Becker

Director of Photography:
Owen Roizman

Dolly Grip:
Donald L. Hartley

Editor:
Maury Winetrobe

Executive Producer:
Stan Weston
Adam Fields

First Assistant Director:
Thomas J. Mack

Gaffer:
Hugo Cortina

Hairstylist:
Kim Samson

Key Costumer:
Robert Chase

Key Grip:
Bob Rose

Leadman:
Greg Lynch

Location Casting:
Pat Orseth

Location Manager:
David Israel

Makeup Artist:
Cheri Minns

Music Editor:
Eugene Marks

Negative Cutter:
Donah Bassett

Novel:
Terry Davis

Original Music Composer:
Christopher Franke
Edgar Froese

Producer:
Jon Peters
Peter Guber

Producer's Assistant:
Deborah Jelin Newmyer

Production Design:
Bill Malley

Production Secretary:
Teresa Stokovic

Property Master:
Russell Goble

Screenplay:
Darryl Ponicsan

Script Supervisor:
June Samson

Second Assistant Director:
William M. Elvin

Set Decoration:
Jeff Haley

Sound Editor:
Greg Dillon
Gilbert D. Marchant

Sound Mixer:
William Randall

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
David J. Hudson
Chris Carpenter
Robert W. Glass Jr.

Special Effects:
Joseph P. Mercurio

Steadicam Operator:
Stephen St. John

Still Photographer:
Ronald Batzdorff

Supervising Sound Editor:
Gordon Daniel

Transportation Captain:
David Turner

Transportation Coordinator:
Myron P. Shepherd

Unit Production Manager:
Charles Okun

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