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The film was originally to be titled "Crazy For You", a title it did retain in Europe, after the hit song on the soundtrack performed by Madonna. Madonna made her first film appearance ever singing "Gambler" and "Crazy For You" in the club scene.  The poem recited by Tanneran in the classroom scene is a classic poem entitled "Spring and Fall To a Young Child" by Gerard Manley Hopkins, a noted Victorian-age poet whose works were published in 1918, some 30 years after his death. The term Vision Quest originally means "a solitary vigil by an adolescent American Indian boy to seek spiritual power and learn through a vision the identity of his usually animal or bird guardian spirit." It sure was nice to see Ronny Cox outside of the "Beverly Hills Cop" series. Always a great actor, he contributes a lot to the realistic feel of this movie playing Louden's dad. Similarly it was nice to see Charles Hallahan given such a meaty role as the coach. He is probably best known to 80s fans for his role in "The Thing". Frank Jasper, who played "Shute" (the bad-guy wrestler), later appeared as the hobo with the sign reading "I will wrestle you for food" in the Van Halen video "Right Now" -Thanks to SteveThe nerdy girl at school who has a crush on Louden was played by Daphne Zuniga, who later played Matthew Modine's love interest in "Gross Anatomy"(1989). -Thanks to Philip MathewIn Louden's wrestle off against Kuch he beats him with a move called a "lateraldrop", he beats Shute with the same move. -Thanks to JoeTerry Davis, the author of Vision Quest, makes a cameo appearance in this movie. He is the moustached man, sitting next to Mr. Tanneran in the stands during the big match. -Thanks to Bob SchmidtThis is one of Michael Schoeffling's rare film appearances. He did this movie immediately after "Sixteen Candles" and really did a fine job of playing Louden's friend, Kuch. He had been a GQ fashion model in the mid-eighties prior to and during his film career. He disappeared from movies in the very early 90's having only made about 10 movies. Many web sites in the later 90's had started to wonder what had happened to this promising actor. The mystery remained for a few years before the answer was revealed. Michael had abandoned the spotlight to concentrate on a business building hand-crafted furniture in Pennsylvania. Jack Kroll of NEWSWEEK praised the film saying "Winning! You're smiling through the whole film." The gym at 'Rogers' was torn out and replaced a few years ago. But, never fear, 'Buzzie Welch', the volleyball coach from LC High School, saved the floor and installed in it the cabin he built on Priest Lake, Idaho. That cabin is now, of course, known as the Vision Quest cabin. It´s pretty darn funny to hear people talk about "The Vision Quest cabin" and ask other people if they've seen it. -Thanks to EzmeMadonna made her first film appearance ever singing "Gambler" and "Crazy For You" in the club scene. « Click here to add some Vision Quest trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like Vision Quest or 80's Drama / Historic classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Outsiders ..... Elephant Man ..... Rain Man ..... Drugstore Cowboy ..... Stand By Me ..... Wall Street ..... Mask ..... Amadeus ..... Full Metal Jacket ..... Witness ..... Breakfast Club ..... Glory ..... Platoon ..... Scarface ..... Six Weeks ..... Urban Cowboy .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Featured Movie Location: The bar where Madonna sang her songs Wanna see the real life filming location used for The bar where Madonna sang her songs in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at "The Bigfoot tavern", located in Spokane, Washington. [New! Show Google Map] In the beginning when Louden runs across a bridge. That is the Monroe St. Bridge, in the downtown area of Spokane near River Front Park, where the World's Fair was held and where Bloomsday runners start the race every year. [Thanks to Jordan Davis] The gym where they wrestled was at Mead High School. Just north of spokane, WA [Thanks to Mark Woolery] Loudens school, Thompson high, was Rogers High School on Wellesley. There's a scene in "Vision Quest" where Louden and a fellow student are picking up trash in front of a school. That is the exterior of Rogers High School. There is also a scene at the back of the school where the school bus pulls in. But there is a scene where Louden and the other wrestlers are training. That's the "old" gym at Rogers. Today, that gym was torn down to make room for PE teachers offices and Boys & Girls locker rooms. Plus there are a few familiar scenes in the hallways of Rogers HS. [Thanks to Gary Beyer] Shadle Park high school located on Ash and Maple in Spokane was also used for some scenes. [Thanks to Jordan Davis] The hotel Louden worked at is called the Ridpath Hotel. [Thanks to Daniel Zubiate] The restaurant that Louden spots Mr. Tanneran eating with Karla is, in reality, "The Onion," located at 302 W. Riverside Ave in downtown Spokane. [Thanks to Daniel Zubiate] The diner they eat at in the begining when they meet carla is called Fergusons Cafe (same as in the movie) it is located at 804 W. Garland ave,in Spokane. They just remodeled the interior in 2003 but before that it was the exact same booths and interior as the movie, and a great place to eat.[Thanks to Pete Borg] The scene where Louden and Karla are driving to see his grandfather is on Bigelow Gulch Road, right outside of Spokane city limits. To this day, that area is unscathed. You can still see the first farmhouse (cream/white) colored that intersects bigelow gulch. [Thanks to Jon Tetro] The scene in the cafeteria was filmed at Ferris High School. They chose extras for all the scenes shot at the schools from the student body. We were told to bring 3 changes of clothes and the costumer chose what we would wear. I was in the cafeteria scene and visible on screen for about 8 seconds. [Thanks to Margaret] Louden's house is located at 1509 W. Main st. in Peaceful Valley. [Thanks to Pete Borg] The stadium where Kuch and Louden confront Shute for the first time (when Shute's carrying the giant timber on his shoulders) is Joe Albi stadium. Also, the resteraunt where Louden first talks with Carla after his father punched the car salesman is called Ferdinands. [Thanks to Travis Graham] Can you help? Do you know any of the Washington (or any other) filming locations used for Vision Quest, particularly Grandpa's House / Cabin? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vision Quest has a great soundtrack! A lot of big names perform on the album. Plus, it's the only place you can find "Gambler" by Madonna. She didn't include the song on any other of her albums. The music score was composed and performed by Tangerine Dream. The tracks on the Vision Quest soundtrack are: 1. Only The Young - Journey 2. Change - John Waite 3. Shout To The Top - The Style Council 4. Gambler - Madonna 5. She's On The Zoom - DON HENLEY 6. Hungry For Heaven - Dio 7. Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider 8. I'll Fall In Love Again - Sammy Hagar 9. Hot Blooded - Foreigner 10. Crazy For You - Madonna Madonna recorded a third song that appeared on early promotional material for the film. The song is called "Warning Signs" and was co-written by Stephen Bray. This song remains unreleased. -Thanks to Filip Bomikal Jensen« Click here to add new music trivia for Vision Quest Soundtrack Available: On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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