![]() ![]() You can, however, stand outside as the exterior shots of Louden’s school were also filmed at Rogers High School. It’s a huge school with baseball and athletic fields, making it the ideal spot for such a sport-heavy, high school film.Īs this is still a functioning school, you can’t really visit it unless you go there, there’s an event or game on, or if you’re a parent. Most of the wrestling and training montages take place in the old gym of Rogers High School on Wellesley Avenue in Spokane. This is where Louden explains his weight division cutting plan, much to the dismay of his teammates and the coach himself. When asking who wants to go first, Louden raises his hand to which Coach replies, “Louden you’re already number one at 190”. Essentially to be number one, you have to challenge number one and beat them. On the first day of wrestling practice, Coach (Charles Hallahan) says how the varsity process and seeding will work for the year. In the opening sequence of the film, we see and hear Louden outlining his plans for the year. Yep, I don’t know how they got there either.Ī couple of days later, Carla says she’s stopping him from achieving his goals and she’s going to carry on to San Francisco, but not until she cheers him on in his big wrestling match against Shute. Somehow this results in them going to see his eccentric grandfather (Roberts Blossom) and them admitting their love for each other. Tanneran (Harold Sylvester), Louden loses it and tries to force himself on Carla. After he spots Carla on a date with his favorite teacher, Mr. Louden obviously falls in love with her and starts to lose focus on his ultimate goals. Immediately crushing on her, Louden suggests he stays in his family’s guest room until she’s back on her feet. After her car breaks down on the way to San Francisco, she’s in need of somewhere to stay. However, this all gets turned upside down when a pretty 21 year old drifter called Carla (Linda Fiorentino) rolls into Louden’s life. Get ready for some serious 80s training montages as Louden, together with his friend Kuch (Michael Schoeffling), try to complete his vision quest and bring his dream to life. ![]() It’s also worth mentioning that Schute has never been beaten, and although Louden is top of his weight class, he’s still pretty inexperienced when it comes to the world of professional wrestling. So, he focuses on dropping from 190 to 168 in order to fight, and beat, the best in the state. The problem? The best wrestler in the state is Schute (Frank Jasper) from a neighboring school who is two weight classes below him. In Louden’s world, this means becoming the best high school wrestler in the state. This 1985 coming of age sports film stars Matthew Modine as Louden Swain, a recently turned 18 year old who has decided this is going to be the year that he makes his mark on the world. Americana/Anywhere America, Schools/Colleges About Vision Quest ![]()
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