![]() ![]() To mark the occasion, here are six things we still love about the movie – and one thing that hits us wrong.ġ. “Vision Quest,” which filmed here in 1983 and ’84, is being released from Warner Archive remastered on Blu-ray on Tuesday. “Vision Quest,” set in Spokane, based on a novel set in Spokane and written by a Spokane author (Terry Davis), is quite likely the most “Spokane” thing ever on the big screen, at least until someone manages to make Jess Walter’s “Citizen Vince” or “The Financial Lives of the Poets” into movies. Along the way, he meets a woman who schools him in life and love. The 1985 film tells the story of Louden Swain, a high school wrestler who gets it into his head to drop two weight classes to wrestle the best wrestler in the state. It's not a Vision Quest spin off without Carla.It is easily the most beloved of all the movies ever filmed in Spokane. I don't know what steps need to be taken for this to get off the ground and into production, but I'll reach out to Frank Jasper, and clearly we need Linda Fiorentino to be involved in this. This loss was the best thing that could have happened to him, other than the sport itself giving him back the joy in his life. I see Louden a Larry Owings (no offense Larry, you're probably way less creepy), and Brian as Dan Gable. The line where he says he wants to become a gynocologist because he wants to look inside women and see the power they have over him, is low key the creepiest line in a movie that isn't Silence of the Lambs. ![]() Louden was a creep, and he most certainly has been arrested for some sort of medical malpractice or assault. Where is Louden Swain? He's not a successful car salesman like Daniel LaRusso. If you're reading this, then chances are you know that the world of High School wrestling has enough humor, drama, and intrigue to bring anyone into it, and create compelling content for all to enjoy. ![]() But that movie with the crane kick somehow made generations of people think that it was a martial art that people should invest their time and money in. He gets back into coaching, and helps develop this middling program into one of the state's perennial forces. Throughout the seasons, we get to see entire graduating classes come and go, return to the room over holiday breaks, and grow into confident, successful, and happy men and women. It's one of the things he did, and was good at, that he truly enjoyed. He does some soul searching of his own, and decides that the best thing for him is to begin helping out with a local wrestling team. Though he's still in excellent shape, he learns from his doctor that his stress levels are through the roof, and he needs to take some time away from work. He has a marriage that fell apart a long time ago, and is completely consumed with his work. His work ethic and drive have helped him become a very successful, yet very unhappy, business man. Unlike Johnny Lawrence (I guess he's portrayed as a total loser in the show, and it's kind of a redemption story), Brian isn't struggling in life at this point. He destroys Louden in the state tournament rematch that year, and ends up having an outstanding college career at The University of Michigan where he's a 3x All American and 1 time NCAA Champ. We find out that the Swain loss was the best possible thing for him. He's putting in the extra hours workouts, without anyone watching him or helping him, that will (and most likely has) lead to his success in the first place. Think about it, how are we introduced to Schute? He's climbing stairs with half a tree resting across his back. He didn't become that jacked, that good, and that complete a wrestler by accident. Schute's side of the story is the side I want to know. I've always maintained that he was the better wrestler of the two, and didn't deserve to lose that match. The story follows the true hero from the story, Brian Schute. Here's my proposal: It's 30 years after the match. ![]()
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