Vision Quest (film)

Vision Quest
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHarold Becker
Screenplay byDarryl Ponicsan
Based onVision Quest
by Terry Davis
Produced byJon Peters
Peter Guber
Starring
CinematographyOwen Roizman
Edited byMaury Winetrobe
Music byTangerine Dream
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • February 15, 1985 (1985-02-15)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$13 million (US)

Vision Quest (released in the United Kingdom and Australia as Crazy for You) is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic drama film starring Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, and Ronny Cox. It is based on Terry Davis's 1979 novel of the same name.[1]

Modine plays a Spokane high school wrestler who falls in love with an older woman, an aspiring artist from Trenton, New Jersey on her way to San Francisco.

The film includes the first major motion picture appearance by Madonna, who plays a singer at a local bar, where she performs the songs "Crazy for You" and "Gambler". In some countries, the title of the film was changed to capitalize on Madonna's emerging fame and the popularity of the song "Crazy for You".[2] The film has become a cult classic.[3][4]

  1. ^ Edgington, K.; Erskine, Thomas; Welsh, James M. (29 December 2010). Encyclopedia of Sports Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810876538.
  2. ^ Guilbert, Georges-Claude (2015). Madonna as Postmodern Myth. McFarland, Incorporated, Publisher. ISBN 9780786480715. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
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