What’s Aged the Best?
The title spoken in dialogue; early Madonna; the soundtrack; jogging scenes and Spokane skyline shots; the supporting cast; 80s locales
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- Cooch telling Loudon he is on a vision quest, trying to find his place in the circle, is loved for weaving the title into dialogue, like Shawshank and Heat.
- Early Madonna: producers worked her in, she became a huge star, and the marketing leaned on her; the Crazy for You video was Vision Quest footage played constantly on MTV.
- Crazy for You is said to have overshadowed Gambler.
- The soundtrack has Journey, Madonna, John Waite, Speedwagon, Foreigner, Sammy Hagar, Quarterflash, Red Rider and Berlin plus a Tangerine Dream score, perhaps the highest batting average of any mid-80s soundtrack; overseas the movie was said to be called The Crazy for You movie.
- The jogging scenes and wide shots of the Spokane skyline, mountains and bridge hold up, though the bridge is overused.
- The cast holds up, including Daphne coming off The Sure Thing, who is called the one he should have dated.
- More cast: Harold Sylvester, Cooch as the hunk from 16 Candles, and Ronnie Cox with a great 80s IMDb run.
- The 80s locales hold up, including the supermarket with falling Tide boxes and an accurate-looking 80s high school.