how many y'all from Spokane? - Vision Quest (1985) Discussion

[–] madduxgirl 20 years ago

I was born and raised in Spokane. It really is a great city. I think more movies should be filmed there, maybe at the Davenport or Riverfront Park.

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[–] diggergirl2004 19 years ago

Yes!! "Shoot to Kill" with Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, and Kirtsie Alley was filmed in Spokane. It's a great action movie with Sidney playing a San Francisco cop who's out of his element in the wilderness as he tracks down a cold-blooded killer.

I believe that parts of "The Vanishing" with Jeff Bridges and Keifer Sutherland was also shot in Spokane. But most of the filming for that movie took place in North Bend (the Texaco station where Sandra Bullock is kidnapped is still there) and West of the Cascades.

I'm not from Spokane, but I'm residing in Ellensburg and I'm a born and bred Seattlelite.

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[–] reg4champ125 19 years ago

The movie FLASHBACK with Kieffer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper spent a little time in Spokane. Lived in Newport most my life, 50 miles north of Spokaloo.

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[–] samrose66 15 years ago

Ever see Mozart and the Whale. Wow that one really shows Riverfront area and also the fancy restaurant scene is supposedly in the Davenport.

Shadow of Fear with James Spader is filmed here too.

~~~Sharon~~~~

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[–] twiladavisreed 20 years ago

I grew up in Spokane AND I was an extra in this movie! Unfortunately, in the pan & scan video version, you can't see me, but in the full screen theater version you could see most of me. Oooh, my claim to fame!

A lot of my classmates can be seen in the film. I went to Riverside HS out in Chattaroy and the casting director basically hired our entire school and paid our student body fund for us.

I no longer live in Spokane, but the majority of my family are still there. We like to visit whenever we can. I watch Vision Quest whenever I'm homesick.

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[–] Starving_Screenwriter 19 years ago

I am from Minnesota, and Terry Davis is my professor at MSU. Great book by a very intelligent individual. I just thought I would add that I love how he continued his descriptions of Spokane in person. He really knows his stuff!

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[–] bm206996 17 years ago

I lost $200 at the Native American casion there one time! Pretty place!
-bm

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[–] elwoodb5 14 years ago

I was an extra too and also went to Riverside (Class of '82)

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[–] dorbledog 19 years ago

I'm from Spokane.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Chuck Norris movie that was just filmed in Spokane last month.

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[–] hodson18 19 years ago

born and raised here in post falls...come to think of it, i had an english teacher back in highschool who said he was an extra in this movie, im kinda interested in watching it just to try and see him lol

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[–] Starving_Screenwriter 19 years ago

Terry Davis is also in the movie. The last scene during the wrestling match you see him chatting and cheering with Louden's teacher. It's kind of ironic because that scene is not written (or finished) in Terry's book, yet that is the only part in the movie that he appears.

Revolutions are forever, sometimes

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[–] nekroman 18 years ago

I grew up in Spokane, and am actually moving back there this year. I remember when they were shooting it because they had some of the streets downtown blocked off and my dad said they were making some movie called Vision Quest.
Now I love watching it to see the locations and it's fun to make fun of it at times since I know the geography. For instance, when Louden gets off from work at the Ridpath he starts running south, when his house is apparently over by Felony Flats or Browne's Addition. And of course the opening scene of him running across the bridges is funny.

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[–] ooohhhmmyyyy 17 years ago

Where is Felony Flats at and Browne's Addition at? What stree is it house on?

EDIT: nevermind, I know where Browne's Addition is at.

http://s10.invisionfree.com/Nova_Infinity/

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[–] woods2707 8 years ago

That's Idaho, but close...

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[–] toadiesrule 17 years ago

i went to rogers high school where parts of the movie ,spokane is great for making movies.

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[–] samrose66 15 years ago

Me! Just moved here last August though. I have to rent or buy Vision Quest so I can see it again, but I have Benny and Joon.

~~~Sharon~~~~

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[–] frogirl90 15 years ago

i live like 10 minutes north of spokane. but go there quite a bit. some of the wrestlers in the move went to the my high school.
back to back state champs in wrestling!!!!

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[–] jefgg 10 years ago

I'm not from Spokane. But for three years I resided in Trenton, where Carla was from.

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[–] vicegrips (87) 2 years ago

I live here…and it’s a shame they are gonna tear down the stadium where Shute was carrying the log up the bleachers

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