"All he can think of is her shape."

Available on DVD since the beginning of the format, Vision Quest was one of a handful of titles that Warner Bros. issued in full-frame format only (there was later an Australian 16X9 DVD released under its alternate title Crazy For You). The Warner Archive has corrected this oversight by releasing a 16X9 VISION QUEST MOD DVD sourced from a newer master. They've also included the original theatrical trailer, which features the goofy, youthful, and lighthearted style of voiceover also utilized for other teen films of the era such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Listening to the Vision Quest trailer a couple times, I believe the voice of the narrator belongs to Mark Metcalf, best known for his role as Lt. Douglas C. Neidermeyer in Animal House (which he reprised in the Twisted Sister video for "We're Not Gonna Take It" and in the John Landis-directed segment in Twilight Zone: The Movie) and less well known as one of the producers of, and actors in, Chilly Scenes of Winter aka Head Over Heels.

EDIT: An anonymous commenter suggests that the voice belongs to Rick Dees.  After listening to some samples of Rick's voice, and considering his history of using his voice for radio, music, and television, that would appear to be correct, though part of me thinks it would be cooler, or at the very least less conventional, if it were Metcalf behind the mic.

Trailer Not on the DVD: Private School (1983, Noel Black)

It's interesting to see how this trailer attempts to position Michael Zorek's Bubba Beauregard as the next Bluto Blutarsky. Didn't quite work out for the success of the film or Zorek's career. The former actor is now better known for parading his young children around to get their pictures snapped with celebrities. It's certainly not the finest moment for Cates, Modine, or director Noel Black who, in what must have seemed like a previous lifetime, directed the superb small-town psychological thriller Pretty Poison. :

Chirashi Files: Private School

Surely not Pretty Poison director Noel Black's finest moment. Though let's give credit where it's due...if made today, you can bet that the infamous shower scene would have been filmed from the shoulders up and Betsy Russell would have rode that horse with a bra on...


Perhaps Orange Road creator Izumi Matsumoto saw this flyer when he conceived his popular '80s anime series, which used Cates as a visual inspiration.