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My Own Private Idaho is a 1991 independent drama film directed by Gus Van Sant. It stars River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves and James Russo. The film was released in 2005 on a remastered Criterion Collection DVD.Criterion.com: My Own Private Idaho
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Fast Facts
- Release date: October 18, 1991
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- Screenwriter: Gus Van Sant
- Producer: Laurie Parker
- Distributor: Fine Line Features
- MPAA rating: R
- Run time: 105 minutes
- Domestic total gross: $6,401,336 Box Office Mojo: My Own Private Idaho
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Plot Summary
The story follows the journey of two hustlers. Mike, is a gay, narcoleptic prostitute first seen drifting on a highway in Idaho, and Scott is a mayor's son who claims his working in the streets is a way to kill time before inheriting his family's money. The pair travel together in a search for personal discovery and truth which leads to Mike's home in Idaho. -
Cast
- River Phoenix: Mike Waters
- Keanu Reeves: Scott Favor
- James Russo: Richard Waters
- William Richert: Bob Pigeon
- Rodney Harvey:Gary
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It's moments like this I wish I had my own private Idaho and a gun. Hankering fir some deep shoulder action.
@HenryHate | November 09, 2009 08:47 PM -
@certaintragedy good thing ive already seen most of them. i need to catch up with my own private idaho and shakespeare in love. #moviemonday
@Pyar23 | November 09, 2009 06:09 PM -
@Pyar23 my own private idaho, saving private ryan, good will hunting, the departed, shakespeare in love, and the sixth sense #moviemonday
@certaintragedy | November 09, 2009 06:07 PM
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My Own Private Idaho - $49.99
Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike (River Phoenix) is quiet, gay and suffers from...
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My Own Private Idaho [VHS] - $19.98
Gus Van Sant's often-beautiful 1991 film stars River Phoenix as a narcoleptic, Seattle male prostitute and Keanu Reeves as the rich friend who agrees to help him find his mother. After a solid hour or so of the two traveling on this quest t...
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My Own Private Idaho [VHS] - $19.98
Gus Van Sant's often-beautiful 1991 film stars River Phoenix as a narcoleptic, Seattle male prostitute and Keanu Reeves as the rich friend who agrees to help him find his mother. After a solid hour or so of the two traveling on this quest t...
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My Own Private Idaho - Criterion Collection - $39.95
River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star in director Gus Van Sant’s haunting tale of two young street hustlers: Mike Waters, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott Favor, wayward son of the mayor of Portlan...
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My Own Private Idaho - $18.95
Gus Van Sant's often-beautiful 1991 film stars River Phoenix as a narcoleptic, Seattle male prostitute and Keanu Reeves as the rich friend who agrees to help him find his mother. After a solid hour or so of the two traveling on this quest t...
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