My Own Private Idaho

Movie

1991

1h 44m

English

Drama, Comedy

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My Own Private Idaho

Movie

1991

1h 44m

English

Drama, Comedy

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In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

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River Phoenix

Michael "Mike" Waters

Scott Favor

Richard Waters

Bob Pigeon

Gary

Carmella

Digger

Denise

Budd

Alena

Jack Favor

Hans

Jane Lightwork

Walt

Daddy Carroll

Wade

Coverboy

Coverboy

Sharon Waters

Cafe Kid

Coverboy / Cafe Kid

Cafe Kid

Bad George

Indian Cop

Dirtman

Directed By: Gus Van Sant

Written By: Gus Van Sant (Screenplay)

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Redouaaane says...

10 years ago

>"The achievement of this film is that it wants to evoke that state of drifting need, and it does. There is no mechanical plot that has to grind to a Hollywood conclusion, and no contrived test for the heroes to pass." **- Roger Ebert**

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JakeyWest says...

4 years ago

A heart rendering account of two Idaho street hustlers. These two young men are best friends on the same road, yet they each contain a destiny the polar opposite to the other. We feel Mikes emotional despair as he drifts along his hazy cycle of need and suffering. His friend Scott however, is grounded on the road to wealth and security. The restless editing and dramatic acting serves to make this a landmark in queer cinema.

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

9 months ago

Stellar cast for a story about hustlers.

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cybermigu3 says...

3 years ago

i loved the sensibility of this movie. the campfire scene?!!! tears in my eyes, i felt that lmfao. great great movie and it does not feel like an indie movie at all, so give it a try if you’re hesistating

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WilsonWatches

3 years ago

Gus Van Sant's my own private Idaho is an exceptional and eccentric film. Shakespeare meets street hustlers meets Gus Van Sant in a plot loosely based on modernised version of Shakespeare's Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2 & Henry V. My own Private Idaho was most definitely an Avant Garde film, equa More

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