My Own Private Idaho
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Actor: Chiara Caselli, Matthew Ebert, Mickey Cottrell, Sally Curtice, Tom CramerPrimary Contributor: River Phoenix
Primary Contributor: Keanu Reeves
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; Italian (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 1997-09-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Studio: New Line Home Video
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Movie Review: A Movie Like No Other That I Never Tire of Watching
Summary: 4 Stars
I had bought the original version of "My Own Private Idaho" on VHS a number of years ago. (It was probably within a year or two of first seeing it). Essentially, it describes the lives of teens and young adults struggling to survive on the streets of an area (which I, of course, am forgetting now) in Oregon.(More than anything, the focus is on young men who are gay or heterosexual trying to survive as street hustlers, having sex with strangers for money. It's gritty, intriguing-there are numerous characters, many of which have small roles and I didn't recognize them from anything. The two main roles of Scott and Mike are played by Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix, and, I believe this was performed beautifully by the both of them. (The bassist from the group Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea, plays a small part in it as well.) As much as I love so many things about the movie, it did feel sort of, unfinished, perhaps with the way in which it ended, but, perhaps it was meant to end on that note. I don't know. For the most part, though, a pretty amazing film that should not be missed!!
Summary of My Own Private Idaho
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 through Idaho and Italy, Van Sant throws a wrench into the works by conjuring a gay version of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I, with Reeves's character as Prince Hal and filmmaker William Richert (who directed Phoenix in the 1988 Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon) as a variation on Falstaff. The experiment is interesting to watch, but you can't help wondering what on earth happened to the movie. Still, the film has a cult status one can't argue with, and Phoenix gives a tragic performance that stays in the memory. --Tom KeoghCult Movies VHS Video
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