This movie will be forever my favorite for River Phoenix is absolutely beautiful in it as Mike Waters, a homeless narcoleptic who's in search of his mother that abandoned him and who comes to terms with his sexuality and falls in love with his best friend, Scott Favor played by Keanu Reeves who also gives an awesome performance too as a rich man's son rebelling against his family and travelling with Mike for kicks. And Gus kept the whole thing. My Own Private Idaho is certainly not typical Hollywood fare. It came in perfect packaging and even includes a really neat booklet with Interviews, Reviews and some of the Script. ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. 104. Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt, Blu-ray, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, DTS Surround Sound, Surround Sound, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Gus Van Sant, James Russo, | Join Prime for unlimited fast, free shipping and more. New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Gus Van Sant and director of photography Eric Alan Edwards, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, Alternate 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, Illustrated 2005 audio conversation between Van Sant and filmmaker Todd Haynes, Conversation from 2005 between producer Laurie Parker and actor River Phoenixs sister Rain, Audio conversation from 2005 between writer JT LeRoy and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette, English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, PLUS: A book featuring essays by film critic Amy Taubin and LeRoy; a 1991 article by Lance Loud; and reprinted interviews with Van Sant, Phoenix, and actor Keanu Reeves. The characters have been compared by one critic to Prince Hal and Falstaff - to the errant heir and his lowlife companion. In a sense, their own lives are so elusive that what they do to the lives of others is not very meaningful. Is this what you think of me? He is picked up by a wealthy older woman, who takes him to her mansion, where he finds two fellow hustlers she also hired. Visually dazzling and thematically groundbreaking, My Own Private Idaho is a deeply moving look at unrequited love and life on societys margins. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Find out where you can buy, rent, or subscribe to a streaming service to watch it live or on-demand. The words and the, For the past thirty years, the British Film Institute has been honoring the best in contemporary and classic LGBT cinema from around the world, with its annual BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival. "My Own Private Idaho"(1991) is directed by Gus Van Sant(Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester). It's gritty and real! [laughs softly] No. My Own Private Idaho Edit Summaries Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way. I also thank his parents so much for his upbringing and making him aware of these things. Not only did Phoenix interview real hustlers (videos are online), but according to friends, he experimented with hard drugs and even dabbled in same-sex shenanigans. Neither background would account for the strange existence they now share, drifting through the automobiles and bedrooms of strangers, acting out fantasy roles, spending long hours in coffee shops, smoking and talking and killing time. [5], Early drafts of the screenplay were set on Hollywood Boulevard, not Portland, with working titles such as Blue Funk and Minions of the Moon. He began to dress and groom himself like a grungy street kid, to the point where he was turned away from a nightclub because the bouncer thought he was a bum. Rated R I guess that the story concept stands to have a little more depth to its dramatics, as surely as its interpretation stands to be more focused and less stylistically overblown, but on paper, this film's subject matter dealing with two men bonding, maybe as more than friends, on their adventure to uncover their pasts and find paths to the future does a lot of things uniquely, and has its own dramatic value to both be done justice and betrayed by Gus Van Sant. This is brave movie making. The movie takes place in Portland, Ore., and the open spaces of the Pacific Northwest - the same territory covered by "Drugstore Cowboy," Van Sant's previous picture. - Bob Pigeon: I'd give a thousand dollars to be able to run as fast as you can. "[30] Fine Line Features, Production Co: [43] Entertainment Weekly gave the DVD a "B+" rating and wrote, "While you may enjoy watching My Own Private Idaho, whether you choose to view this two-disc Criterion edition in its entirety depends on how much you enjoy watching people talking about My Own Private Idaho", and concluded, "But with all the various interpretations and influences, this is definitely a film worth talking about". 198 likes, 3 comments - Doubt Mag. I looked up all the movies that he had made and this one "My Own Private Idaho" I had to see it since it was gay themed as I have a lot of gay themed movies in my collection - "Making Love", "Brokeback Mountain", "The Trip" and so on. Maybe that's because Van Sant is essentially making a human comedy here, a story that may be sad and lonely in parts but is illuminated by the insight that all experience is potentially ridiculous; that if we could see ourselves with nough detachment, some of the things we take with deadly seriousness might seem more than faintly absurd. R. Starring River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo. Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2015. I bought the Blu-ray version. Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way. Mike and Scott meet a variety of clients, including one who likes his apartment kept very, very clean. River Phoenix gave a brilliant performance as a street boy with narcolepsy who wants to find his mother. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Phoenix's powerful performance, the last one that he would deliver in his tragically brief lifetime, carries the film when really allowed to flesh out, and I wish that more of the film was nearly as inspired, but, with that said, there's enough inspiration to style and substance for the final product to at least border on rewarding, even though it could have gone so much further. Mike is like a holy fool or a clown, and his only real attachment is to Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves), another hustler. On the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast some years ago, Van Sant even posited that Mike and Scott might not have sexualities in the conventional sense. My Own Private Idaho (1991) Parents Guide Add to guide Showing all 13 items Jump to: Certification Sex & Nudity (7) Violence & Gore (2) Profanity (2) Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (1) Frightening & Intense Scenes (1) Certification Edit Sex & Nudity Moderate 35 of 68 found this moderate It can reshape political sensibilities in case a person feels the necessity of changes. Style isn't the only thing placed over focus in this film, as filler all too often claims the focus of the narrative, thinning it, until storytelling slips into bland aimlessness that would be less frustrating if all of this bloating didn't eventually lead to unevenness. To sum up, My Own Private Idaho makes viewers ponder and sometimes reconsider their opinions. Other original and selected songs from various artists were also featured in the film, including: The soundtrack was not released on any media. Rated the #36 best film of 1991, and #3383 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users). Could Richert fly up and take the part? Copyright Fandango. I never remembered hearing about this movie when it came out in 1991. The result was so intriguing that he put some of that footage into the film. An amazing Gay Iconic movie with Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix! Starring: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves. Shakespeare, Narcolepsy, Love, Dickens, Desires - Brilliant! It stretches out, vast and infinite in its scope, clouded by the memory of the cars all whizzing past, of the turns not made but longed for, and the journeys not quite finished yet well remembered. [23] Some New Line executives disliked the Shakespeare scenes and wanted Van Sant to cut them, but foreign distributors wanted as much Shakespeare in the film as possible.[24]. (It looks like this.). Man, Van Sant sure loves him some Portland, about as much as men, and he was able to put gay themes in here, so I reckon this is a definitive film for him. Twenty-five pages long, it concerned two Latino characters on the Portland streets who go in search of their parents and travel to a town in Spain. Shoot, you can keep your potatoes and wolves, because if I was to privatize my own state, I don't know if I would go with Idaho, although it is better than Iowa. [1] Since its release, it has grown in popularity and been deemed a cult classic, especially among LGBT audiences. "My Own Private Idaho"(1991) is directed by Gus Van Sant(Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester). and the In this, and every scene, Phoenix immerses himself so deeply inside his character you almost forget you've seen him before: it's a stunningly sensitive performance, poignant and comic at once. One falls in love with a girl and leaves the other behind. Original Title: My Own Private Idaho Hailed as one of the most talented independent filmmakers after 1989's Drugstore Cowboy, it is hardly surprising that Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. 80%. His first film, which he made with $20,000 of his own personal savings, was named 1987's . Among the group, Mike and Scott are best friends. He wrote the screenplay for and directed My Own Private Idaho, as he did with his two previous feature films. Keanu Reeves performance is equally powerful as a child . I guess this film is a dramedy. I'm a musician myself and understand his passion for music. They had to shoot his scenes tomorrow. No wonder Wil Wheaton is such a big gay activist, seeing as how he missed his opportunity to actually play with River Phoenix, a secret to success which is reflected in Reeves, because, of all people to be driven to notoriety with Phoenix, how did it end up being Reeves and not Wheaton? It's gritty and real! Ultra-Stereo, Stereo, Surround, On DVD This Week: Magic Mike XXL, Insidious: Chapter 3, And More, RT Interview: Gus van Sant and Dustin Lance Black on Milk, RT25: Celebrating 25 years of Rotten Tomatoes. My Own Private Idaho premiered at the 48th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 1991. [28][29], The film achieved critical acclaim. Mike secretly loves Scott, and Scott, the son of Portland's wealthy mayor, secretly yearns to cast off the friendship of his fellow lowlifes and assume his birthright of wealth, power and respectability. Mike's narcolepsy kicks in and he's . Genre: Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! Everything Everywhere All At Once [Blu-ray]. Well worth the price for a fan of this Iconic movie. A couple of times a week, they would play music together. Com uma trilha sonora que acompanha a desestabilizao emocional que o filme traz, "Cattle Call", parece um canto de sereias vindas da fantasmagrica cidade perdida de Atlntida, e que desejam nos levar para um novo mundo ou um novo e estranho estado mental. Scott grew up in a house of privilege as the son of the current Portland mayor, with his street life a manifestation of the rebellion against the oppression of that privilege. The movie plays out in an almost dream-like way that's hard to describe. What Mike wants is love, and by love what he really means is someone to hold him and care for him. But according to Van Sant, Phoenix really wanted to beef up the impact of the scene. All rights reserved. It is about street life and hustling, homelessness and marginalization, homosexuality, and friendship, and much more. "[36], Conversely, USA Today gave My Own Private Idaho two and half stars out of four, calling it "nothing but set pieces; tossed into a mix whose meaning is almost certainly private". Phoenix, on the other hand, is completely enveloped by his character, creating scenes of deep emotion and tenderness. During his narcoleptic seizures, he dreams of his own private Idaho. Life centers around who you get a ride from, where you spend the night, how much money you have in your pocket. In My Own Private Idaho, Van Sant seems to think one may be an expression of the other. Worn down, Richert finally relented. I bought the blu-ray just to upgrade from the previous DVD edition, which has pretty much the same extras, but comes from a different transfer. A quarter-century later, let's look back at the making of My Own Private Idaho and see what dreamy treasures await us. My Own Private Idaho (1991) Rated R For Strong Sensuality, Profanity and Drug Use 105 minutes Cast Rodney Harvey as Gary River Phoenix as Mike Waters Chiara Caselli as Carmella William Richert as Bob Pigeon Keanu Reeves as Scott Favor James Russo as Richard Waters Produced by Laurie Parker Photographed by Eric Alan Edwards John Campbell Music by Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. Matt . Mike's vision of Scott cradling him at the foot of a monument called The Coming of the White Man takes some creative liberties. My Own Private Idaho is a 1991 American independent adventure drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant, loosely based on Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V. The story follows two friends, Mike Waters and Scott Favor, played by River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves respectively, as they embark on a journey of personal . He then experiences a narcoleptic episode and dreams of his mother comforting him as home movies of his childhood play in his mind. Criterion upgrades their previous DVD edition of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho to Blu-ray, presenting the film in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc (it was presented in 1.78:1 on the DVD). "Private Idaho" provided The B-52's with the second Hot 100 appearance of their career, with the single climbing to No. [15] He got an offer of $2 million from an outside investor but when he put off production for nine months so that Phoenix could make Dogfight, the investor and his money disappeared. There is no mechanical plot that has to grind to a Hollywood conclusion, and no contrived test for the heroes to pass; this is a movie about two particular young men, and how they pass their lives. Again he is looking into the lives of outlaws on the road. Each one was shot separately; in post-production, they were stitched together to make it look like a magazine rack. The film's score was composed by pedal steel guitarist Bill Stafford. In his review for Newsweek, David Ansen praised Phoenix's performance: "The campfire scene in which Mike awkwardly declares his unrequited love for Scott is a marvel of delicacy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. The costume designer, known for her work on Inland Empire, Spring Breakers, and Euphoria, reflects on a few favorite movies that have shaped her aesthetic sensibility. Sign In. Although Keanu Reeves is better than usual as Scott, it's the late River Phoenix who is absolutely mesmerizing in his role as Mike. As Mike and Scott venture on their road trip, Mike reveals his unrequited attraction to Scott and their friendship grows even more complicated. My Own Private Idaho Full Movie (1992) FREEWATCH FULL MOVIE FREE! https://epixflix.com/movie/tt0102494/WATCH MORE MOVIES NOW! https://www.youtube.com. [11], Van Sant showed the script to a 20th Century Fox executive who liked Shakespeare. Navigating a volatile world of junkies, thieves, and johns, Mike takes Scott on a quest along the grungy streets and open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home. Gus Van Sant. [17], Principal photography took place from November to December 1990, primarily in Portland, Seattle, and Rome. Gus Van Sant took a giant risk with this masterpiece about rent boys. Two young hustlers, Mike and Scott, navigate a volatile world of junkies, thieves, and johns. 1h 42m, Distributor: [47] Phoenix was the Best Actor runner-up in the 1991 New York Film Critics Circle awards and received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, becoming the second-youngest winner of the former. The film is about two street hustlers, one (Mike - River Phoenix) of whom has narcolepsy and is continually falling asleep wherever that may be, and the other, Scott (Keenu Reeves), who comes from a well to do family. No Import Fees Deposit & $10.25 Shipping to Thailand. It is about street life and hustling, homelessness and marginalization, homosexuality, and friendship, and much more. Time magazine's Richard Schickel wrote, "What plot it has is borrowed, improbably, from Henry IV, and whenever anyone manages to speak an entire paragraph, it is usually a Shakespearean paraphrase. A strange but somehow affecting modernization of William Shakespeare's Henry IV, My Own Private Idaho is driven by an incredible performance from River Phoenix and a sort of fleeting beauty in the story and cinematography. Because of that, the rest of the film lacks in dramatic impact. The way Van Sant wrote it, the scene where Mike and Scott sit around a campfire in the desert, where Mike confesses his love for Scott, was a three-page scene with no such declaration. Carmela and Scott fall in love and return to the US, leaving a brokenhearted Mike to return on his own. Directed by. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. And there are certain scenes in Running On Empty in which he steps completely outside the box (to use a contemporary cliche). It follows two hustlers named Mike and Scott (River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves) as they leave Portland in search of Mike's mother. At the end of the film, Mike is once again alone, lying unconscious on the highway. [45] River Phoenix received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 1991 Venice Film Festival. Amazon has encountered an error. But everyone in Hollywood told him a story of gay hustlers was too "niche" to get any traction. My Own Private Idaho represents the shotgun marriage of two individual stories that, like Mike and Scott themselves, don't really belong together: a road movie about Mike's fruitless search . River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star in this haunting tale from Gus Van Sant about two young street hustlers: Mike Waters, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott Favor, the wayward son of the mayor of Portland and the object of Mikes desire. New and Upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy. [46] In response, he said, "I don't want more awards. My Own Private Idaho is a wistful, delicate hybrid, a movie that does more than it could possibly seem to be doing at once. When I hear this music "America The Beautiful" in this movie it is a tearful reminder for me of how we profess this country to be the greatest country in the world and at the same time we are so cruel and hateful to some of its people and combined with fact that River, this beautiful human being has left us. Picture 8/10. Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head: Season 2, Link to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 5, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Link to RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Link to Betty Gilpin & Co. on Deciphering. My Own Private Idaho River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star in this haunting tale from Gus Van Sant about two young street hustlers: Mike Waters, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott Favor, the wayward son of the mayor of Portland and the object of Mike's desire. The BD is an improvement in many ways (textures, detail, tonal range, etc), but there's something I actually miss, although some people who've reviewed this title tend to consider in a rather different light: I first saw this film when it was theatrically released in 1991, and I miss the "Kodak palette" yellow-ish hue of the DVD transfer, because (as far as I can recall) it was consistent with the visual experience of the old 35mm projection. He has some of the same moods and traits as Mike Waters does here: Both live in unreal worlds, detached from the ordinary progress of time by their conditions. Mike (River Phoenix), a teenage hustler given to bouts of narcolepsy, and Scott (Keanu Reeves), a slumming preppy prince, are huddled over a campfire. A quarter-century later, let's look back at the making ofMy Own Private Idaho and see what dreamy treasures await us. Having watched the campsite scene again in My Own Private Idaho, I noticed Phoenix's body-language, and his improvisation acting skills and intonation, and i realised that he (Phoenix) was one of the greatest actors in the history of motion pictures. The overall theme was easy to get, but the details of the narrative often seemed confused. My Own Private Idaho. Criterion's Blu-ray edition of My Own Private Idaho is available now. [10] The film's title is derived from the song "Private Idaho" by the B-52's that Van Sant heard while visiting the state in the early 1980s. The film was part of a new wave of gay cinema, and it added to Phoenix's burgeoning reputation as a sensitive, brooding actor, made all the more tragic by his sudden death two years later. Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Betty Gilpin & Co. on Deciphering Mrs. Davis, Weekend Box Office Results: Super Mario Sets Record in Its Second Weekend, A tantalizing glimpse of a talented director and his stars all at the top of their respective games, Gus Van Sant's loose reworking of Henry IV is smart, sad and audacious. 74, but the song did far better in the clubs: the tune ascended all the way to No. He used Edwards's footage to present Mike's perspective of "an altered sense of time". It is especially heart wrenching for me when I hear the pedal steel guitar play "America The Beautiful" and seeing River's character Mike Waters looking down the long endless lonely road. IT'S A COMBINATION OF THREE STORIES, INCLUDING ONE BASED ON SHAKESPEARE.. Mulholland Dr. (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD] [Blu-ray], Uncut Gems (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD] [Blu-ray]. Phoenix has said that neither he nor Reeves felt uncomfortable with Idaho's queerness. Mike and Scott are soon reunited with Bob Pigeon, a middle-aged mentor to a gang of street kids and hustlers who live in an abandoned apartment building. Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Good movie. A couple of weeks ago I was going through some movies on my computer. One night, Bob sees Scottie entering an up-scale restaurant in fancy clothes. Van Sant promised not to make either actor do anything embarrassing. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. It came in perfect packaging and even includes a really neat booklet with Interviews, Reviews and some of the Script. An amazing Gay Iconic movie with Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix! The performances from River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves are simply outstanding and the simple message the. . In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. "My Own Private Idaho" is an imaginary place where one is locked in the arms of lovethat is, both protected and free. Laurie Parker, Writer: For if River Phoenix was here today he would be very aware of this and be standing up for people's basic rights. Still, he's less "wooden" here than in other films of his I've seen. [8] In essence, this method involves various story fragments and ideas mixed and matched together to form a unique story. There's moments of humor and sadness in equal measure, but it always feels very personal and interesting. Mike Waters, the young drifter played by River Phoenix in Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho," is a narcoleptic. The stag statue is somewhere else in Portland, and it's only the stagthe rider we see in the movie is not a statue, but a crew member in makeup! During a lunch break one day, Van Sant turned the camera on these guys and interviewed them, hoping to inspire the cast with some authenticity. It will always bring me to tears. 'My Own Private Idaho' is a great little off-beat movie. We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. Venice is the most progressive festival. [9] Eventually, he toned down the Shakespearean elements and modernized the language. William Shakespeare, The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. [14] Reeves did so over the Christmas holidays, riding his 1974 Norton Commando motorcycle from his family home in Canada to the Phoenix family ranch in Micanopy, Florida, outside Gainesville. 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