My Own Private Idaho
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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. 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. Visually dazzling and thematically groundbreaking, My Own Private Idaho is a deeply moving look at unrequited love and life on society’s margins.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 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
- The Making of “My Own Private Idaho,” a 2005 documentary featuring cast and crew
- Kings of the Road, a 2005 interview with film scholar Paul Arthur on Van Sant’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Orson Welles’s Chimes at Midnight
- Conversation from 2005 between producer Laurie Parker and actor River Phoenix’s sister Rain
- Audio conversation from 2005 between writer JT LeRoy and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- 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
New cover by Marc English
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 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
- The Making of “My Own Private Idaho,” a 2005 documentary featuring cast and crew
- Kings of the Road, a 2005 interview with film scholar Paul Arthur on Van Sant’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Orson Welles’s Chimes at Midnight
- Conversation from 2005 between producer Laurie Parker and actor River Phoenix’s sister Rain
- Audio conversation from 2005 between writer JT LeRoy and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- 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
New cover by Marc English
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Cast
- River Phoenix
- Mike Waters
- Keanu Reeves
- Scott Favor
- James Russo
- Richard Waters
- William Richert
- Bob Pigeon
- Rodney Harvey
- Gary
- Flea
- Budd
- Chiara Caselli
- Carmella
- Michael Parker
- Digger
- Udo Kier
- Hans
- Grace Zabriskie
- Alena
- Tom Troupe
- Jack Favor
- Sally Curtice
- Jane Lightwork
- Robert Lee Pitchlynn
- Walt
- Mickey Cottrell
- Daddy Carroll
- Wade Evans
- Wade
Credits
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Producer
- Laurie Parker
- Executive producer
- Gus Van Sant
- Co-executive producer
- Allan Mindel
- Directors of photography
- Eric Alan Edwards
- Directors of photography
- John Campbell
- Editor
- Curtiss Clayton
- Production design
- David Brisbin
- Costume designer
- Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
- Music
- Bill Stafford
- Screenplay
- Gus Van Sant
- Additional dialogue
- William Shakespeare
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