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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.77:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Production Interview, Audio Interview, Outtakes, Featurette, Booklet, English Subtitled, 2 Discs
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 Portland and the object of Mike's desire. Navigating a volatile world of junkies, thieves, and johns, Mike takes Scott on a quest from the grungy streets to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called "home." Groundbreaking and visually dazzling, My Own Private Idaho is a stirring look at unrequited love and life at society's margins.
Editor's Note
A narcoleptic, psychologically-scarred young man who peddles his body, and his best friend, who also works the streets though he's from a wealthy political family, wander together and apart, from Seattle to as far away as Italy. A loose reworking of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," with Reeves as the prodigal son who slums in the Pacific Northwest's junkie lowlife milieu.
Plot Summary
Semi-documentary footage of Seattle street hustling mixes with highly theatrical Shakespearean speech in this very loose adaptation of "Henry IV." In Seattle, Mike, a male prostitute and narcoleptic, meets Scott, who is rebelling against his wealthy family by working the streets. The two decide to embark on a search for Mike's long-lost mother, and their journey leads them first to Mike's home in Idaho and then to Italy.
| Features | A Booklet Featuring Essay By Film Critic Amy Taubin | | 2-Disc Set | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Conversation Between Gus Van Sant And Filmmaker Todd Haynes | | Film Critic Paul Arthur On The Adaptation Of Shakespeare In My Own Private Idaho | | Interactive Menus | | Making Of Featurette | | Scene Selection | | Widescreen Presentation | | Subtitles: English | | Outtakes | | The Making Of My Own Private Idaho Featurette | | Production Interview - Film Critic Paul Arthur On The Adaptation Of Shakespeare In My Own Private Idaho | | Conversation Between Laurie Parker And Rain Phoenix | | Audio Interview - Conversation Between Gus Van Sant And Filmmaker Todd Haynes |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Home Vision/Public Media |
| Release Date: 3/1/2005 |
| Running Time: 104 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1992 | | Catalog ID: 1609 | | UPC: 00715515015929 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.77:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...The film tantalizes us with imagery....It delivers an exhilarating and challenging ride..." 10/17/1991 p.100Sight and Sound
"...A giddy medley of innumerable private dreams, memories and fantasies..." 04/01/1992 p.55-6 Film Comment
"...Brilliantly impudent....Van Sant boldly floats us off on a sea of visions with no visible anchor....It's a fable about the leaps in perception by which a world grows up..." 11/01/1991 p.42-4 Los Angeles Times
"...IDAHO is something completely different, a film that manages to confound all expectations, even the ones it sets up itself..." 10/18/1991 p.F1 Uncut
"Creatively ambitious and handsomely shot....[Van Sant's] most successful mix so far between straight storytelling and experimental technique." 09/01/2005 p.148 |
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