My Own Private Idaho

1991
R
1h 44m

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7.0/10

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Coming-of-Age Road Trip Drama

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.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.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.

Director
- Gus Van Sant
Writers
- Gus Van Sant
- William Shakespeare
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

64K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,475

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Director
- Gus Van Sant
Writers
- Gus Van Sant
- William Shakespeare
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 10 wins & 9 nominations total

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Storyline

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Trivia
The scene with all the boys on the cover of the porno magazines coming to life and interacting was not done with any computers. At the time of production, CGI was still a very expensive tool. The individual pieces were filmed with the actors standing behind large pieces of plexi-glass, with the mock-magazine cover on front. Later, optical effects, similar to those used in matte painting, were used to composite them together on the "magazine rack".

Goofs
At the campfire scene, whenever the camera shows Scott, Mike's hands are hanged to each other, but whenever the camera shows Mike, he is playing with piece of wood.

Quotes
Scott Favor: I only have sex with a guy for money.
Mike Waters: Yeah, I know.
Scott Favor: And two guys can't love each other.
Mike Waters: Yeah.
Mike Waters: Well, I don't know. I mean... I mean, for me, I could love someone even if I, you know, wasn't paid for it... I love you, and... you don't pay me.
Scott Favor: Mike...
Mike Waters: I really wanna kiss you, man... Well goodnight, man... I love you though... You know that... I do love you.

Connections
Edited into The Phoenix Portal (2005)

Soundtracks
Cattle Call
Words and Music by Tex Owens
Performed by Eddy Arnold
Courtesy of Forster Music Publishing and the RCA Records label of BMG Music

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Van Sant's Unique Quest for Home

My Own Private Idaho is in many ways a fresh, unique, and one of a kind film. It definitely will not be a film for everyone, but I did find it both interesting and entertaining, and kind of poetic. Phoenix turns in a solid final performance of his career. As for Reeves, I think his performance fits his character just about right. As two hustlers doing their thing, Van Sant handles the material from a fun, interesting, and unique perspective that gave the proceedings the necessary momentum to carry it through some of the less successful elements of the film. Overall, despite some issues I found My Own Private Idaho memorable and worth checking out.