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My Own Private Idaho
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- Writer: William Shakespeare; Gus Van Sant
- Producer: Anthony Brand; Solomon J. LeFlore
CGiii Comment
Too much time-lapse, too many flashbacks.
A showcase for Reeves' lack of talent.
The premise of a narcoleptic hustler is really rather brilliant and hilarious - but, alas, a crap script and a mountain of pretension - manage to make this a molehill of monotony.
Dreary...apart from Phoenix.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. Abandoned as a child, he is obsessed with finding his long-lost mother. Scott is the rebellious son of a high-ranking family, who lives this life mostly to embarrass his father. Mike is in love with Scott, who still maintains he is straight and insists that his wild lifestyle on the streets is only temporary. Together, they embark on a quest to find Mike's mother, traveling from Portland to Idaho to Italy, with Scott picking up a beautiful girl along the way.
Cast & Characters
River Phoenix as Mike Waters;
Keanu Reeves as Scott Favor;
James Russo as Richard Waters;
William Richert as Bob Pigeon;
Rodney Harvey as Gary;
Chiara Caselli as Carmella;
Michael Parker as Digger;
Jessie Thomas as Denise;
Flea as Budd;
Grace Zabriskie as Alena;
Tom Troupe as Jack Favor;
Udo Kier as Hans;
Sally Curtice as Jane Lightwork;
Robert Lee Pitchlynn as Walt;
Mickey Cottrell as Daddy Carroll