My Own Private Idaho - The Criterion Collection
Criterion (1991)
Drama
In Collection
#9068
0*
Seen ItYes
715515015929
IMDB   7.1
1 hr 44 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Keanu Reeves Scott Favor
Udo Kier Hans
River Phoenix Mike Waters
Chiara Caselli Carmella
James Russo Richard Waters
William Richert Bob Pigeon
Flea Budd
Rodney Harvey Gary
Michael Parker Digger
Jessie Thomas Denise
Grace Zabriskie Alena
Mickey Cottrell Daddy Carroll
Tom Cramer
Sally Curtice Jane Lightwork
Matthew Ebert
Robert Lee Pitchlynn Walt
Vana O'Brien Sharon Waters
Wade Evans Wade
Director
Gus Van Sant
Producer Laurie Parker
Anthony Brand
Solomon LeFlore
Writer Gus Van Sant
William Shakespeare


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 to 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.
Edition Details
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 3/1/2005
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.78:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Disc 1 The Film
Original Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 The Supplements
Exclusive new audio conversation between Van Sant and filmmaker Todd Haynes
The Making of My Own Private Idaho, a new documentary featuring interviews with key crew members
Kings of the Road, a new video interview with film scholar Paul Arthur in which he discusses Van Sant's adaptation of Orson Welles and Shakespeare.
New video conversation between producer Laurie Parker and River Phoenix's sister Rain
New audio conversation between writer and JT LeRoy (The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things) and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation)
Deleted Scenes.
PLUS: a 64 page book featuring new essays by JT LeRoy and film critic Amy Taubin, a 1991 article by Lance Loud, and reprinted interviews with Van Sant, Phoenix, and Reeves.