My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho
Release: 1991-02-01
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 7.1
Drama
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
New Line Cinema
Cast
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
Jessica Makinson
as Denise
Flea
as Budd
Grace Zabriskie
as Alena
Tom Troupe
as Jack Favor
Udo Kier
as Hans
Mickey Cottrell
as Daddy Carroll
Scott Patrick Green
as Coverboy / Cafe Kid
Vana O'Brien
as Sharon Waters
Shaun Jordan
as Cafe Kid
Eric Hull
as Mayor's Aid
Jim Caviezel
as Airline Clerk
Pao Pei Andreoli
as Italian Street Boy
Gus Van Sant
as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
Crew
Gus Van Sant
Director
Gus Van Sant
Screenplay
James L. Brooks
Thanks
Scott Patrick Green
Additional Still Photographer
David Minkowski
Second Assistant Director
Nick Wechsler
Thanks
Eric Alan Edwards
Additional Still Photographer
Eric Alan Edwards
Director of Photography
William Shakespeare
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