Laura Albert and Jeff Feuerzeig’s Closet Picks
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Just before the premiere of their new film, author Laura Albert and director Jeff Feuerzeig stopped by Criterion for lunch and a visit to our film closet. Read more »
Film Info
- United States
- 1991
- 104 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- English
- Spine #277
River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star in this haunting tale from Gus Van Sant about two young street hustlers: Mike Waters, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott Favor, the 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 along the grungy streets and open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home. Visually dazzling and thematically groundbreaking, My Own Private Idaho is a deeply moving look at unrequited love and life on society’s margins.
Cast
| Mike Waters | River Phoenix |
| Scott Favor | Keanu Reeves |
| Richard Waters | James Russo |
| Bob Pigeon | William Richert |
| Gary | Rodney Harvey |
| Budd | Flea |
| Carmella | Chiara Caselli |
| Digger | Michael Parker |
| Hans | Udo Kier |
| Alena | Grace Zabriskie |
| Jack Favor | Tom Troupe |
| Jane Lightwork | Sally Curtice |
| Walt | Robert Lee Pitchlynn |
| Daddy Carroll | Mickey Cottrell |
| Wade | Wade Evans |
Credits
| Director | Gus Van Sant |
| Producer | Laurie Parker |
| Executive producer | Gus Van Sant |
| Co-executive producer | Allan Mindel |
| Directors of photography | Eric Alan Edwards and John Campbell |
| Editor | Curtiss Clayton |
| Production design | David Brisbin |
| Costume designer | Beatrix Aruna Pasztor |
| Music | Bill Stafford |
| Screenplay | Gus Van Sant |
| Additional dialogue | William Shakespeare |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITION:
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Gus Van Sant and director of photography Eric Alan Edwards, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Alternate 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Illustrated 2005 audio conversation between Van Sant and filmmaker Todd Haynes
- The Making of “My Own Private Idaho,” a 2005 documentary featuring cast and crew
- Kings of the Road, a 2005 interview with film scholar Paul Arthur on Van Sant’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Orson Welles’s Chimes at Midnight
- Conversation from 2005 between producer Laurie Parker and actor River Phoenix’s sister Rain
- Audio conversation from 2005 between writer JT LeRoy and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette
- Deleted scenes
- Trailer
- PLUS: A book featuring essays by film critic Amy Taubin and LeRoy; a 1991 article by Lance Loud; and reprinted interviews with Van Sant, Phoenix, and actor Keanu Reeves
New cover by Marc English
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