My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho

  • Director: Gus Van Sant
  • Writer: Gus Van Sant,William Shakespeare
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Italian, German
  • Release date: July 20, 1991
  • Sound mix: Ultra Stereo, Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 1.78 : 1
  • Also known as: Mi mundo privado
  • "My Own Private Idaho" American New Line Cinema feature film produced by Gus Van Sant directed, River Phoenix , Keanu Reeves starred   . The film was released in the United States on September 29, 1991.
    The film tells the story of two young men who have completely different backgrounds but also become lower-class male prostitutes   .

    Details

    • Release date July 20, 1991
    • Filming locations Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies New Line Cinema

    Box office

    Budget

    $2,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $6,401,336

    Gross worldwide

    $6,401,336

    Movie reviews

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    • By Arturo 2022-07-22 12:37:52

      My Own Private Idaho--Write to Mike

      I have to say that Mike's character has always caught my attention. He behaves ignorantly like a child, and his heart is pure and fragile; so long as he wipes a little more, he will be scattered all over the floor; but he has nothing; his destination is only the street; and he is accompanied only by narcolepsy, which flashes in his mind. The vast landscape of the Idaho fields and the figure of the mother who was gone

    • By Jillian 2022-07-06 14:32:41

      My Own Private Idaho--Everyone Has Their Own Way

      I saw that something was happening in 32 minutes, so I went out and came back. I didn't want to watch it anymore. I thought it was not as good as I imagined. Because I didn't understand it at that time. But it's a gay movie. Again, the film reviewer was an excellent writer. So I decided to watch it. It turned out that the decision was completely correct. Persistence is victory. It is indeed a good film. The background The two...

    • By Dagmar 2022-04-23 07:02:36

      Don't look back

      Scott told Mike that two men couldn't love each other, we were just good friends. Indeed, before they separated, Scott was doing what even good friends couldn't do in reality. He would take Mike to a safe place after he passed out, ride a motorcycle to accompany Mike to another city, then sell the motorcycle to accompany Mike from America to Italy to find Mike's mother, Mike's light. Leave the money to sell the motorcycle before leaving so Mike can go back to America. After their separation,...

    • By Keenan 2022-04-23 07:02:36

      Between hangover and sobriety

      No matter how rotten his life was,

      Scott always knew exactly what he wanted

      so he could be a successful and ruthless man.

      And whether Mic is dependent on him or loves him,

      I am afraid that even he does not know,

      but since S has never lost his mind because of M,

      then he should understand that in front of S's dangerous charm, he will not be able to make

      a single cent. There are no chips at all,

      so S has played enough...

    • By Raphael 2022-04-23 07:02:36

      one's road

      Yuko's original work (please indicate when reprinting)

      only uses this document to say goodbye to Heath Ledger, who also said goodbye in his youth. You, like River, are incomparable.
          
             The year when the angel said goodbye by the road, I gradually can't remember, the remaining memory is only a large cloud floating in the wilderness, and the white hut that occasionally flashes. That afternoon, I stood alone on the never-ending road, listening to the ticking sound of my...

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    • By Rylan 2023-09-10 17:33:47

      Rebellion and loneliness, alienation and lack of parents, youthful impulses and final powerlessness continue, but slightly...

    • By Antonio 2023-08-22 01:35:36

      I think I have to experience it slowly, but it seems that life like that is something I resist in my heart, so there are some things I can't seem to...

    • By Giovani 2023-08-12 14:36:59

      The movie is quite emotional, with fast-moving shots, still pictures during sex, and an endless road. The director discusses the issue of identity with a literary gesture, and River Phoenix's sense of rootlessness interprets it too...

    • By Ulices 2023-08-02 18:50:35

      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...

    • By Eino 2023-07-04 10:15:06

      TIFF's recent Keanu Reeves series has a total of 11 screenings. Keanu has recorded 11 short films of introduction/tidbits/reviews/cute style for this series, which are played before each one. Today, the curator said, this (Keanu's introduction) is the best fucking thing you're going to see. Well, it...

    Movie plot

    Mike (River Phoenix) and Scott ( Keanu Reeves ) are both street male prostitutes, but because of the huge difference in family background and psychological motives, they are not superficially tacit understanding. Mike, who often faints, is always full of broken fragments about his childhood, and the poetic pastoral of Idaho often enters his dreams. He wants to find his long-lost mother and regards Scott as a confidant and lover. Scott...
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    Background creation

    In the 1970s, Gus Van Sant began to write the script based on Shakespeare’s "Henry IV" (Volumes 1 and 2) and "Henry V", and later he saw John Rechy (John Rechy) In the novel "City of Night" published in 1963, he found that the description of street male prostitutes in the book was better than himself, so he shelved the script for many years   .
    In 1988, Van Sant, who was editing "Evil Night", met a street male prostitute named Michael...
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    Evaluation action

    Van Sant's casual and open approach to the despair and depravity of the teenagers showed a very high level of observability in similar movies with the theme of "the same is the end of the world   ." (Tencent Entertainment Review)
    The film strongly illustrates the polarization of the rich and the poor in American society, adding a little political significance   . (Review of "Highway Film Modernity, Types and Cultural Values") Through...
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    Movie quotes

    • Bob Pigeon: Scott. When you inherit your fortune, on your twenty-first birthday, let's see... how far away is this?

      Scott Favor: One week away, Bob, just one more week.

      Bob Pigeon: Let's not call ourselves robbers, but Diana's foresters. Gentlemen of the shade. Minions of the Moon. Men of good government.

      Scott Favor: [under his breath] When I turn twenty-one, I don't want any more of this life. My mother and father will be surprised at the incredible change. It will impress them more when such a fuck-up like me turns good than if I had been a good son all along. All the past years I will think of as one big vacation. At least it wasn't as boring as schoolwork. All my bad behavior I'm going to throw away to pay my debt. I will change when everybody expects it the least.

    • 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.

    • Scott Favor: Why, you wouldn't even look at a clock unless hours were lines of coke, dials looked like the signs of gay bars, or time itself was a fair hustler in black leather.