My Own Private Idaho
- Release Date
- February 1, 1991
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Cast
- River Phoenix , Keanu Reeves , James Russo , William Richert , Rodney Harvey , Chiara Caselli
- Runtime
- 104
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- William Shakespeare , Gus Van Sant
- Tagline
- It's not where you go, it's how you get there.
Summary
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay 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.
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