My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Rating: 7.1/10
Duration: 104 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): Gus Van Sant,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Scott Favor
- Udo Kier as Hans
- Flea as Budd
- Mickey Cottrell as Daddy Carroll
- Grace Zabriskie as Alena
- James Russo as Richard Waters
- Chiara Caselli as Carmella
- River Phoenix as Mike Waters
- Jessica Makinson as Denise
- William Richert as Bob Pigeon
- Rodney Harvey as Gary
- Michael Parker as Digger
- Tom Troupe as Jack Favor
- Sally Curtice as Jane Lightwork
- Robert Lee Pitchlynn as Walt