My Own Private Idaho

Name: My Own Private Idaho
Director: Gus Van Sant
Genre: Drama
Released: 1991-02-01
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 7.06
Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey

Directed by Gus Van Sant

Drama

19911h 44m7.1

Overview

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.