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My Own Private Idaho
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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Gus Van Sant
Writers:
William Shakespeare (play)
Gus Van Sant (written by)
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Release Date:
29 September 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
This road will never end. It probably goes all around the world. more
Plot:
The movie is set in Portland. Many local characters are included as both personalities and actors. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
My Own Private River more (132 total)

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sensuality, language and drug use.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Alphacine)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Maupin, Oregon, USA more

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Trivia:
On the rooftop when Mike is waking up and Bob is returning to the city with Budd, 'Matt Dillon''s voice can be heard on a television in the distance. The scene which can be heard is from Drugstore Cowboy (1989), an earlier film by Gus Van Sant. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Bob approaches Scott in the bar near the end of the film, two marks of black gaffer tape can be seen on the floor. more
Quotes:
Bob Pigeon: I'm afraid if I shared your wine, I might catch this awful disease you appear to have. My jacket would grow little zippers all over it and my toes would have jingle bells on them like those there. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Critic: The Pilot (#1.1)" (1994) more
Soundtrack:
The Funerals more

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22 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
My Own Private River, 28 July 2005
10/10
Author: adavegarcia from United States

For many of us - Idaho - changed everything. I was still in High School when the movie came out and, like so many of you; I was never the same again. However great the script and direction, the lighting and camera shots, (motorcycle scene and campfire to name a few) there is no doubt that this is River's movie. No disrespect to Van Sant or anyone involved. I realize the movie would not be the same or nearly as perfect without them - particularly Gus. The truth is, however, River made this movie everything to us. Never has a movie touched us so deeply or any one person's unrequited love so deeply resonated. I think I can safely say that I was not the only teenager in the world whom would have given anything to be in the camp fire scene with River. In reality though you know? No movies, no actors, no props or fake lights and as far away from Hollywood as possible. Simply, River and me alone by a fire a million miles away from fear.

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