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My Own Private Idaho

Year:

1991

Duration:

104 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Awards:

13 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1991-09-29

Filming Locations: Maupin, Oregon, USA

Earnings

Budget: $2,500,000

Opening Weekend: $68,542 (USA) (6 October 1991)

Gross: $6,258,980 (USA) (22 March 1992)

Cast

Actor

Character

Chiara Caselli

River Phoenix

Mike Waters

Keanu Reeves

Scott Favor

James Russo

Richard Waters

William Richert

Bob Pigeon

Rodney Harvey

Gary

Michael Parker

Digger

Jessie Thomas

Denise

Flea

Budd

Grace Zabriskie

Alena

Tom Troupe

Jack Favor

Udo Kier

Hans

Sally Curtice

Jane Lightwork

Robert Lee Pitchlynn

Walt

Mickey Cottrell

Daddy Carroll

Wade Evans

Wade

Matthew Ebert

Coverboy (as Matt Ebert)

Scott Patrick Green

Coverboy / Cafe Kid

Tom Cramer

Coverboy

Vana O'Brien

Sharon Waters

Shaun Jordan

Cafe Kid

Shawn Wight

Cafe Kid (as Shawn Jones)

George Conner

Bad George

Oliver Kirk

Indian Cop

Stanley Hainsworth

Dirtman (as Stanley Hainesworth)

Joshua Halladay

Baby Mike

Douglas Tollenen

Little Richard

Steven Clark Pachosa

Hotel Manager (as Stephen Clark Pachosa)

Lannie Swerdlow

Disco Manager

Wally Gaarsland

Rock Promoter

Brian Wilson

Rock Promoter (as Bryan Wilson)

Mark Weaver

Rock Promoter

Conrad 'Bud' Montgomery

Rock Promoter

Pat Patterson

Cop

Steve Vernelson

Cop

Mike Cascadden

Cop

Eric Hull

Mayor's Aide

James A. Arling

Minister

Jim Caviezel

Airline Clerk

Ana Cavinato

Stewardess

Melanie Mosely

Lounge Hostess

Greg Murphy

Carl

David Reppinhagen

Yuppie at Jake's

Tiger Warren

Himself

Massimo Di Cataldo

Italian Street Boy

Pao Pei Andreoli

Italian Street Boy

Robert Egon

Italian Street Boy

Paolo Baiocco

Italian Street Boy

Mario Stracciarolo

Mike's Italian Client

Heather J. Braden

Yuppie at Jake's (uncredited)

Kirsten Kuppenbender

Portland Street Girl (uncredited)

Jesse Merz

Mean Kid #2 (uncredited)

Tom Peterson

Bit Part (uncredited)

Eli Swenson

Street Hustler - Seattle (uncredited)

Gus Van Sant

Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

One early draft of the script had the Mike character as "an inveterate pot smoker who had some sort of memory disease, and looked it. A fact which he used to control his environment and minimize his responsibility." These traits would later be exaggerated and become more tragic for the final film.

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When Scott and Mike first appear in Portland, they sit beneath a statue of an elk with an American Indian riding atop it. The statue is real, and still exists in Portland. However, the rider was added by Gus Van Sant. It was really a production assistant covered in grease paint and sitting perfectly still atop the elk statue.

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River Phoenix wrote the campfire scene in private, on little scraps of paper. Gus Van Sant was under the impression that he had been writing song lyrics and was surprised when River told him he'd rewritten the scene. Van Sant liked what River presented, but didn't know if Keanu Reeves would be up for it. River assured him that he'd already privately talked to Keanu about it and he was fine with everything. Gus Van Sant says he's he had to give complete faith to River, since he was completely left out of the loop on the whole scene.

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Goofs

(At 12.45) As Mike goes to look out the window at the back garden in the old ladies house the boom mic is visible reflected in the window.

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At the campfire scene, whenever the camera shows Scott, Mike's hands are hanged to each other, but whenever the camera shows Mike, he is playing with piece of wood.

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When Mike is in Idaho he has a clear view of Mt. Hood. Not only is the mountain too far away to see (over 200 miles), there is another mountain range lying between Idaho and Mt. Hood, blocking the view.

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Quotes

Bob Pigeon: Are you not a coward? Answer that, and that goes double!

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Mike Waters: This road never ends. It probably goes all around the world.

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Mike Waters: I love you, and you don't pay me.

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