My Own Private Idaho
Release Date: 1991 - Wide Release
Distributor: Fine Line Features (New Line Cinema)
Film Genre: Buddy Film, Road Movie, Gay & Lesbian
Country: United States
Two young hustlers meet in Portland, Ore., and for a time affect each other's lives during an odyssey that takes them to Idaho, Italy and back. Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a male prostitute with an urge to find his mother. Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves) is a smooth operator with an agenda that includes humiliating his father, the Mayor of Portland, before accepting a large inheritance. Seeming to wander aimlessly, Gus Van Sant Jr.'s film makes its well-plotted way to a logical conclusion. , The New York Times