My own private Idaho

DVD 2005

Mike - a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him - and Scott - the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire - embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home.

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 277

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ISBN:

9781559409575
1559409576

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (104 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: NR
MPAA rating: R

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991
Special features: audio interview with Gus Van Sant by filmmaker Todd Haynes; The making of My own private Idaho, a new documentary; Kings of the road, a new video interview with film scholar Paul Arthur; new video conversations between producer Laurie Parker and River Phoenix's sister Rain
Directors of photography, Eric Alan Edwards, John Campbell; editor, Curtiss Clayton; music, Bill Stafford; producer, Laurie Parker; screenplay writer & director, Gus Van Sant
River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Chiara Caselli, Michael Parker, Jessie Thomas, Grace Zabriskie, Flea, Tom Troupe, Udo Kier
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
Independent Spirit awards, Best film music (Bill Stafford), Best male lead (Phoenix), Best screenplay (Van Sant), 1992
Soundtrack in English

Contents:

Disc 1. The film
Disc 2. The supplements

Control Number:

2508551

UPC:

715515015929

Other Authors:

Caselli, Chiara, 1967- actor
Clayton, Curtiss, editor of moving image work
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Edwards, Eric Alan, 1953- director of photography
Fine Line Features, production company
Flea (Musician), actor
Harvey, Rodney, 1967-1998, actor
Kier, Udo, actor
Parker, Laurie Marie, film producer
Parker, Michael, 1969- actor
Phoenix, River, actor
Reeves, Keanu, actor
Richert, William, 1942-2022, actor
Russo, James, actor
Stafford, Bill, 1937-2001, composer
Van Sant, Gus, film director, screenwriter
Zabriskie, Grace, actor

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