Product Details

• Actors: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey
• Directors: Gus Van Sant
• Format: Color, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000CEDOC0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,538 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike (River Phoenix) is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. Abandoned as a child, he is obsessed with finding his long-lost mother. Scott (Keanu Reeves) is the rebellious son of a high-ranking family, who lives this life mostly to embarrass his father. Mike is in love with Scott, who still maintains he is straight and insists that his wild lifestyle on the streets is only temporary. Together, they embark on a quest to find Mike's mother, traveling from Portland to Idaho to Italy, with Scott picking up a beautiful girl along the way.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very different, May 16, 2010

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Trineo (susanville CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Own Private Idaho (DVD)

this was a very diferent movie.i loved it but it is defenitally not for everyone.keanu reeves and river phoenix are great together.it has lots of very mature content,and very serious situations,but it also has parts that i couldn't stop laughing through,and then other parts that made me cry.it's a really nice drama an actual good drama not one where they go way over board with it like in Cruel Intentions.in my opinion this is one of the best movies ever made.