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My Own Private Idaho had its premiere at the 48th Venice International Film Festival, and received largely positive reviews from critics, including Roger Ebert and those of The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly. The film was a moderate financial success, grossing over $8 million, above its estimated budget of $2.5 million.
The single also peaked at #5 on the US Hot Dance Club Play, along with previous single "Give Me Back My Man" and "Party out of Bounds", both from Wild Planet. [4] "Private Idaho" reached number 11 in Australia. It was the 83rd-biggest Australian hit of 1980. [7]
Michael Waters is a fictional character in Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho, portrayed by River Phoenix. He is a sensitive, homeless teenage hustler who suffers from narcolepsy, directly foiling his best friend, Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves), a type-A personality hustler from a rich, influential family. A vagabond searching for his mother, Mike ...
Phoenix reunited with Keanu Reeves to co-star in Gus Van Sant's 1991 avant-garde film My Own Private Idaho. In his review for Newsweek , David Ansen praised Phoenix's performance as gay hustler Michael Waters : "The campfire scene in which Mike awkwardly declares his unrequited love for Scott is a marvel of delicacy.
Franco reunited with Milk director Van Sant to make Unfinished, a project that features two movies: Endless Idaho and My Own Private River. Endless Idaho showcases edited outtakes, deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes footage from the 1991 movie My Own Private Idaho, while My Own Private River focuses on actor River Phoenix. [112]
Related: Anne Heche, Six Days Seven Nights and Men in Trees star, dies at 53 after car crash Though not a '90s queer classic up there with the likes of My Own Private Idaho, The Living End, or ...
I went to see My Own Private Idaho thinking it would be some kind of comedy starring Keanu Reeves and Joaquin Phoenix. It changed my life. Celebrities Who've Worked With Their Family Members.
With a hypnotic gaze, a raspy voice and the capability to effortlessly inhabit the soul of a character, the late actor, musician and activist River Phoenix was a once-in-a-generation talent. Today ...