My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Not under 6

Reason:ViolenceProfanity

Plot

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

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River PhoenixMike Waters

Keanu ReevesScott Favor

James RussoRichard Waters

William RichertBob Pigeon

Rodney HarveyGary

Chiara CaselliCarmella

John WilsonDigger

Jessie ThomasDenise

Rainer LuxemBudd

Grace ZabriskieAlena

Tom TroupeJack Favor

Udo KierHans

Mickey CottrellDaddy Carroll

Matthew EbertCoverboy

Pat PattersonCop

Jim CaviezelAirline Clerk

Writers and directors

Gus Van SantDirectorf. 1952

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WilsonWatches ★ 8.0/10

Shakespeare meets street hustlers in a plot loosely inspired by Shakespeare's Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2 & Henry V. The film is both humorous and profound with River Phoenix's (Mike) shining & K…28. Mar 2021

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