| Edition |
Widescreen format; special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (57 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 277 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 277.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; Dolby digital stereo.; region 1. |
| Note |
Title and credits from container. |
| Cast |
River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Michael Parker, Flea, Chiara Caselli, Udo Kier. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Eric Alan Edwards ; edited by Curtiss Clayton ; music, Bill Stafford. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. |
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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; deleted scenes. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Awards |
Independent Spirit awards, Best film music (Bill Stafford), Best male lead (Phoenix), Best screenplay (Van Sant), 1992. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
disc 1. The film. Original theatrical trailer -- disc 2. The supplements: audio interview with Van Sant by filmmaker Todd Haynes; "The making of 'My own private Idaho'": a new documentary featuring crew members; "Kings of the road": a new video interview with film critic Paul Arthur on the adaptation; video conversation between producer Laurie Parker and Rain Phoenix; outtakes; audio conversation between writer JT LeToy and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette. |
| Language |
Soundtrack in English. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Narcolepsy -- Drama.
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Drifters -- Drama.
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Abandoned children -- Drama.
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Male prostitution -- Drama.
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Male friendship -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Social problems -- Feature.
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| Added Author |
Phoenix, River.
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Reeves, Keanu.
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Russo, James.
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Richert, William, 1942-2022
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Harvey, Rodney, 1967-1998.
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Parker, Michael, 1969-
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Flea (Musician)
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Caselli, Chiara, 1967-
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Kier, Udo.
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Parker, Laurie Marie.
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Van Sant, Gus.
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Stafford, Bill, 1937-2001.
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Fine Line Features.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1559409576 |
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9781559409575 |
| Standard No. |
715515015929 |
| Music No. |
CC1609D Criterion Collection |
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