My Own Private Idaho (1991)
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves) 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.
Books with substantial mentioning of My Own Private Idaho
| Vanessa Gerhards Shakespeare Reloaded, The Shakespeare Renaissance 1989-2004 Trier, 2011 |
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Jürgen Müller Filme der 90er Köln-London-Madrid-New York-Paris-Tokyo, 2001 |
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| Frank N. Magill (ed.) Magill's Cinema Annual 1992, A Survey of the Films of 1991 Pasadena, Ca; Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992 |
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