Based on William Shakespeare's play "Henry IV." Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. 5.1 surround, wide screen 1.85:1. Features: illustrated 2005 audio conversation between Van Sant and filmmaker Todd Haynes; The making of My own private Idaho (2005) documentary featuring cast and crew; Kings of the road, a 2005 interview with film scholar Paul Arthur on Van Sant's adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV and Orson Welles's Chimes at midnight; conversation from 2005 between producer Laurie Parker and actor River Phoenix's sister Rain; audio conversation from 2005 between writer JT LeRoy and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette; deleted scenes; trailer. River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Chiara Caselli, Michael Parker, Jessie Thomas, Flea, Udo Kier.
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.
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