My Own Private Idaho
A haunting Gus Van Sant drama about two street hustlers, loosely based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV.
Loosely based on William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, My Own Private Idaho stars River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in Gus Van Sant’s haunting tale. It follows Mike Waters, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott Favor, the wayward son of Portland’s mayor and the object of Mike’s desire.