Gus Van Sant

My Own Private Idaho, directed by Gus Van Sant, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1991.

Van Sant

Two years later, Van Sant released My Own Private Idaho, the critically acclaimed film that featured River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves.

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My Own Private Idaho is a 1991 American independent adventure drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant, loosely based on Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V, and starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves.

Gus Green Van Sant

Gus Green Van Sant, Jr.'s filmography as writer and director includes a 1994 adaptation of Tom Robbins' 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, which features a diverse cast; and My Own Private Idaho, also starring Reeves as well as River Phoenix.

one of director Douglas Sirk's earlier and more adventurous screenplays

Gus is better renowned as a director, although My Own Private Idaho is one of director Douglas Sirk's earlier and more adventurous screenplays.

Charles Mondry

I've just realised that Charles Mondry was also the director of My Own Private Idaho.

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves made My Own Private Idaho together, and joked about filming Romeo and Juliet with Reeves as Romeo and Phoenix as Juliet.

David Mamet's films

David Mamet's films include My Own Private Idaho (1991),

Jean G. Poulot

Jean G. Poulot is known for My Own Private Idaho (1991), Undirected by Jon Jost (2014) and When the Stars Came Dreaming (1998).

Minnie Milk

Long ago, in 1991, before Van Sant directed such mainstream films as “Good Will Hunting” and “To Die For,” Minnie Milk made a different kind of gay movie—“My Own Private Idaho,” with two young hustlers (Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix) wandering the West and noodling among the tenderloin drifters in downtown Portland.

Vant Sant , best known for Good Will Hunting (1997) and My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Vant Sant, best known for Good Will Hunting (1997) and My Own Private Idaho (1991), revealed to Indiewire that Vant Sant was pitched the opportunity to direct the film before Lee signed on, and had some bigger names in mind for casting.

one of a group of films from the early 1990s known as New Queer Cinema, all of which were independent films with gay themes (arguably the first being Poison by Todd Haynes)

My Own Private Idaho was one of a group of films from the early 1990s known as New Queer Cinema, all of which were independent films with gay themes (arguably the first being Poison by Todd Haynes).

Ralph Thomas

Although made by Bob Hope's own company and other independents, other independents was filmed at Pinewood in 1.85 VistaVision and directed by the Rank stalwart Ralph Thomas.

Japan’s Aokigahara forest

The eclectic director behind My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, and To Die For explores Japan’s Aokigahara forest with his newest picture, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, and Naomi Watts.

Reeves

Reeves’s many films include My Own Private Idaho (1991), Speed (1994), The Matrix (1999) and John Wick (2014).

Drew Heriot

That film was directed by Drew Heriot, Sean Byrne, Marc Goldenfein and Damian McLindon.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger's first breakthrough role was in the 1989 science fiction film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989), and Arnold Schwarzenegger gained praise for Arnold Schwarzenegger's hustler role in the 1991 production My Own Private Idaho.

Patrick Stettner

The independent film was directed by Patrick Stettner; The independent film stars Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles.