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My Own Private River. My Own Private River is a re-contextualized adventure drama film of My Own Private Idaho (1991). [1] Using footage shot and directed by Gus Van Sant in 1990, the new edit gives James Franco and Van Sant a shared director credit. [2] The project is in tribute to Franco's favorite actor, River Phoenix.
James Franco's 2012 film made of deleted footage from My Own Private Idaho (1991)(transferred from DVD found in James Franco's "Moving Pictures / Moving Scul...
Feb 19, 2012 · My Own Private River: Directed by James Franco, Gus Van Sant. With Wilmer Calderon, Jim Freivogel, Brian Lally, Matt Militano. Footage from My Own Private Idaho (1991) is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River Phoenix.
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Keanu Reeves and the late River Phoenix were in their 20s when they starred in Gus Van Sant's 1991 cult classic My Own Private Idaho. The two actors were already well on their way to becoming ...
Footage from Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho" (1991) is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River Phoenix, who starred in the film alongside ...
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My Own Private Idaho. 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. The story follows two friends, Mike Waters and Scott Favor, played by River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves respectively, as they embark on ...
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could've been such an interesting formal experiment in the meaning a different director/editor can bring to someone else's footage but unfortunately it's james franco so it just loses a lot of the soul and immediacy of van sant's edit. there's still the inherent joy of watching river phoenix walking through a supermarket or taking a bubble bath, and the greatness of his performance really ...
