MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (1991) THE LEMMINGS

My Own Private Idaho is a 1991 independent 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. The story follows two friends, Mike and Scott, as they embark on a journey of personal discovery that takes them to Mike s hometown in Idaho and then to Italy in search of Mike s mother. Van Sant originally wrote the screenplay in the 1970s, but discarded it after reading John Rechy s