My Own Private River Grocery Store Scene

After coming together for Milk in 2008, James Franco and director Gus Van Sant pooled resources for a neverreleased documentary titled My Own Private River. The documentary is comprised of footage that never made it into Van Sants cult mainstay, My Own Private Idaho. Franco openly admits he was obsessed with River Phoenix, declaring My Own Private Idaho a singular, formative experience in his teenagedom. He even rode shotgun for a personal tour from Van Sant of all of MOPIs filming locations (which, if were being pedantic, are actually all in Oregon. ) While cruising around Portland, Van Sant let slip he had hundreds of rolls of film in storage from the film that didnt make the cut. Franco convinced Van Sant to harvest these deleted scenes and let Franco piece them together for a new film. The result became My Own Private River, which, up until this point, has been seen only by a score of lucky ducks who caught it at LAs Gagosian Gallery or at one of a handful of private screenings. And, I guess, Ja