My Own Private Idaho - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "My Own Private Idaho"
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Timing:
1:44 (104 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Laurie Parker
Producer
Editor
Curtiss Clayton
Editor
Art Direction
Kenneth Hardy
Art Direction
Costume Design
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Costume Design
Production Design
David Brisbin
Production Design
Set Decoration
Missy Stewart
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Gina Monaci
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul A. Sharpe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Sheppard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Bill Stafford
Original Music Composer
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
John J. Campbell
Director of Photography
Eric Alan Edwards
Director of Photography
Supervising Sound Editor
Hairstylist
Gina Monaci
Hairstylist
First Assistant Director
Kris Krengel
First Assistant Director
Thanks
Donna L. Bascom
Thanks
Solomon J. LeFlore
Thanks
Camela Galano
Thanks
Screenplay
Construction Coordinator
Charles Armstrong
Construction Coordinator
Assistant Editor
Amy E. Duddleston
Assistant Editor
Casting Associate
Sandy Collister
Casting Associate
Assistant Director
Phred Palmer
Assistant Director
D-J Haanraadts
Assistant Director
John O. Brown III
Assistant Director
Additional Still Photographer
Eric Alan Edwards
Additional Still Photographer
Scott Patrick Green
Additional Still Photographer
Co-Executive Producer
Allan Mindel
Co-Executive Producer
Production Coordinator
Allesandra Ravenna
Production Coordinator
Visual Effects Coordinator
Tom Arndt
Visual Effects Coordinator
Scenic Artist
Anne Hyvarinen
Scenic Artist
Line Producer
Anthony Brand
Line Producer
Legal Services
Ira Schreck
Legal Services
Sound Editor
Peter Appleton
Sound Editor
Patrick Winters
Sound Editor
Michael F. Newman
Sound Editor
Craft Service
Sally Parker
Craft Service
Additional Dialogue
Original Concept
What's left behind the scenes
- Director Gus Van Sant made a cameo appearance in the film – as the hotel porter where Mike, Scott, and Hans are staying.
- Most of the actors (including River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, and Michael Parker) moved into Gus Van Sant’s old house in Portland, Oregon, for the duration of filming. They caused such a mess in the house – with constant parties, drinking, and late-night gatherings – that Gus was eventually forced to move in with friends just to get some sleep.
- The film's plot contains an allusion to Orson Welles' "The Lady from Shanghai," which in turn heavily utilizes material from William Shakespeare's "Henry IV."
- The film's title is based on a song by the B-52's.
- The main characters were named Mike and Scott after real male escorts the director met while working on his previous film, "Bad Night" (1985).
- It took Gus Van Sant years to complete the screenplay. After finishing it, Van Sant found that studios were unwilling to finance a film about two male escorts. He sent a copy of the script to the agents of Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix, whom he wanted to cast in the lead roles. Reeves received the script and agreed to star, while Phoenix’s agent didn’t even show it to his client. Keanu befriended River on the set of "I Love You to Death" (1990), and also starred alongside his brother Joaquin Phoenix in "Parents" (1989). Keanu traveled to the Phoenix family for Christmas, riding his motorcycle from Canada to Florida. He brought the script with him, and after reading it, River agreed to take the part.
- In the first scene in the cafe, the song playing in the background is called "Too Many Colors," performed by River Phoenix’s band Aleka's Attic.
- Udo Kier’s yellow motorcycle is a British 750cc Norton Commando.
- On the roof, when Mike wakes up and Bob returns to town with Bud, the voice of Matt Dillon can be heard on television. The scene playing is from "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989), an earlier film by Gus Van Sant.
- Gus Van Sant offered the role of Bob Pigeon to Dennis Hopper, but he declined. The role went to William Richert, who was recommended by River Phoenix, as Richert had previously filmed Phoenix in "One Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon" (1988).
- River Phoenix was absent from the New York premiere of the film. He disliked flying and traveled primarily by car or train. As a result, he was simply late, and the premiere took place without him.
- In an early version of the script, the action took place in Las Vegas.
- The character of Bob was based on a drug dealer from Portland, Oregon.
- While writing the screenplay, Gus Van Sant was inspired by Stanley Kubrick.
- The Norton Commando motorcycle used in the film was owned by Keanu Reeves.
- When Scott and Mike first appear in Portland, they are sitting below a statue of a moose with a Native American riding it. The statue is real and still exists in Portland. However, the rider was added by Gus Van Sant. It was a production assistant covered in paint and sitting motionless on the moose statue.
- The famous campfire scene was written by River Phoenix and differed from the original script. The key phrases expressing the idea of the difference between love and sex, spoken in this scene, were invented by River.
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