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My Own Private River
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Wikipedia article
'My Own Private River' is a re-contextualized adventure drama film of 'My Own Private Idaho' (1991). Using footage shot and directed by Gus Van Sant in 1990, the new edit gives James Franco and Van Sant a shared director credit. The project is in tribute to Franco's favorite actor, River Phoenix. Franco called 'My Own Private Idaho' one of his favorite movies and praised River's performance as the actor's best.
'My Own Private River' had its premieres at the Hollywood Theatre on September 25, 2011, at the Walter Reade Theater on February 19, 2012 and at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on February 24, 2012.
Cast
* River Phoenix as Michael "Mikey" Waters
* Keanu Reeves as Scott Favor
* James Russo as Richard Waters
* Vana O'Brien as Sharon Waters
* Rodney Harvey as Gary
* William Richert as Bob Pigeon
* Grace Zabriskie as Alena
* Chiara Caselli as Carmela
* Flea as Budd
* Udo Kier as Hans
Development and release
In 2007, at a conference meeting in New York City for the 2008 film 'Milk', Franco and Van Sant responded to questions about Franco's favourite movie, which turned out to be 'My Own Private Idaho.' Van Sant admired Franco's appreciation for the film, while Van Sant enticed Franco to give him a tour of the film's locations in Portland, Oregon. Franco expressed his wish to Van Sant to access the outtake footage for the original film.
Van Sant showed Franco the collection of unseen film. Franco was interested to digitize and assemble the footage as a re-contextualized film. About the unseen footage, Franco stated, ''I edited the film as I imagined Gus might have if he made 'My Own Private Idaho' today,''
In an interview in February, 2012, Franco said he was not sure about releasing the film on DVD, yet sought approval by New Line Cinema who was against the idea, Franco stated that they didn't want us to compete with the final film.
Music
Songs that play during the film include:
# R.E.M "Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter"
# R.E.M "berlin"
# R.E.M "Blue"
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