My Own Private Idaho

Movie • 1991 • Drama  

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In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
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it is revealed that mike's brother is in fact his father, flashbacks show his mother and brother/father together at their home
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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In the beginning the silohuette of a fighting couple is shown. We can hear them arguing and glass being thrown/shattered.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Orangecatenergypersonified
A lot of the movie revolves around the use of various drugs
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Is there addiction?
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Does a horse die?
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there sharks?
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Assault
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Skip from 25:32 - 25:50
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Is there pedophilia?
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There are no children/minors in this movie however- an old man "is in love with" and kisses a 20 year old
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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kmmb99
Nothing on-screen although a man recounts the time he was sexually assaulted. Non-graphic but still surprising.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Are there dislocations?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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elioss
mike has narcolepsy and has muscle spasms due to his sleep attacks—they are not seizures though appear as they are. do your research lmfao.
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Is there a hanging?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Sid
Mikey frequently passes out from his narcolepsy and is very vulnerable whilst he is asleep
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
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Does someone die?
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Does a major character die?
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Disability
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Does a parent die?
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elioss
mikes mother does not die. she abandoned him as a child.
scotts father, however, does die and scott is to inherit his fortune.
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Does someone cheat?
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Mike's brother tells him that their mother cheated on their father.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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SPOILERS
At the very end of the movie, the main character is passed out in the middle of the road and a car drives up to him. The driver gets out and pulls the (still unconscious) character into the passenger seat and drives off. The driver’s identity is not revealed to the audience.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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mtnmew
Mike Waters (River Pheonix) sits in a bubble bath.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there menstruation?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
A clock's ticktock, loud breathing, dishes tinkling
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Sid
Mikey has PTSD from his childhood
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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mtnmew
Mike Waters (River Pheonix) has narcolepsy. This is sometimes brought on by anxiety, and he passes out.
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Noxious
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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I'd say making out on someone's coffin is pretty obscene among other things like cussing lol
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Is there shakey cam?
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phicups
There are multiple scenes where the camera is unstable throughout the film, and a few where it's actually shaking. I don't know why people said there aren't.
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Paranoia
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When Scott Favor is on the magazine he gives a monologue to the audience about sex work.
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Prejudice
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livee
a character is called the d-slur
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soupestsoup
They do not die for being lgbt, however.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Are there fat jokes?
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one character is often referred to as fat/big and others joke about his size
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
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Relationships
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The main characters are young prostitutes who are sometimes shown/alluded to having sex with older people- including a (not bio related) father figure
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
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slightly shown through stills
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There are two scenes that show several images where the actors are posed nude in sexual positions (breasts and butts are shown but genitals are obscured)
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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mtnmew
Mike Water (River Pheonix) accuses his brother of also being his father, but it isn't confirmed.
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Mngwa
Not onscreen - another sex worker recounts his first time turning a trick
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twunke
The main characters are both sex workers
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Sexism
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Sickness
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The main character has narcolepsy and passes out multiple times in the film.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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All the main characters are homeless
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Spoiler
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Cer
It's definitely not an outright *happy* ending, but can vary from being sad to bittersweet to possibly something that hints at an *eventual* happy ending depending on your specific interpretation of certain aspects of the end
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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Violence
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The characters rob some people by threatening them with guns and shooting at their heels but to my knowledge they aren't shot (or if they are it isn't shown).
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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When Mike's brother hands him a postcard there is blood on it
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Does someone drown?
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Mike's dad drowned offscreen but it's not a major plot point
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