1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/myownprivateidaho.jpg]] |
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3 | ->''"I'm a connoisseur of roads. I've been tasting roads my whole life. This road will never end. It probably goes all around the world."'' |
4 | -->-- '''Mike Waters''' |
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6 | A 1991 RoadTripPlot film, written and directed by Creator/GusVanSant, about a [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold gay narcoleptic male prostitute]] named Mike (Creator/RiverPhoenix) who is looking for his long lost mother, along the way realizing that he is in love with his best friend Scott (Creator/KeanuReeves), also a prostitute. Scott is wealthy, however, and only whoring himself to annoy his father, and decides to quit prostitution when he comes into his inheritance. |
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8 | Part of the movie is indeed set in UsefulNotes/{{Idaho}}, but a fair amount takes part in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}; and UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}. Part of the plot is based on Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryIV'', with Bob as Falstaff and Scott as Prince Hal. In addition, much of the dialogue between Bob and Scott is paraphrased from ''Henry IV''. |
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10 | !! This film provides examples of:: |
11 | * CheerfulFuneral: [[spoiler:At Bob's funeral, all the boys he mentored hold a wild party; across the street, Scott looks on rather wistfully as he attends his father's much more proper funeral.]] |
12 | * DepravedHomosexual: Many of the hustlers' clients. |
13 | * DoubleEntendre: ''Homo on ranch. Ready to ride''. |
14 | * DownerEnding |
15 | * FaceHeelTurn: Scott, who started out as incredibly caring towards his best friend then for some reason abruptly became a JerkAss who didn't care about him. Italy did it to him. |
16 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Mike Waters. |
17 | * IncompatibleOrientation: Mike loves Scott. |
18 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: Scott isn't into men romantically but makes an exception for Mike just the once. |
19 | * LivingMacGuffin: Mike's mother. |
20 | * ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Mike says that his brother Richard is also his father.]] |
21 | * PietaPlagiarism: When Mike falls asleep, Scott often carries him about in this manner. |
22 | * RoadTripPlot: Mike and Scott travel across America and Italy to find Mike's mother. |
23 | * ShaggyDogStory |
24 | * TheTwink: Mike, in particular, is this. |
25 | * TitledAfterTheSong: "Private Idaho" by Music/TheB52s, which contains the refrain "you're living in ''your own private Idaho''". Oddly, the song is never heard or referenced at any point in the film. |
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