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My Own Private Idaho

IN PERSON: Fri, Apr 12 at 7pm; STREAMING: Apr 11—15
In Person
Virtual
    Part of
  • BAM Film 2024
  • and
  • Queering the Canon: Besties
Directed by Gus Van Sant (1991)
With River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo

Academy Award nominee River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves star in Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant's stunning, sensitive tale of two young sex workers. Mike Waters (Phoenix) is a pensive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott Favor (Reeves) is a wayward son of the mayor of Portland—and the object of Mike's complex desire. Navigating a volatile world of clients and thieves, Mike takes Scott on a quest from the grungy streets to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest in search of an elusive place called “home.” Visually dazzling and thematically groundbreaking, My Own Private Idaho is a stirring look at unrequited love, life at society's margins, and a merry band of outsiders.

Queering the Canon: Besties is presented in partnership with NewFest.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      104min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      35mm

      TICKET INFORMATION

      Individual Film Ticket — $18
      In-person access to a single film
      BAM Members and Patrons receive a discount on tickets to this series, please email membership@BAM.org for more information.

      In-Person All Access Pass — $40
      In-person access to all five films

      Virtual All Access Pass — $20
      Virtual access to all five streaming films (excludes GO FISH and SUMMER VACATION 1999); Does not include in-person Q&A’s
      All five streaming films are available virtually April 11 at 12 AM through April 15 at 11:59 PM EST.
      Streaming anywhere in the United States. Individual tickets are not available for virtual screenings.

      Please note: A $1.35 service charge per ticket will be added to all online orders.

      Leadership support for
      BAM Access Programs provided by
      the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

      JL Greene

      Leadership support for
      BAM Film provided by
      the Ford Foundation and
      The Thompson Family Foundation

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