Movie connections for
My Own Private Idaho (1991) More at IMDbPro »

References

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933)
 -  The German text recited by Hans during his hotel room performance is taken directly from the journal of Dr. Mabuse read by Prof. Baum in his study.
Rio Bravo (1959)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Idaho Transfer (1973)
 -  The final scene in the film, made a little more benign--and on an Idaho road.
Taxi Driver (1976)
Blue Velvet (1986)

Referenced in

"The Directors: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan" (????)
 -  Mentioned by Kasdan.
"The Critic: The Pilot (#1.1)" (1994)
 -  Jay wears a "My Own Private Idaho" t-shirt
"Saturday Night Live: Quentin Tarantino/Smashing Pumpkins (#21.5)" (1995)
 -  Mentioned in Directors on Directing
Tesis (1996)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
 -  Servo: Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Airfield.
Indian Summer (1996)
 -  Movie poster shown on wall during argument
This Road Will Never End (1996)
 -  Includes clips and discusses making of
Our Private Idaho (1998)
 -  title reference
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
Rescued from the Closet (2001) (V)
My Own Private Oshawa (2002) (TV)
 -  Title reference.
Tarnation (2003)
"Filmography: Keanu Reeves" (2005)
 -  Shows clips with Keanu Reeves.
City Walls: My Own Private Teheran (2006)
 -  title reference
"Lost: Dave (#2.18)" (2006)
 -  Sawyer references by name
Shortbus (2006)
 -  One of the characters mentions the movie
My Own Private Belly Dancer (2007)
 -  title reference
My Own Private Lower Post (2008)
 -  title reference
"At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008)
 -  Mentioned in a review of Milk as another movie on which Gus van Sant has worked.

Features

"The Simpsons" (1989)
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (#2.3)" (1990)
 -  Mike is watching the "Bad Dream House" segment of this episode on TV

Featured in

Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Ha-Buah (2006)
 -  Poster on the wall
Wanderlust (2006) (TV)
 -  A clip featuring Mike Waters is shown.
Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)
 -  features a clip of the film
"20 to 1: Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (#6.6)" (2008)
 -  Clips shown in a segment on River Phoenix.

Spoofed in

"Neighbours: My Own Private Eye to Hoe (#1.5066)" (2006)
 -  Paraphrases the title: only last word replaced by three

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