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Keanu & Shakespeare in My own Private Idaho Mark Twain once wrote an entire book about the literary offenses of James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper was a successful and well-known writer whose popular "Last of the Mohicans" has been adapted for the screen twice. Keanu Reeves, like Cooper, has been a popular movie star for over a decade, but his blockbuster movie star status does not translate into exceptional acting skills. Keanu is no stranger to disparaging reviews on his acting skills and while he will never be the greatest thespian to grace the silver screen, over the past years he has begun to turn in solid performances. More important than his improved acting abilities are the roles he has chosen to accept, roles that most Hollywood superstars of his stature would shy away from. This holds true for one of his earlier films, Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho (1991),...

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