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15 unusual facts about Gus Van Sant


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Other critics have claimed that the film is too similar to Gus Van Sant's 2003 film Elephant.

Cinemark Theatres

An ensuing campaign, launched by opponents to the Prop 8 passage, encouraged patrons to see the Gus Van Sant film Milk, starring Sean Penn in the title role of gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, at a competing theater in protest.

Hildegard Westerkamp

She has composed for film soundtracks and her music has been featured in two Gus Van Sant movies Elephant (2003) and Last Days (2005).

James T. Williams II

Jim has also appeared in films, including Gus Van Sant's critically acclaimed Finding Forrester and several independent films, including the Sundance Film Festival Official Selections Rhythm of the Saints, and This Revolution.

Jeremy Blake

Director Gus Van Sant signed on as a consultant for the movie, which is being produced by Braxton Pope and Kevin Frakes.

John Mighton

Mighton also advised Gus Van Sant, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck on the script for Good Will Hunting; and as an actor in the film, his one major line is a reference to his main idea in The Myth of Ability: that most people never get a chance because a teacher doesn't take the time to show them how to learn.

Mikey Waters

Mikey "Mike" Waters (played by River Phoenix) is a fictional character in Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho.

Nino Rota

Gus Van Sant used some of Rota's music in his 2007 film Paranoid Park and director Michael Winterbottom used several Rota selections in the 2005 film Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

The joke references not only the recreation nature of the original short story, but also Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of Psycho, which was released on 4 December 1998.

Rodney Harvey

After the series ended after one season, Harvey guest starred on Twin Peaks, followed by a role in the Gus Van Sant film My Own Private Idaho.

Scott Robbe

In 2008 Robbe started production of the documentary ‘’ACT UP! the Movie’’, with executive producer Gus Van Sant, about the history of the AIDS activist group of the same name (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power).

Stephanie Reaves

Reaves also appears as "Norma Bates" in the infamous shower scene, of Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, Psycho.

The Hermitt

Gus Van Sant featured two songs, "Seen as None," and "Pointless Ride," on the soundtrack for his 2005 movie "Last Days."

Theresa Duncan

Director Gus Van Sant has signed on as a consultant for the movie, which is being produced by Braxton Pope and Kevin Frakes.

Wild Tigers I Have Known

Gus Van Sant and producer Scott Rudin were executive producers on the project, in addition to producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy.


Algis Kizys

Gus Van Sant used "Firmament" for the pivotal scene in his film, "Finding Forrester", starring Sean Connery.

Monk Magazine

In their travels the Monks interviewed numerous off-beat and counterculture figures such as Annie Sprinkle, Quentin Crisp, Kurt Cobain, Dan Savage and Gus Van Sant and offered tips on what unusual sights one should see when traveling.

Neil Kopp

Kopp later produced Gus Van Sant's 2007 film Paranoid Park, which, combined with his work on Old Joy, earned him an Independent Spirit Producers Award as well as a nomination for Paranoid Park as Best Film.

Strange Parallel

Strange Parallel includes interviews with Elliott Smith himself, as well as fans, friends and other acquaintances, including Gus Van Sant, Larry Crane and the members of Quasi.

Tim/Kerr

The label also released a collaboration between Kurt Cobain and author William S. Burroughs titled The "Priest" they called him, and a collaboration between Burroughs and Gus Van Sant titled The Elvis of Letters (catalog number T/K 9112001).

Walt Curtis

He is mainly known for his autobiographical work, Mala Noche (1977), which became the basis for Gus Van Sant's 1985 film of the same name.

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

The film uses archival footage and interviews with John Waters, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Sonic Youth, Laurie Anderson, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, and David Cronenberg.

Zoetrope: All-Story

Since Helmut Newton was invited to design the magazine in 1998, artists (Wayne Thiebaud), musicians (David Bowie, Tom Waits and Will Oldham), actors (Dennis Hopper), and directors (Gus Van Sant and Peter Greenaway) have contributed to Zoetrope: All-Story’s visual aesthetic as guest designers.