Michael Parker

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

This Road Will Never End

A documentary tribute to River Phoenix stressing the impact that River Phoenix had on gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals.

Killer Campout Part II

A group of troubled teens are led into the woods by a New Age guru who promises to help them heal their minds, hearts and troubled souls. But, one by one, those raw wounds are ripped open, spurting bright, red blood across Camp Phoenix. Because the cannibalistic killer who once haunted these woods - long thought dead and buried - has been reawakened by a trio of teenage, Satan-worshiping metal-heads. The dreaded beast of Blackwell's woods once again roams the forest, preying on the innocent - and not so innocent - who dared to enter his domain. Satanic rituals and supernatural secrets will haunt the survivors of this brutal massacre... if there are any survivors.

Drugstore Cowboy

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

My Own Private Idaho

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

My Own Private River

Unused footage from Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River Phoenix.

Five Ways to Kill Yourself

Gus Van Sant, dissatisfied professionally, counts five ways to end his life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.