Don't Miss: Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals He Met River Phoenix the Night he Died "When I was 18, River Phoenix was far and away my hero. I always wanted to meet him. One night, I was at this Halloween party, and he passed me. He was beyond pale -- he looked white. Before I got a chance to say hello, he was gone, driving off to the Viper Room, where he fell over and died. That’s a lesson." River was born in a log cabin on Orgeon. He was also the breadwinner in his family. River was unlike other...Read Full Story
It's about time, after all it is done so often nowadays for actors who can't finish their final film's. Phoenix more than deserves for the film to be finished, even if it has been seventeen years.
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This film is a brilliant, well-acted masterpiece! What touched me the most was the late River Phoenix's acting, but all of the young actors performances were incredible. They are why you should see this film. 'Stand By Me' is not a bubblegum Disney film, nor a dry Hollywood film; it is a movie that captures childhood in a poignant, non-candy coated manner that is dead on. I saw this movie only aRead Full Story
Like the mythical bird that his family chose for a surname, River Phoenix has returned. More than 18 years after his death in Hollywood at age 23, Phoenix's family has turned a nonprofit organization he started nine months before he died into a ...
The 24 star says, "I liked River Phoenix so much and he passed at such an early age and he was one of those wonderful young actors. "He couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 at the time (we made Stand By Me) and he was the one that would call you in your ...
It may not have been a STELLAR performance, but we really like the thought behind this!
Check out the video (above) of Corey Feldman paying tribute to his Stand By Me co-star River Phoenix during a performance on ITV 1's Dancing On Ice!
We still think Corey seems out-of-place on this show…but we also think this was [...]
During the pre-recorded training session, Corey, 40, was immediately reminded of of River when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean revealed what song he would be performing to. The Hollywood veteran also spared no modesty when it came to dancing ...
Phoenix was just 23 when he died outside Los Angeles club The Viper Room in 1993 and Sutherland admits he still can't believe such a promising star is gone.
River Phoenix news, related photos and videos, and reviews of River Phoenix performances. According to Wikipedia: River Jude Phoenix was an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. He was listed on John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38 as one of twelve "promising new actors of 1986", and was hailed as highly talented by such critics as Roger...more
River Phoenix news, related photos and videos, and reviews of River Phoenix performances. According to Wikipedia: River Jude Phoenix was an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. He was listed on John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38 as one of twelve "promising new actors of 1986", and was hailed as highly talented by such critics as Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. However, his promising career was cut short when he died of an accidental overdose of heroin and cocaine at age 23. He was generally regarded by critics as the most promising young actor of his generation during the late 1980s and early 1990s.