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River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor.Phoenix was known as a teen actor before taking on leading roles in critically acclaimed films.
Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and called it "one of the best films of the year". [5] In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, "The courtship between Danny and Lorna is staged especially disarmingly, with Mr. Phoenix and Miss Plimpton conveying a sweet, serious and believably gradual attraction."
Explorers is a 1985 American science fantasy film written by Eric Luke and directed by Joe Dante.The film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, both in their film debuts, and Jason Presson as young teenage boys who build a spacecraft to explore outer space.
Surviving: A Family in Crisis (also known simply as Surviving, and later released on VHS as Tragedy) is a 1985 ABC television film.Directed by Warris Hussein and starring Zach Galligan, Molly Ringwald, and River Phoenix, the film is described as a modern-day Romeo & Juliet story that examines the tragedy of teen suicide, and the loved ones left behind to pick up the pieces.
Friends alum Matthew Perry reflected on Phoenix, his co-star in the 1988 movie A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, in his new memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. "River was a ...
The movie Mud (2012) has a character (Neckbone) who has been called a "perfect fusion of River Phoenix and Jerry O'Connell in 'Stand by Me.'" [59] [60] The writer and director, Jeff Nichols, said of the film "Yeah, you know, I basically remade Stand by Me" when defending the work-in-progress to studio executives. [61]
River, whose younger brother is Joaquin Phoenix, died on 31 October 1993 at the age of 23 due to a drug overdose. His birthday fell on Wednesday 23 August. His birthday fell on Wednesday 23 August.
Little Nikita is a 1988 American thriller film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier. The film marks the first collaboration between Phoenix and Poitier (the second being Sneakers in 1992).