River Phoenix Early 1993
River phoenix was one of my favorite 80's actors. The way he became the character inspired me when I started drama classes and still does to this day. River Phoenix was in movies such as Explorers in which he played a bookworm kid, Stand By Me in which he played a tough kid, Harrison Fords son in The Mosquito Coast, a young Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the last crusade, and more!
Bottom left: The Mosquito Coast (1986) Bottom right: Indiana Jones
and The Last Crusade (1989).
River phoenix won and/or was nominated awards for his roles in;
| 1989 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Running on Empty (1988). |
| 1989 | Nominated | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Running on Empty (1988). |
| 1992 | Won | Independent Spirit Award | Best Male Lead for: My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
| 1988 | Won | NBR Award | Best Supporting Actor for: Running on Empty (1988). |
| 1992 | Won | NSFC Award | Best Actor for: My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
| 1991 | 2nd place | NYFCC Award | Best Actor for: My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
| 1991 | Won | Volpi Cup | Best Actor for: My Own Private Idaho (1991). |
| 1988 | Won | Young Artist Award | Best Young Male Superstar in Motion Pictures for: The Mosquito Coast (1986). |
| 1987 | Won | Jackie Coogan Award | for: Stand by Me (1986). Shared with:Wil Wheaton Corey Feldman Jerry O'Connell |
| 1986 | Won | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Special or Mini-Series for: Surviving (1985) (TV). |
| Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor - Motion Picture for: Explorers (1985). | |||
| 1985 | Nominated | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor in a Family Film Made for Television for: "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972). Shared with:Joaquin Phoenix For episode "Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (#12.6)". |
| 1984 | Won | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor in a Drama Series for: "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1982). |
| 1983 | Nominated | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor in a New Television Series for: "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1982). |
River Phoenix was the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Summer Phoenix and Liberty Phoenix. He was an actor, musician and environmental, animal rights and political activist. Phoenix was born as River Jude Bottom on August 23, 1970, in Madras, Oregon.
'The Viper Room'
On Halloween night in 1993 River Phoenix went with his friends to Johnny Depp's nightclub The Viper Room. At 1:00am he was offered hit of heroin, after snorting the heroin he began shaking violently and vomited. One of his friends gave him a Valium to calm him down. After taking the Valium River went to the bar to tell his sister Rain that he couldn't breathe when he passed out. When he awoke he asked his friend to take him outside where the seizures started again. River's brother Joaquin called 911 on a payphone. At 1:14 he went into full cardiac arrest when they reached the hospital he was still warm but his skin was blue. River was pronounced dead due to Heroin and Cocaine overdose at 1:51 am on October 31, 1993.
Screen shot of River Phoenix in 'Dark Blood'
Screen shot of River Phoenix in 'Dark Blood'
But his work lives on just 3 days ago his last ever film 'Dark Blood' premiered at a film festival in America, 20 years after it was filmed.
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