River Phoenix
Born: August 23, 1970, Madras, Oregon, United States
Died: October 31, 1993, West Hollywood, California, United States
Height: 1.78 m
Siblings: Joaquin Phoenix, Rain Phoenix, Summer Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, Jodean Bottom
Parents; : John Lee Bottom, Arlyn Phoenix
The actor’s final film and the Halloween he went to the Viper Room.
xcerpted from Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind by Gavin Edwards, out now from It Books/HarperCollins.
River celebrated his 23rd birthday—on Aug. 23, 1993—and then flew down to Costa Rica with all his siblings and his father. John was opening a vegan restaurant, but his real agenda was to get his children, especially River, to leave behind the corruption of the USA and live by the Phoenix family values again. John explained, “The idea was for them to spend more time here, helping with the cooking, making music, writing, harvesting the organic fruit, and living off the land like we used to.”
John implored River to get out of the movie business before it ate him up. Eventually, River acceded, either because John had convinced him or because he was tired of arguing about it. But he had to fulfill his agreements, he told his father: He had signed contracts to appear in Dark Blood and Interview with the Vampire, and he had promised William Richert that he would be in his version of The Man in the Iron Mask. After he made those three films, he could quit and move down to Costa Rica.
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