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River Phoenix Biography
Los Angeles,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], California,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], United States Actor, musician, activist 1982 River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970 October 31, 1993) was an American film actor and teen icon. He was the oldest brother of actors Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. Phoenix began acting at age 10. He appeared in diverse roles, making his first notable appearance in the 1986 film Stand by Me, a well-received coming-of-age film based on a novella by Stephen King. Phoenix made a transition into more adult-oriented roles with Running on Empty (1988), playing the son of fugitive parents in a well-received performance that earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination, and My Own Private Idaho (1991), playing a gay hustler in search for his estranged mother. For his performance in the latter, Phoenix garnered enormous praise and won a Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival, along with Best Actor from the National Society of Film Critics. He was listed by John Willis as one of twelve "promising new actors of 1986" and was hailed as highly talented by such critics as Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. On October 31, 1993, Phoenix died of a drug overdose on the sidewalk outside the West Hollywood nightclub the Viper Room.[1] Contents [
Early life Phoenix was born as River Jude Bottom on August 23, 1970, in Madras, Oregon, the first child of Arlyn Sharon Dunetz and John Lee Bottom.[2] Phoenix parents named him after the river of life from the Hermann Hesse novel Siddhartha, and he received his middle name from The Beatles song "Hey Jude".[3] In an interview with People, Phoenix described his parents as "hippieish".[2] His mother was born in The Bronx, New York,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Hungary and Russia.[4][5] His father was a lapsed Catholic from Fontana, California,[4] and had a daughter from a previous relationship, Jodene, who later changed her name to Trust. In 1968, Phoenix mother left her family in New York City and travelled across the United States, meeting John Lee Bottom while hitchhiking in northern California. They married on September 13, 1969, less than one year after meeting. In 1973,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the family joined a religious cult called the Children of God as missionaries. While living in Crockett, Texas, their second child Rain Joan of Arc Bottom was born on November 21, 1972. Their third child was born on October 28, 1974, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as Joaquin Rafael Bottom.[6] On July 5, 1976, Libertad Mariposa Bottom was born, while the family had settled in Caracas, Venezuela, where the Children of God had stationed them to work as missionaries and fruit gatherers. Although John Bottom was later designated the cult "Archbishop of Venezuela and the Caribbean",[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], their family received no financial support from the group and lived in poverty. Phoenix often played guitar while he and Rain sang on street corners for money and food to support their ever-growing family. Arlyn and John eventually grew disillusioned with the Children of God; Arlyn would later tell a journalist that she and her husband were opposed to the cult practice of Flirty Fishing, stating: "The group was being distorted by the leader, David Berg, who was getting powerful and wealthy. He sought to attract rich disciples through sex. No way."[7] Fearing the cult was moving in a negative direction, the Bottom family left the group and stayed for a period with a church in Venezuela. It was during the last years in South America that the entire Phoenix family converted to veganism, encouraged by River and Joaquin, who had witnessed local fishermen methods of killing their catch.[8] The family eventually made the trip back to the United States by stowing away on a cargo ship. Upon their return, they moved in with Phoenix maternal grandparents in Florida. On December 10, 1978, Summer Joy Bottom was born in Winter Park, Florida. On April 2, 1979, the family officially changed their name to Phoenix, after the mythical bird that rises from its own ashes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], symbolizing a new beginning.[9] Acting career In Los Angeles, John Phoenix was working for a casting agent at NBC. He managed to secure his talented brood a meeting with top kids agent Iris Burton, who was so charmed by the family that she agreed to take on all five Phoenix children. In 1980, Phoenix began to fully pursue his work as an actor, making his first appearance on a TV show called Fantasy singing with his sister Rain.[6] In 1982, River was cast in the NBC short-lived TV series, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, in which he starred as the youngest brother, Guthrie McFadden. River, who arrived at the auditions with his guitar, promptly burst into a convincing Elvis Presley impersonation, charming the show producer.[10] It would be almost a year after Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ended in 1983 that River would find a new role in the 1984 made-for-TV movie Celebrity, where he played the part of young Jeffie Crawford. Although he was only on screen for about ten minutes, his character was a central role.[11] Less than a month after Celebrity came the after school show Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia. River starred as a young boy who discovers he has dyslexia. Joaquin starred in a small role alongside his brother. In September, the pilot episode of the short-lived TV series It Your Move aired. River was cast as Brian and only has one line of dialogue. He also starred as Robert Kennedy son,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Robert Kennedy, Jr. in the TV movie Robert Kennedy and His Times. When River role in Dyslexia was critically acclaimed,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he was almost immediately cast as a major role in his next made-for-TV movie, Surviving: A Family in Crisis. River starred as Philip Brogan alongside Molly Ringwald and the late Heather O It would be halfway during the filming of Surviving that Iris Burton would contact him about a possible role in the film Explorers.[12] In October 1984, River was informed that he had been cast as the geeky boy-scientist Wolfgang M in Joe Dante large-budget science-fiction film Explorers and production began soon after. Released in the summer of 1985, this was River first major motion picture role. In October 1986, Phoenix co-starred alongside Tuesday Weld and Geraldine Fitzgerald in the acclaimed CBS television movie Circle of Violence: A Family Drama, which told the tragic story of domestic elder abuse. Filmed only shortly before Stand By Me was to be released in theaters, Circle of Violence would be Phoenix last television role that he would film before achieving feature film stardom. He had significant juvenile roles in Rob Reiner coming of age picture Stand By Me (1986) which first brought Phoenix to public prominence; Peter Weir The Mosquito Coast (1986), where Phoenix played the son of Harrison Ford character; A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); and Little Nikita (1988) alongside Sidney Poitier. During this time, the Phoenix family would continue to move on a regular basis and would notch up over forty moves by the time Phoenix was 18. After completing his sixth feature film, Sidney Lumet Running on Empty (1988) the family made their last move to Micanopy, near Gainesville, Florida in 1987. In early 1989, Phoenix was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (as well as for a Golden Globe) and received the Best Supporting Actor honor from the National Board of Review for his role in Running on Empty. That year he also portrayed a young Indiana Jones in the box-office hit Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Phoenix met actor Keanu Reeves while Reeves was filming Parenthood with Phoenix brother,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Joaquin. The two would star together for the first time (along with Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman and Joan Plowright) in 1990 I Love You to Death and again in Gus Van Sant avant-garde film My Own Private Idaho. In his review for Newsweek, David Ansen praised Phoenix performance: "The campfire scene in which Mike awkwardly declares his unrequited love for Scott is a marvel of delicacy. In this, and every scene, Phoenix immerses himself so deeply inside his character you almost forget you seen him before: it a stunningly sensitive performance, poignant and comic at once". For his role in My Own Private Idaho, Phoenix won Best Actor honors at the Venice Film Festival, the National Society of Film Critics and the Independent Spirit Awards. The film and its success solidified Phoenix image as an actor with edgy, leading man potential. Marine on the night prior to his being shipped off to Vietnam in November 1963. Phoenix teamed up with Redford and again with Sidney Poitier for the conspiracy/espionage thriller Sneakers (1992). A month later he would begin production on Sam Shepard art-house, ghost western Silent Tongue (which would be released in 1994). He then appeared in Peter Bogdanovich country music-themed film, The Thing Called Love (1993),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the last completed picture before his death. Music
Although Phoenix movie career was generating most of the income for his family, it has been stated by close friends and relatives that his true passion was music. I fell into commercials for financial reasons and acting became an attractive concept." Prior to securing an acting agent, Phoenix and his siblings had attempted to forge a career in music by playing cover songs on the streets of the Westwood district of LA, often being moved along by police because of the gathering crowds who obstructed the pavement. Whilst working on A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon in 1986, Phoenix had written and recorded a song, "Heart to Get," specifically for the end credits of the movie. 20th Century Fox cut it from the completed film, but director William Richert put it back into place for his director cut some years later. It was during filming that Phoenix met Chris Blackwell of Island Records, this meeting would later secure Phoenix a two-year development deal with the label. Phoenix disliked the idea of being a solo artist and relished collaboration and so focused on putting together a band. Aleka Attic were formed in 1987 and the line up included his sister Rain.[13] Phoenix was committed to gaining credibility by his own merit and so he maintained that the band would not use his name when securing performances that were not benefits for charitable organizations. Phoenix first release was the Way, co-written with band mate Josh McKay, which was released in 1989 on a benefit album for PETA titled "Tame Yourself." In 1991 River wrote and recorded a spoken word piece called "Curi Curi" for Milton Nascimento album TXAI. Also in 1991 the Aleka Attic track "Too Many Colors" was lent to the soundtrack of Gus Van Sant My Own Private Idaho a film which included Phoenix in a starring role. In 1996 the Aleka Attic track Note To A Friend was released on the 1996 benefit album In Defense Of Animals; Volume II and featured Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers on bass. Phoenix had collaborated with friend John Frusciante after his first departure from Red Hot Chili Peppers and the songs "Height Down" and "Well I Been" were released on Frusciantes second solo album Smile From The Streets You Hold in 1997. The title track may also be an ode to Phoenix. Phoenix was an investor in the original House of Blues (founded by his good friend and Sneakers co-star Dan Aykroyd) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which opened its doors to the public after serving a group of homeless people on Thanksgiving Day 1992.[14][dead link] Activism Phoenix was a dedicated animal rights, environmental and political activist. He was a prominent spokesperson for PETA and won their Humanitarian award in 1990 for his fund-raising efforts.[15] Also in 1990, for Earth Day, Phoenix wrote an environmental awareness essay targeted at his young fanbase, which was printed in Seventeen magazine. He financially aided a slew of environmental and humanitarian organizations and bought 800acres (320 ha) of endangered rainforest in Costa Rica.[16] As well as giving speeches at rallies for various groups, he and his band often played environmental benefits for well known charities and also that of local ones around Gainesville, Florida.[17] Death Prior to his death, Phoenix image he bemoaned in interviews been squeaky-clean, due in part to the public discussion of his various social, political, humanitarian and dietary interests not always popular in the 1980s; as a result, his death elicited a vast amount of coverage from the media at the time. To this day, most family and friends remain silent on the subject.[18]
The Viper Room on Sunset Strip
On the evening of October 30,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 1993, Phoenix was to perform with his close friend Michael "Flea" Balzary from the Red Hot Chili Peppers onstage at the Viper Room, a Hollywood night club partly owned at the time by actor Johnny Depp.[19] Phoenix had returned to Los Angeles early that week from Utah to complete the three weeks of interior shots left on his last (and, uncompleted) project Dark Blood.[20] His younger sister Rain and brother Joaquin had flown out to join him at his hotel. Phoenix girlfriend Samantha Mathis had also come to meet him, and all would be present at the scene of Phoenix death.[21] At some point in the evening, Phoenix went to the bathroom to take drugs with various friends and dealers.[22] It is frequently reported that an acquaintance or dealer offered him Persian Brown (a powerful form of heroin mixed with methamphetamine[23], which is commonly snorted); his autopsy report revealed lethal doses of cocaine,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], morphine (heroin metabolizes to morphine and shows up as such in the blood), as well as diazepam, ephedrine and marijuana.[24] Soon after consuming a combination of heroin and cocaine he became ill, and somebody reportedly gave him diazepam, as it is commonly used to counter-act the effects of a stimulant overdose. However, because he had consumed heroin the treatment is thought to have been counter productive, as diazepam further enhances the effects of heroin.[22] During the early morning hours of October 31, 1993, Phoenix collapsed outside the club from a drug overdose of heroin and cocaine (known as a speedball) further amplified by the administration of diazepam. He convulsed for five minutes. When his brother Joaquin called 9-1-1, he was unable to determine whether River was breathing. Sister Rain Phoenix proceeded to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to no avail.[citation needed] During the episode, Johnny Depp and his band P (featuring Flea and Phoenix friend Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers) were onstage. According to Haynes the band was in the middle of their song, "Michael Stipe", which includes the line "but we didn have a part, not a piece of our heart, not Michael,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], River Phoenix or Flea or me.",[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], while Phoenix was outside the venue having seizures on the sidewalk.[dubious discuss][25] When the news filtered through the club, Flea left the stage and rushed outside. Paramedics had arrived on the scene and found Phoenix in a flatline state, and they administered drugs in an attempt to restart his heart. He was rushed to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, accompanied by Flea, via an ambulance. Further attempts to resuscitate Phoenix (including the insertion of a pacemaker) were unsuccessful. PST on the morning of October 31, 1993.[26] The following day the club became a makeshift shrine with fans and mourners leaving flowers, pictures and candles on the sidewalk and graffiti messages on the walls of the venue.[27] A sign was placed in the window that read, "With much respect and love to River and his family, The Viper Room is temporarily closed. Our heartfelt condolences to all his family,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], friends and loved ones. He will be missed." [28] The club remained closed for a week. Depp continued to close the club every year on October 31 until selling his share in 2004.[29]
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