River Phoenix

Date of Birth

1970-08-23

Date of Death

1993-10-31

Place of Birth

Metolius, Oregon USA

Known for

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Stand by Me, My Own Private Idaho, I Love You to Death, Sneakers

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Awesome Art’s Tribute To Stephen King with Carrie, IT, The Long Walk, Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining

Posted 8 months ago

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Justin “The Housebear” Froning

Posted 1 year ago

For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Barret Chapman (+ Giveaway)

Posted 2 years ago

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Kiefer Sutherland takes credit for Stand By Me title change

Posted 2 years ago

Stand By Me co-star Kiefer Sutherland says he gave Rob Reiner the idea of changing Stephen King’s source story title.

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WTF Happened to Stand By Me?

Posted 3 years ago

We take a look at a beloved eighties classic, Stand By Me, based on the novella by Stephen King, and starring Will Wheaton and River Phoenix.

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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Blake Armstrong

Posted 4 years ago

Theodore For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month...

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Joe Dante’s Explorers (1985): The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 5 years ago

Chris They don’t make movies for kids like they used to. I know, that makes me sound really old, but the 1980s saw the release of more live action family fare from major studios than we have seen in the...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Candyman, They Live, The Warriors

Posted 5 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

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Sneakers (1992) – The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 5 years ago

Chris In 1992, Universal released the star-studded techno-thriller Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, Ben Kingsley, and the late, great River Phoenix. Cutting edge thirty years ago, nowadays it’s a fun-filled relic of its...

The Mosquito Coast trailer: Justin Theroux takes his family on the run

Posted 5 years ago

Paul Theroux's best-selling novel The Mosquito Coast was previously adapted into a feature-film starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and River Phoenix in 1986, and now the story will be heading to the small-screen in the form of a new series...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Black Widow, Fight Club, The Joker

Posted 6 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Cary Fukunaga & David Lowery team up to develop TV pilot based on Explorers

Posted 8 years ago

I had actually completely forgotten about Joe Dante's EXPLORERS until just this moment, but it all came flooding back immediately. The 1985 coming-of-age sci-fi film starred Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, and Jason Presson as three young teenagers who came together...