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River Phoenix’s Final Film Dark Blood Will Be Released After 18 Years
When River Phoenix died of a drug overdose outside The Viper Room in 1993, he was midway through production on a film called Dark Blood. The movie’s director George Sluizer hid the existing footage, fearing for some reason that it would be destroyed. Now, George has recut the flick and added in some voice over, and he plans to release the film next year — eighteen years after it was shot. More »
River Phoenix Has Always Been Dead, and 8 Other Pop Culture Teachings from Beloit College’s Depressing ‘Mindset List’
Since 1998, Beloit College in Wisconsin has issued a “Mindset List” to its professors for each incoming class. It’s basically a look into the students’ minds in terms of pop culture, celebrities, and technology — its sole purpose is to ensure that professors don’t make dated references that will confuse the new freshmen. This is kind of depressing and like that M. Night Shyamalan movie The Village, right? More »
Camp Week Gallery: Happy Birthday, River Phoenix
The absurdly talented and beautiful River Phoenix would have been 31 today. Stand By Me is one of my very favorite movies of all time, and, appropriately enough for our theme week, it’s about camping. In fact, it turns out several of River’s characters made their beds on the dirt — so here some photos of the dearly-missed actor out in the wild. More »
Celebrity Lookalikes: ‘Stand By Me’ Actors Then and Now
Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of Stand By Me, the incredible Stephen King adaptation that has been one of my absolute favorite movies since I was a kid. It’s just perfect. And is there a movie quote in the world better than this exchange?:
“Alright, alright, Mickey’s a mouse, Donald’s a duck, Pluto’s a dog. What’s Goofy?”
“Yeah, man, what the hell is Goofy?”
Here’s a look at the stars of the film, then and today:: More »
Celebrity Quote of the Day: Joaquin Phoenix
When asked about his brother River, who died an untimely death by drug overdose:
Joaquin Phoenix is relieved his brother, River Phoenix’s, death occurred before all of us damned gossip bloggers started reporting on every last bit of Hollywood scandal.
He says, “When my brother passed it was toward the end of an era. If it had happened much later, it would have been on a lot of f**king blogs.
“The amount of… More »