River phoenix movie surviving
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Every River Phoenix Movie, Ranked
River Phoenix was born on August 23, 1970, in Madras, Oregon, the eldest of 5 siblings. Phoenix's family moved across the country when he was very young and at times, in the actor's own words, they lived in a "desperate situation." Phoenix often played guitar while he and his sister sang on street corners for money and food, and he never attended formal school. While the family were living in Westwood, LA, talent agent Iris Burton spotted Phoenix and his siblings singing for spare change and became so enamored she offered them representation.
Phoenix's acting career began at age 10 with a few TV commercials and a couple of years later, he was cast in the CBS series Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, playing the youngest brother, Guthrie McFadden. His big breakthrough came in 1986 with Rob Reiner's popular coming-of-age film Stand by Me, based on the book by Stephen King. Phoenix went on to earn sixteen feature film credits and numerous accolades, but his life was cut tragically short when he passed away on October 31, 1993, at the age of 23.
Phoenix was scheduled to appear in Neil Jordan's highly acclaimed,Interview with a Vampire, a role that Christian Slater stepped into. Slater dedicated his entire $250k earnings to two of
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Surviving: A Race in Crisis
1985 television film
| Surviving: A Family featureless Crisis | |
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1993 VHS busybody cover retitled Tragedy. | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Joyce Eliason |
| Directed by | Waris Hussein |
| Starring | Zach Galligan Molly Ringwald Ellen Burstyn Len Cariou Marsha Mason Paul Sorvino River Phoenix Heather O'Rourke |
| Theme congregation composer | James Horner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Executive producers | Frank Konigsberg Larry Sanitsky |
| Producer | Hunt Lowry |
| Production locations | Bone weather Joint Dispensary - 1111 N. Educator, Oklahoma Socket, Oklahoma Lake Hefner Dam, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Piedmont, Oklahoma Village Protestant Church - 10600 N. May Guide, The Hamlet, Oklahoma |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Editors | Leslie Dennis Bracken Kurt Bullinger John F. Burnett |
| Running time | 118 minutes |
| Production companies | Telepictures Warner Bros. Television |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | February 10, 1985 (1985-02-10) |
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River Phoenix sadly was one of those actors whose career burned bright for only a few years and then ended way before its time when he died in 1993 at age 23.
Phoenix and his siblings (including Joaquin Phoenix) began acting as children. He found his first job in a television show based on the popular film “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” That show only ran for one season, but Phoenix would continue to work on TV for the next few years. In 1985 he would have his breakthrough in a supporting role in an acclaimed all-star (Ellen Burstyn, Marsha Mason, Molly Ringwald) TV movie called “Surviving” and then that same year in his first feature film “Explorers.” The following year would mark an even bigger breakthrough when he starred in the sleeper hit “Stand by Me” as one of four childhood friends who go looking for a dead body.
That acclaim from that film would launch him into leading roles and two years later in 1988 he would earn an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for the film “Running on Empty.” As is often done with child and teenage performances, Phoenix was put in the supporting category. He would end up losing the award to Kevin Kline for “A Fish Called Wanda.” A few years later Phoenix would find another award caliber role in “My Own Private Idaho,”