Created to gather informations and pictures of River Phoenix found online. Here in this twitter account, we notify about any news and updates on him and his work.
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River and Joaquin Phoenix are in the Guinness World Records as the first brothers to receive Oscar nominations. River was nominated in 1989 (Running on Empty) and Joaquin in 2001 (Gladiator), both for Best Supporting Actor.
1 year ago today, Joaquin Phoenix mentioned River in his Oscar acceptance speech
“When he was 17, my brother wrote this lyric, he said 'run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.'”
River Phoenix with Lisa Bonet and baby Zoë Kravitz in the backstage of The Donahue Show back when they were guests on an episode to talk about the environment (April, 1990)
“He was a really special person, so original, unique, smart, talented, fiercely creative. Thoughtful. Brave. And funny. And dark. And light. It was great to have known him. To—yeah. Inspirational. Miss him.”
— Keanu Reeves on River Phoenix for Esquire (November 22, 2021)
“What's your most lasting memory from making this movie [My Own Private Idaho]?”
Keanu Reeves: River Phoenix
— Keanu Reeves for Esquire's “Explain This” in November 22, 2021
“When I think about it, River introduced me to every experience that helped to form the direction I took in my life. He was always encouraging me and sharing everything he had.” — Joaquin Phoenix
“Keany, he's a sweetheart. People don't understand him. He's on this earth, he's a together guy. He'll rule the world-very smart, indigenous, and very productive.” — River Phoenix
Happy Birthday, Keanu Reeves!
Q: How do you spend time between takes?
“All silly things. When River is bored he does imitations. He may speak with a strange accent and make his characters German... He always makes me laugh. He could become a comedian.” — Keanu Reeves (1991)
Actor Sean Connery dies today at the age of 90. He and River Phoenix, who died on the same day 27 years ago, were part of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as the father and the young version of Indiana
RIP Sean Connery
“The sudden death of River Phoenix was a shock and sadness greater than I can describe. We co-starred in 'My Own Private Idaho' and he became a soulmate who became intimate and died so quickly. He was the most beautiful friend in the world.” — Keanu Reeves on River Phoenix (1998)
“A box I’ve carried of you, for 28 years, a collage of our last 3 days, first time ever looking at these artifacts of you. ❤️” — Samantha Mathis via Instagram
“I had to stop River from running to hug Kevin, It never crossed his mind that he hadn’t won.”
— Heart Phoenix (River's mother about his reaction at the Oscars)
Happy Birthday, Joaquin! 🎉
“I’m a minor, stupid talent compared to my brother (Joaquin).” – River Phoenix
“I’m proud of my brother. I would never not want to be associated with him.” – Joaquin Phoenix
“I think it's very important for the gay community to have random characters that represent nothing more than people... I think it's part of a wave that will set a precedent of some sort so that you will no longer need a label.”
— River Phoenix (The Face, March 1992)
DEFINE BEST FRIEND
River: Someone you can tell all your secrets to. For me it’s a guy you enjoy being with, a guy you love and a guy you care about. Keanu is my buddy, dude
Keanu: I’ve always love you, River. River is my best friend and I don’t have many of them
#BestFriendsDay
“During a Nirvana concert in November, Kurt Cobain cursed those who ripped River Phoenix apart and wouldn’t let him be. He then dedicated a song to his memory. Now the same should be done for him”
- Spin Magazine, April 1994
"It really upsets me that we're trained from an early age to aspire to be the ideal man or the ideal woman. It's prejudice, really. (...) I would like to see more blacks in leading men's roles, to project a more realistic picture of who we are as a people. " - River Phoenix, 1988
“Every day of my life since I've finished My Own Private Idaho, at some point in the day, I find the conversation somehow goes back to that film because it was such a great experience. I just start getting all joyous about it and start blabbing about it.”
— River Phoenix (1991)
“I was in bed when I heard. It didn’t seem real at first. I didn’t really know him, but I wanted to cry- and I still do. There are scripts that come to me, and they say, ‘two young guys’. In my mind, I see River and me” — Leonardo DiCaprio
Happy Birthday, Leonardo DiCaprio!
New photo of River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves by Abigayle Tarsches
📸 abigayletarschesphoto: Another found slide from my archive that I shot on the set of "Mopi!" —
"This song is for River Phoenix"
After River's death, Kurt Cobain dedicated "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" for him on a Nirvana concert in December 30, 1993 at the Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA
“It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house.” — River Phoenix
#PrideMonth
River Phoenix with Keanu Reeves and Martha Plimpton attending the “My Own Private Idaho” Premiere at the 29th New York Film Festival in September 27, 1991. 30 years ago!
In the japanese photo book "Lonely Boy" published in 1993, there’s a tribute to River by Akimi Yoshida
She is the creator of the manga series Banana Fish (1985-1994). At a certain point in the story, she started to base her main character Ash Lynx on River’s features
"One thing I would like to do when I have the money is buy thousands of acres in the Brazilian rain forest and make a national park, so no one can bulldoze it to put a McDonald's there" - River Phoenix
#PrayForAmazonas