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Aug 22, 1986 · Stand by Me: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell. A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He began his acting career at age 10 in television commercials. [2] His early film roles include Explorers (1985), Stand by Me (1986), and The Mosquito Coast (1986).
Kiefer Sutherland says, possibly anecdotally, that during the shoot River Phoenix was learning guitar and heard him playing ‘Stand By Me’. They played it together and Reiner walked past saying he loved that song.
Jun 17, 2024 · River Phoenix (born August 23, 1970, Madras, Oregon, U.S.—died October 31, 1993, Los Angeles, California) was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the films Stand by Me (1986), Running on Empty (1988), and My Own Private Idaho (1991).
Apr 2, 2014 · River Phoenix was an American actor who had his breakthrough film role in Stand by Me, based on the novella by Stephen King. He earned an Academy Award nomination for Sydney Lumet's Running...
His parents encouraged all of their children to get into movies and, by age ten, River was acting professionally on TV. His film debut was in Explorers (1985), followed rapidly by box-office successes with Stand by Me (1986) and The Mosquito Coast (1986), and as young Indiana in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
Gordie : [Voice breaking] He hates me! Chris : No! He just doesn't know you. Teddy : This is my age! I'm in the prime of my youth, and I'll only be young once! Chris : Yeah, but you're gonna be stupid for the rest of your life.
Jul 28, 2016 · It’s been three decades since “Stand By Me” became the little drama that could, catapulting River Phoenix to stardom, establishing Rob Reiner as a director on the rise, and racking up big...
Aug 23, 2021 · 35 years ago, a Rob Reiner classic hit theaters and helped build the short but vital career of actor River Phoenix. This is Stand by Me revisited.
Apr 21, 2023 · River Phoenix was the older brother of several actor siblings, most famously Joker star Joaquin Phoenix. Following his first major role in Stand by Me , he starred in a number of films including Running on Empty (which earned him an Academy Award nomination at 18) and My Own Private Idaho.
