Gavin Edwards

Last Night at the Viper Room (eBook, ePUB)

River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A biography elucidating the Academy Award-nominee's meteoric rise, his tragic end, and his legacy. At the dawn of the 1990s, a new crew of leading men-Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, and Brad Pitt-was rocketing toward stardom. River Phoenix, however, stood in front of the pack. But behind Phoenix's talent and beautiful public face was a young man who had been raised in a cult by nonconformist parents, who was burdened with supporting his family from a young age, and who eventually succumbed to addiction, dying of an overdose in front of the Viper Room, West Hollywood's storied club, at twenty-three. Last Night at the Viper Room is part biography, part cultural history of the 1990s, and part celebration of a Hollywood icon gone too soon. Full of interviews from his fellow actors, directors, friends, and family, this book shows the role River Phoenix played in creating the place of the actor in our modern culture and the impact his work still makes today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: It Books
• Seitenzahl: 291
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062273192
• Artikelnr.: 39499231

Autorenporträt

Gavin Edwards is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone who has written five articles for the magazine about Blink-182 for the magazine since 1999. He is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their two sons.

Rezensionen

"Twenty years after his death, River Phoenix remains as enigmatic and elusive as ever. Last Night at the Viper Room tells the heart-shredding story of how this haunted actor left such a big impression in such a brief time." Rob Sheffield, New York Times bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape