Dark Blood is a film directed by George Sluizer, written by Jim Barton, and starring River Phoenix, Judy Davis, and Jonathan Pryce. The film wasn’t completed due to the death of Phoenix shortly ...

Excerpted from Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind by Gavin Edwards, out now from It Books/HarperCollins. River celebrated his 23 rd birthday—on Aug. 23 ...

His final film, Dark Blood, was completed in 2012. As River's legacy now lives on in his nephew, here is everything to know about the actor's quick rise to fame. River and Joaquin Phoenix.