Last night at the Viper Room : River Phoenix and the Hollywood he left behind
by
Edwards, Gavin, 1968-
Title
:
Last night at the Viper Room : River Phoenix and the Hollywood he left behind
Author
:
Edwards, Gavin, 1968-
ISBN
:
9780062273154
9780062313867
Personal Author
:
Edwards, Gavin, 1968-
Edition
:
First edition.
Physical Description
:
xiv, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Contents
:
"When you're young, you just accept what grown-ups tell you" -- "I'm going to be famous" -- "An excuse to get that far out of your head" -- "We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes" -- "Barreling through someone's psychosis" -- "I don't want you to die" -- Epilogue.
Abstract
:
In Last Night at the Viper Room, acclaimed author and journalist Gavin Edwards vividly recounts the life and tragic death of acclaimed actor River Phoenix--a teen idol on the fast track to Hollywood royalty who died of a drug overdose in front of West Hollywood's storied club, the Viper Room, at the age of 23. Last Night at the Viper Room explores the young star's life, including his childhood in Venezuela growing up under the aegis of the cultish Children of God. Putting him at the center of a new generation of leading men emerging in the early 1990's--including Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage, and Leonardo DiCaprio--Gavin Edwards traces the Academy Award nominee's meteoric rise, couches him in an examination of the 1990s, and illuminates his lasting legacy on Hollywood and popular culture itself.
Personal Subject
:
Phoenix, River.
Subject Term
:
Actors -- United States -- Biography.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| VC Cape Town | General Books | 000121849 | 791.43 EDW | 1 |