Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind by Gavin Edwards
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, Last Night at the Viper Room 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.
Format: Paperback | 288 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 13.4 x 1.7 | 248g
Publication Date: 14 Dec 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Dey Street Books
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Illustrations note: illustrations
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0062273175
ISBN13: 9780062273178
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including minor scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.