Ethan Hawke met river River Phoenix when he was 14 and stayed close friends with the actor until he died of an overdose at 23 Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

This space adventure stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix as misfit best friends whose dreams of space travel become a reality when they create an interplanetary spacecraft in their homemade ...

River Phoenix was an American actor and musician. His most famous films include My Private Idaho (1991), Stand By Me (1986) and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989). In 1989, Phoenix received ...