Last Film from River Phoenix 'Dark Blood', Completed Ready for Premiere in Sept.

 Late actor River Phoenix's last film Dark Blood will premiere at a Dutch film festival nearly two decades after his death.

The film which remained untouched following Phoenix's death in 1993 but now it has been revealed that it will be screened on Thursday September 27. 

The film which was finalised in January was left incomplete until the Dutch director, Sluizer's health problems encouraged him to start up post production two years ago.

Speaking to AFP, his daughter Anouk Sluizer said: 'My father is ill and he decided to resume the movie's post-production after almost 20 years'.

She added: 'he had shot about 81 percent and there was enough material to make a suspenseful movie.'

Phoenix died on October 31, 1993 following a drugs overdose at The Viper Room, a Hollywood night club partly owned at the time by actor Johnny Depp.

The 23-year-old had returned to Los Angeles from Utah to complete the three weeks of interior shots left on Dark Blood the week he died.

Due to take the stage at the nightclub alongside his close friend Michael 'Flea' Balzary of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phoenix was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after he collapsed and was pronounced dead at 1:51am.

Promising star: At the time of his death Phoenix was compared to the late James Dean who died in 1955

Accomplished: Dutch director George Sluizer 

In the film Dark Blood, Phoenix plays a character called Boy who is a young widower who retreats into the desert to live a reclusive life after his wife died as a result of nuclear testing.

Boy saves a stranded couple on their second honeymoon, only to keep them hostage as he falls in love with the female lead character played by Judy Davis.

 

 

According to reports Sluizer had hoped that River's younger brother Joaquin Phoenix would help complete the film by offering over his voice.

But a spokesperson for the family told Deadline.com: 'Joaquin Phoenix and his family have not been in communication with the director nor will they participate in any way'.

However Anouk explained: 'My father had to find a creative solution, about which I cannot say much as there is an element of surprise.’ 

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