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The Phoenix Portal
The Phoenix Portal
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The Phoenix Portal

2005
5m
Science Fiction

Status

Released

Release

2005

Runtime

5m

Storyline

In this trans-temporal science fiction, a young River Phoenix from the film The Explorers (1985) opens a wormhole to contact his older self in My Own Private Idaho (1991). Haunted by the spectre of Phoenix's death in 1993, The Phoenix Portal summons the paranormal power of recorded media to collapse time and reanimate the dead.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
5m
Jan 1, 2005
Director
Soda Jerk

Top Cast

2 Cast Members

River Phoenix

River Phoenix

Wolfgang Müller / Michael "Mike" Waters (archive footage)

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke

Ben Crandall (archive footage)

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