November 1990 River returns to Portland, Oregon to join the cast of My Own Private Idaho . December 1990 Production of My Own Private Idaho moves to Seattle for two weeks before moving on to Rome, Italy. The year of Desert Storm. River has to be restrained after attacking and kicking a fan who tried to take his photograph. River returns to the family estate in Gainesville to celebrate his 21st birthday.
River attends the New York premier of Dogfight .
Filming begins in Los Angeles for Sneakers . The year of the Los Angeles Riots. March 1992 Production wraps on Sneakers . October 1992 River and his band plays a free concert at a pre-election rally in Gainesville for Presidential candidate Bill Clinton . The year River Phoenix died.