Stand by Me
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959. Stand by Me stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell as four boys who set out on a journey to find the dead body of a missing boy. The film's title is derived from the 1961 song of the same name by Ben E. King, which plays during the film's closing credits.
Plot
In 1985, writer Gordon "Gordie" Lachance reads a newspaper article that attorney Chris Chambers was murdered. In an extended flashback, Gordie recounts a Labor Day weekend in 1959, when he was 12 years old:
Awards
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| author | Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon Stephen King |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Oregon |
| director | Rob Reiner |
| editor | Robert Leighton |
| events | death dysfunctional family friendship male bonding mourning puberty self-discovery |
| genre | adventure comedy-drama |
| keywords | best friend bully camp castor oil colt .45 cry drive father ted guard dog labor day law school m1911 pistol meet mentally ill morning murder newspaper article older brother question stab steal stolen car town bully train tracks vomit walk war veteran warn yankees baseball cap |
| musicBy | Jack Nitzsche |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Andrew Scheinman Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon |
| productionCompany | Act III Communications |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | coming-of-age independent road movie teen drama |