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 Gordie Lachance reads a newspaper article about a fatal stabbing involving his childhood best friend, Chris Chambers. He recalls an incident from when he was 12 years old when he, Chris, and two other friends, Teddy Duchamp and Vern Tessio, went searching for the body of a missing boy named Ray Brower near the town of Castle Rock, Oregon, during Labor Day weekend in 1959. As a child, Gordie's parents largely ignored him as they grieved the death of their elder son, Denny. Unlike their parents, Denny had paid attention to Gordie.
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 big brother boys camp bully car theft castor oil discover drift apart even fight in a restaurant gun fire hike jump kill labor day married mentally ill new york yankees newspaper article odd job older brother phone call poor eyesight present day search stab stabbed to death steal struggle talk trespass vomit warn yankee |
| 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 high school independent teen drama transport |