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Book vs. Movie: Stand By Me (The Body by Stephen King)

5/1/2012

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The Body Stephen King cover

Book vs. Movie
Stand By Me/The Body

Written by Stephen King and published in Different Seasons in 1982

Directed by Rob Reiner in 1986
Stand By Me movie cover
Of the movies I've written about for this feature thus far, this is the first one for which I listened to the entire director's commentary while looking at the changes. Rob Reiner's discussion of the film is just wonderful. It is a combination of talking about the film and a trip down memory lane for him as he talks about various things he added in from his own childhood and how making Stand By Me felt like a coming-of-age for him as a director, one towards doing projects he was passionate about.  He said that every actor that is in the movie was basically the only actor who came through auditions who could've played that particular part, which I can believe. The only actor who was a later addition was Richard Dreyfus, who went to high school with Reiner, as the narrator.  (the source for all of these comments is, obviously, Reiner's director's commentary) Interestingly, Reiner spoke about how Corey Feldman was the only child actor of that age who could harbor the anger that Teddy Duchamp has in the book. I totally agree with him on that note, though several of the other characterizations have changed somewhat from the book to the film.  Vern Tessio's (Jerry O'Connell) childhood pudginess adds a few chuckles to the film but he wasn't overweight in the book and he had a full head of hair and bad teeth. ("I brought the comb!" was invented for the film) And though they mention Teddy's father put his ear to a burner in the movie, the book finds him with further ear damage and a hearing aid which are not present in the film. King writes, "In spite of the glasses and the flesh-colored button always screwed into his ear, Teddy couldn't see very well and often misunderstood the things people said to him." (loc. 5540) At first I thought that this bit of misunderstanding was just transferred to Vern's character in the movie. After all, one of my favorite parts of the movie is the moment after the Lard Ass Hogan pie-eating contest story, when Vern inquires whether Hogan paid to get into the contest.  Vern's character adds much more comic relief to the film than he does in the book--in the book it is actually him who suggests that going to see a dead body "shouldn't be a party."  
Stand By Me train tracks
"Have gun, will travel, reads the card of a man..."
The group of four boys is perfect in the movie. They have a few more friends in the novella but they are just mentioned in side stories and they don't come with them to find Ray Brower's body so their absence from the film is natural. In The Body, the heat of the summer is stifling and everyone is sweating. The entire journey is made shirtless by all, and I'm sure no one wanted to film an entire movie where everyone was drenched with sweat the whole time, however realistic it might be. John Cusack's acting always made me ache for Gordie's loss of someone who was so supportive of him. I've always felt that you could see all the emotions on Wil Wheaton's face and the flashback memories of his brother combined with Wheaton's vacant look convey so much. 
Stand By Me Vern Tessio
It's hard to believe this is Jerry O'Connell
Chris Chambers
River Phoenix as Chris Chambers
Teddy Duchamp
Feldman as Teddy Duchamp
Gordie Lachance
Wil Wheaton as Gordie
When I hear anyone trivialize Stephen King's writing or scoff at genre fiction, it makes me sad. Exhibit A: 
"The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them-words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too lose to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear." (Different Seasons e-book: Loc. 5497) 
The screenplay, which was nominated for an Academy Award, lifts conversations and jokes straight from the novella, which I appreciated in The Shawshank Redemption and I appreciate here--King's writing just makes screenwriters' jobs easier in that respect. (though a challenge overall, I'm sure) The scene with the gun in the alley, the jokes in the treehouse ("How do you know when a Frenchman's been in your backyard? Well, your garbage cans are empty and your dog is pregnant."), and Vern's digging for pennies under the porch are all strictly from the novella. In reference to the quote above, the narrator of the novella talks about Gordie seeing the doe on the last morning of their trip, just as he does in the movie, and how that is his favorite memory from the trip because it was so perfect and clean and how it is "hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life." (Loc. 7510) This really resonated with me. Then again, I spend at least a solid minute a day staring at the sky through the evergreen trees in my yard.

The most jarring differences I noticed while reading were that Gordie's brother died in a military jeep accident whereas he died in a car accident in the movie, there is a short story included in the novella that I am so happy they left out of the film, there is a scene where all the boys think they see the ghost of Ray Brower in the woods, and the ending is different. (I'll go into that in a second) At first, I thought there was something wrong with my ebook because the aforementioned short story is more adult than much of the film. "Stud City" is a fairly graphic story written by the narrator (Gordon Lachance) when he was in college, and describes a young man devirginizing a girl and then arguing with his father and stepmother. The story is included to show the immaturity of some of the narrator's early published writing and how he integrated the feelings and effects of his brother's death into his writing. King's books are often set in Maine, but Stand By Me was moved to small-town Oregon. I don't find this change to have any detrimental effect to the film, as the feelings of nostalgia and remembering childhood friendships are going to happen no matter where the story is set. (plus, having been to both places, rural Oregon and rural Maine look pretty similar) I always assumed Gordie's nightmare on that final night was about the death of his brother but the novella has his character dreaming about he and his friends drowning after a conversation he had with Chris about how your friends can sink your future. And I think we can all thank some higher power (or the universe) that they did not include the leech on Gordie's testicles exploding in his hand in the movie. Some things can never be unseen.

Rob Reiner states in the director's commentary of the DVD that they were unsure what they would call the movie but they knew they wanted to use Ben E. King's song in the soundtrack. I don't blame them--how many songs can you think of that are so achingly sad? I totally shed some tears looking up the song on Youtube, but I suppose it doesn't help at all that I was listening to Reiner speak about River Phoenix and what a loss his death was to everyone.  Phoenix sold Chris Chambers' character down to the ground and I must admit that I often felt like Phoenix might've been a little like Chris Chambers in real life. One of my favorite scenes, which was lifted straight from the book, is when Chris talks to Gordie about what they'll do after the summer is over and how they'll get split up. Chris says, "I wish to f*ck I was your father!...You wouldn't go around talking about taking those stupid shop courses if I was! It's like God gave you something, all those stories you can make up, and He said, This is what we got for you kid. Try not to lose it. But kids lose everything unless somebody looks out for them and if your folks are too f*cked up to do it then maybe I ought to." (Loc. 1250) I always thought that scene was so profound--two 12-year-olds "getting" the inevitability of life for so many people and it goes on for a few pages in the novella. Two or three pages that are even better than the movie, which I didn't think was possible.

At the end of the movie, the boys get to the body, Ace and his friends come in their car, Gordie gets Chris's gun out of the bag and threatens them until they leave. Flash forward to them walking back into town and the voice over narrator talks about what happened to each character. In the novella, Gordie insults Ace and his friends and Chris gets the gun and threatens everyone. Afterward, Chris is very affected and they walk back the way they came. Each of the boys is jumped by Ace's crew and their injuries are discussed. The narrator talks about what happened to each character but it is different than the film--by the time the author wrote the story, Vern had died in a fire, Teddy died in a car accident, and Chris died in the knife altercation mentioned in the film. Vern's brother, Ace, and their friends have a lot more screen time than they do in the book, for sure. The movie is really Gordie's story, maybe even moreso than the book, so even though it was not the same, it was just as powerful and made Gordie's character express his pent up emotions. The ending quote of the film, "I never had any friends like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?" is such a perfect way to end the film. I'm not surprised it was King who wrote those words. The screenwriters lifted them from the middle of the novella and inserted them perfectly into the end of the script. Great choice, in my opinion.
Stand By Me Gordie Gun
It was Chris in the book.
Stand By Me has one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. It is definitely in my Top 10.  We had the cassette tape of it in the nineties and listened to it all the time--I'm fairly sure I know all the words from beginning to end and I don't skip any of the songs, which is rare.

Here's the playlist:
1. Buddy Holly - Everyday
2. Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
3. The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
4. The Del Vikings - Whispering Bells
5. The Silhouettes - Get A Job
6. The Chordettes - Lollipop
7. The Coasters - Yakety Yak
8. Jerry Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
9. The Bobbettes - Mr. Lee
10. Ben E. King - Stand By Me


*Special note: If you were ever wondering what the barf is in the pie-eating contest, it is large curd cottage cheese and blueberry pie filling. 
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"Practically perfect in every way."
(From Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers and directed by Robert Stevenson in 1964)
A very faithful (in the details or in spirit) adaptation.  We enjoyed it thoroughly. 
This is a case where I find both the book and the movie to be equally but slightly differently appealing. They are both universal stories of friendships and the movie does a great job adapting the story to screen, but there are several passages like the one I quoted above that are just so moving that no matter how much I loved the ending scene of Stand By Me, I can't rate it higher than the book. 

Have you read the book or seen the movie? What did you think of them? 
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46 Comments
VeganYANerds link
5/1/2012 11:36:58 am

I am just loving this feature, especially when it features Stephen King's work, Flann!

I have read The Body as part of Different Seasons and I can't for the life of me remember if I have seen the movie? You have convinced me to watch it and I really want to re-read Different Seasons :)

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/1/2012 12:38:45 pm

Oh man, if you can't remember the movie and haven't read the book in a while, you will absolutely love the film. Get it! Now I am really curious what you'll think when you do see it.

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Hailey
1/21/2017 11:16:13 am

I love the movie!!! I really wish that River Phoenix was still alive. I wouldve loved to see a Stand By Me reunion in the future with all of the cast

Maja link
5/1/2012 05:38:36 pm

I must have been living under a rock because I haven't read the book or seen the movie, but I'm in the mood for King these days. I was hoping I'd get to see young Kiefer Sutherland somewhere, but since he isn't on any of the pics in your post, I had to google him. That orange hair is just so adorable.
I really admire screenwriters brave enough to adapt King's work.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/1/2012 06:18:01 pm

I was just thinking that we should watch a movie together on Skype or just gchat through one. But I don't think this is it. It's one I like to listen to the words of--very contemplative. I really think you'd like it.

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Noelle link
5/1/2012 09:08:55 pm

Ahhh--- the "hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life" and the "Jesus, does anyone?" just kill me. I had the cassette tape soundtrack too! I really need to re-read (let alone read for the first time) more of King's works. Loved this Flannery.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/2/2012 03:14:27 am

I have tons of them left to read. Let me know if you ever want to read one together, Noelle!

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Rita J Webb link
5/1/2012 11:08:31 pm

Loved your post! I haven't watched the movie or read the book, but I sure would love to.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/2/2012 03:20:21 am

You have a lot of entertainment coming your way if you ever do, Rita:) I must've watched that movie just tens of times and it really never gets old.

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Missie, The Unread Reader link
5/2/2012 01:41:42 am

It's been years since I watched this film, and I've never read the book, which is obviously a major foul on my part, so these insights are eyeopening.

And thanks for reminding me about the soundtrack. It phenomenal.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/2/2012 03:21:32 am

It took me ages to link all those songs up because I just kept listening to them. That's not really a problem worth complaining about:)

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michelle link
5/2/2012 04:09:40 am

What a really beautiful and thoughtful post! This movie is one of my little brother's all time favorites and I recently borrowed it from him to re-watch. Isn't it odd how often Stephen King gets dismissed as a serious writer, yet so many really wonderful films are made from his work? Of course, most people don't know that it is his! (And the quote you chose is just perfect; so achingly true.)

I, too, had a real thing for this soundtrack. I put it up there with Dead Man Walking, Boys on the Side, and Now and Then on my soundtracks-most-listened-to list.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/2/2012 06:56:24 am

There's so much to identify with in this story, despite nearly every character being male. I always remember my friends from around that time and all the trouble we got into. It is especially bizarre to think of how much has changed from our childhood years to now (and even moreso from our parents' generation). I used to run about a mile through the woods to swim practice with my sister every day when we were about 6 and 8 and we'd just hang out at the pool with our friends playing cards and swimming all day and then come home at night to play night games like Release and Capture the Flag with our neighbors. I feel like parents are deemed negligent by their peers if kids aren't supervised 24/7 these days and we are always worried about danger everywhere. Maybe it isn't like that and I'm imagining it.

Also, I loved the Now and Then soundtrack as well. Knock three times on the ceiling if you waaaaant me.

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Lara
9/22/2016 06:13:01 am

I can totally relate to the different degrees of freedom from the 70s versus now. Images from my childhood: fireflies, skinned knees, lots of projects with construction paper and glue sticks, neighborhoods that didn't change. Now, for my kids: organized sports; academic stresses; more sports; lots of technology--good and bad.
I kind of wish that kids could bond in their own way, on their own timeline.

Giana
9/22/2016 06:15:55 am

I do feel like this movie can be relatable in certain aspects. Yet, I did not really relate to the boys wanting to go see the body in the first place.

Heidi link
5/2/2012 04:12:54 am

Flan, I loved this post. You already know I am a HUGE fan of Mr. King and this movie is probably one of my all time favs. I laughed to read that one of your favorite lines is mine as well.." Did Lard Ass have to pay to get into the pie eating contest?" Cracks me up. There is something so deeply personal about the story, I feel like it is a page from Mr. King's childhood.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/2/2012 06:59:19 am

I've wondered that as well, Heidi. I'm sure he integrates lots of tidbits from his life into his writing but I'm also sure that memories work far better in a story like The Body than they do in Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

I love Vern's character in the movie.

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Lara
9/22/2016 06:11:39 am

I can totally relate to the different degrees of freedom from the 70s versus now. Images from my childhood: fireflies, skinned knees, lots of projects with construction paper and glue sticks, neighborhoods that didn't change. Now, for my kids: organized sports; academic stresses; more sports; lots of technology--good and bad.
I kind of wish that kids could bond in their own way, on their own timeline.

Giana
9/22/2016 06:12:37 am

Heidi link
5/5/2012 12:35:45 am

I've been meaning to read The Body pretty much since I came to the realization that Stand By Me was based on it. I'll admit, I was one of those people who dismissed King and his books for a long time, not realizing that there's some amazing stuff in there if you can wade through some of the junk (considering his self-effacing attitude when he gets all meta in The Dark Tower series, I think it is fair to say not everything he's written was great).

I love this movie so much though, it is such a great coming of age tale. I remember seeing Now and Then first when I was a kid, and thinking this was like the 'boy' version of that movie, and being pretty bitter when I also acknowledged that Stand By Me is such a better movie. Still, this one goes down as one of the greatest coming of age movies about friendship ever made for me, along with The Sandlot. Great post!

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/7/2012 11:59:24 am

Now and Then is a totally underrated movie, though. So many important and serious plot points in that. I agree--everything that King has written isn't amazing, but a ton of it is. I hope you've read all the Bachman books!

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Belle link
5/7/2012 11:23:18 am

I loooooove Stand by Me but I've never read the book. I really want to - although it sounds a bit depressing that they all end up dead!

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
5/7/2012 12:01:12 pm

I think the movie is much, much sadder than the book, Belle. If you can make it through the film without crying, you'll do fine with the novella. I think what makes the movie so achingly sad is how much the child actors brought to the characters. When you actually see River Phoenix walking away as Gordie talks about his death--that's it. Cue tears.

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Cassi Haggard link
5/12/2012 02:20:00 am

I have never read the book because I love this movie so much. It's one of my favorite films. I've always loved River Phoenix and find it so sad how he died so young.

Maybe I ought to give the book a chance.

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Jim
10/8/2013 04:33:01 am

Your review is very good. I've just finished reading "The Body". I've thought the "Stand by Me" film 4 times already and I decided to buy the book because I really loved the movie. I also really liked the novella.

There is just one think I didn't understand and I hope someone in hre could explain to me! In chapter 24 of the novella Gordie first mentions his 3 friends' death. "At an age when all four of us would be considered too young and immature to be President, three of us are dead. And if small events really do echo up larger and larger through time, yes, maybe if we had done the simple thing and simply hitched into Harlow, they would still be alive today."

Though,I can't see how their decision not to hitch-hike is connected to Vern,Teddy and Chris's death...Could anyone help me with that?

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Jim
10/8/2013 04:33:52 am

*I've seen the film 4 times

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Trish
4/24/2014 04:41:25 pm

I don't know if you clicked "notify" so that you would know if you got answers all these months later, Jim, but I hope so.

I think the connection is that the journey taught them to live on the edge of life and death in a way that hitching a quick ride would not have. This experience as boys made them the men they would be. It made Gordie a reflective storyteller. It made the others into risk-takers.

Don't we all have events we look back on that, for good or for ill, have shaped who we are and conditioned our later choices?

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Trish (again)
4/24/2014 04:42:45 pm

(I think I forgot to click "notify" myself, so I'm doing it on this reply instead!)

:)
4/4/2018 07:16:45 am

I think he meant if they were more careful. To risk your life like that says a lot about your personality. But I'm not sure though. :)

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:)
4/4/2018 07:21:43 am

It's me again. I didn't see that someone before me. But we basically said the same. At least I think so.

Victor Mendez
10/12/2014 02:46:17 pm

I have seen this movie and am able to somewhat relate to it. My name is Victor Mendez, and I was hit by a train in Whittier California in 1989. There has been quite a few times that people have told me that my train accident sounds like the movie stand by me. You remember the part when gordie is running from the train on the bridge. Well it was kind of like that accept I actually got hit and fell off head first onto concrete and survived. You could look up my article on the internet. Just type in 12 year old Whittier boy hit by train. For anybody that does not believe in miracles, I am living proof that miracles do exist and because and only because of the Lord I am still here.

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Victor Mendez
10/13/2014 04:19:19 pm

I also did not click on notify so I am doing it here

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Ian
1/31/2016 12:15:50 pm

I have recently re-read and re-watched the book and the movie and absolutely love them all over again. They really do remind me of times when I was younger and the adventures that I had with my friends (thankfully, not to view a body). Both the book and movie share humour, bitter-sweet and innocent moments, but also the horrors of life as a youngster in a big bad world and the eventual passing of friendships into obscurity and the eventual loss. One thing that intrigued me, later on in the novella is that what happened to Ray may not have been all it seemed. I wonder if others have felt that Stephen King had other ideas of exactly what happened and how, rather than him simply being hit by a train. Why exactly was Ray where he was? His berry can was never found. How did he not hear, see or feel a train coming along the track? Why did he not avoid it? I know life is really like that and sometimes there are no answers, but the way that part of the story is written caused me to think that something else had occurred. Anyway, I don't expect anyone to read this anytime soon... Great article here BTW.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
1/31/2016 12:54:05 pm

Hi Ian,
Though we haven't updated this website in quite some time, I do get notifications when people leave comments. I went back and read what I'd written and thought about your comment while I was reading it. I have to admit--I've never thought about Ray's actual death beyond how utterly sad it was that he was alone and not found for so long. And also how realistic but disheartening it is that we treat unknown people's deaths as somewhat of a spectacle and the lives lost of only those who are close to us or ours as something serious. As for your comment, yes, I do believe that King might've had another story in mind for how Ray died. You're right that he should've heard the train coming. I suppose I always just thought he had a radio with him when he was fishing and just didn't hear it. But I really wouldn't be surprised if something sinister was the actual cause of death. King writes amazing scary stories but I think he does equally well writing fictionalized versions of very real horrors.

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William Thomas Lawrence
9/22/2016 06:11:21 am

This shit is so dope homie i would read this book and watch this movie alot of times ya feel me Dawg?
i dont know how to read very well but i liked the movie alot and would give will weaton a ten out of a ten on the weaton scale, also woudl highly recomend corey Feldmans music.

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The Real Will Lawrence
9/22/2016 06:12:18 am

This man is an imposter.

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Ben
9/22/2016 06:14:13 am

this was posted by accident

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ben sarcione
9/22/2016 06:13:27 am

i highly enjoyed this movie and would recommend it to anyone, i have seen this movie and read the book many times and have loved it everytime.

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Abby
9/22/2016 06:14:51 am

I just watched the film for the third time and read the book for the first time and loved it! Stephen King and Rob Reiner are both incredible. Great article! :)

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Ultan
9/22/2016 06:15:01 am

This is one of those movies in which you can re-watch as much as you want without it becoming stale

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Natalie Coughlin
9/22/2016 06:16:14 am

I first saw the movie without reading the book and I fell in love. I read the book in class and loved it. The movie perfectly compliments the book and the book perfectly compliments the movie. I do like how the director changed some things from the book for the movie, like how Gordy holds the gun instead of Chris. It shows had Gordy has evolved in the time of the movie. Overall, it is such a classic and will never get old. Great movie and book!

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charlie
6/14/2017 01:18:28 am

I'm using this for my English assignment shot uce

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Karen link
12/24/2020 06:05:42 am

Great blog I enjoyed reading it.

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Andrew
5/11/2021 10:51:10 pm

I was 9 in the summer of 86 when Stand By Me came out, summer vacation was almost over. My best friend and I went to see it. The next day the other two of our "gang" went along with us to see it again. That night we all 4 were in our treehouse talking about the movie and listening to the oldies channel on the radio and we all heard a train whistle. The lightbulb went off in all our heads. We decided we were going to have a Stand By Me adventure before school began. The next morning we had our tent, our radio, sleeping bags ready to go. Each of us lied to our parents and said we were staying at the others house. Behind my friends house was a golf course. Behind the golf course were the woods, and the railroad tracks. We walked from morning to dusk, at least 10 miles. I personally pulled off an epic train dodge, I was close enough to hear the conductor scream at me! We crossed a railroad bridge over the river, maybe half the height of the one in the movie, but thank goodness no train came. We camped out in the woods that night, at hot dogs and marshmallows and told stories until we scared the crap out of each other. We listened to oldies and my friend even stole a cigarette from his mom for the camp fire. He was the only one who smoked it though. The whole thing felt so epic. I knew we'd still be talking about that trip for a long time. I'm 43 now here in 2021 and obviously I am still talking about it to this day. Fortunately the 4 of us are still alive. 2 of us have had some really close calls. All 4 of us remained friends through high school and into adulthood. Today there is only one of our group that we've lost touch with. Sadly he has battled severe mental problems his whole adult life. I'm now about the same age as "The Writer" is in the film and I understand everything he was saying. I did when I was younger too, I've always been a thinker and love to reflect on things, but you just don't really come to the understanding The Writer does in the story until you hit a certain age. It's all downhill from there. Some of us spend our whole lives wishing we could have these moments back again. I know I'd love to do it again right now, but the other 2 would probably think I'm crazy. Things have changed, we'd all probably get hauled into jail for walking on the railroad tracks now. Each of us could identify with one of the kids. There was a Chris, a Gordie, a Vern and DEFINITELY a Teddy lol I was somewhere in between Chirs and Gordie. Wow, I'm going to have to pop Stand By Me in my Blu Ray player right now.

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Anthony
6/11/2021 04:07:55 pm

One thing that always bothered me about the movie which is one of my favorites is ace who’s characterized as pretty intense disturbed most likely to be a killer was friends with Chris and vernes brothers . The scene with the gun loses the intensity since they were brothers with ace’s friends

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joey jones
9/18/2022 04:22:36 pm

why do they have to imply that gordie and chris are gay???? why couldn’t they have been really close friends and friends only why would they have to be thought of as gay??? how ridiculous!!!!

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