Summer of Stephen
Title: Stand By Me
Release Date: 1986 Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Start Date: January 6, 2019 End Date: January 6, 2019 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, Kiefer Sutherland This is one of my favorite movies of all time, and one of those rare cases where I prefer the movie to the book. Don’t get me wrong, The Body is a great book. But the cast of Stand By Me is absolutely perfect. It’s even more impressive when you consider that the four main boys were only 12-16 years old when they starred in this. The plot of the movie follows the book pretty faithfully, though it cuts out Gordie’s adult self for the most part. He provides a little narration at the beginning and end, but other than that, we get to stay in the 1960s with the boys. For those of you unfamiliar with the basic plot, the story centers on four boys who set out to follow the train tracks and find the dead body of a boy who’s been reported missing from a neighboring town. Along the way, they face multiple challenges, including the threat of a monstrous dog, a train while they’re crossing the bridge, leeches, their own personal demons, and a pack of bullies who aren’t afraid to beat the snot out of four kids. I don’t want to go into much more detail, because I honestly think everyone should watch this movie and I don’t want to spoil anything. Sure, there’s some cussing in it, but it is just so good! One of my favorite things about teaching English 10 for the past four years was reading The Body to the class and then watching Stand By Me with them. And despite the language, I never had a single parent complain because the kids were so into the book and movie that they never even thought to mention it to their parents in a way that could have gotten me in trouble. So if you haven’t watched Stand By Me, go watch it. And if you’ve seen it before, you’re probably overdue for a re-watch, right. If for no other reason than to relive how amazing River Phoenix was and what a loss it was to the entertainment industry that he died so young.
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