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Stand By Me - Stand by me (1986)
Front Cover Actor
Wil Wheaton Gordie Lachance
River Phoenix Chris Chambers
Corey Feldman Teddy Duchamp
Jerry O'Connell Vern Tessio
Will Wheaton
Kiefer Sutherland Ace Merrill
Gary Riley Charlie Hogan
Casey Siemaszko Billy Tessio
Bradley Gregg Eyeball Chambers
Jason Oliver Vince Desjardins
Marshall Bell Mr. Lachance
Richard Dreyfuss The Writer
Scott Korey Pollard Moke
Charlie Owens Lardass Hecklers
Jason Naylor His Friend
Movie Details
Genre Drama
Director Rob Reiner
Producer Raynold Gideon; Andrew Scheinman
Writer Stephen King; Raynold Gideon
Studio Columbia Tristar Home Video
Language English
Audience Rating 6
Running Time 85 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 8.0
Plot
A sleeper hit when released in 1986, Stand by Me is based on Stephen King's novella "The Body" (from the book Different Seasons); but it's more about the joys and pains of boyhood friendship than a morbid fascination with corpses. It's about four boys ages 12 and 13 (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell) who take an overnight hike through the woods near their Oregon town to find the body of a boy who's been missing for days. Their journey includes a variety of scary adventures (including a ferocious junkyard dog, a swamp full of leeches and a treacherous leap from a train trestle), but it's also a time for personal revelations, quiet interludes and the raucous comradeship of best friends. Set in the 1950s, the movie indulges an overabundance of anachronistic profanity and a kind of idealistic, golden-toned nostalgia (it's told in flashback as a story written by Wheaton's character as an adult, played by Richard Dreyfuss). But it's delightfully entertaining from start to finish, thanks to the rapport among its young cast members and the timeless, universal themes of friendship, family and the building of character and self-esteem. Kiefer Sutherland makes a memorable teenage villain and look closely for John Cusack in a flashback scene as Wheaton's now-deceased and dearly missed brother. A genuine crowd-pleaser, this heartfelt movie led director Rob Reiner to even greater success with his next film, The Princess Bride. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 73
Collection Status In Collection
Links IMDB
Amazon US
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 2
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
Layers Single side, Dual layer
043396073692
Release Date 2000
Subtitles Deutsch; Englisch; Französisch; Italienisch; Spanisch; Arabisch; Bulgarisch; Dänisch; Finnisch; Griechisch; Hebräisch; Hindi; Holländisch; Isländisch; Norwegisch; Polnisch; Portugiesisch; Schwedisch; Tschechisch; Türkisch; Ungarisch
Packaging Amaray schwarz
Audio Tracks Deutsch: Mono
Englisch: Mono
Französisch: Mono
Italienisch: Mono
Spanisch: Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Widescreen Dubbed PAL