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Stand By Me

R In Theaters 08/8/1986 , 87min.
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Plot & Details

Based on the Stephen King short story The Body, Rob Reiner's easygoing nostalgia piece is set in Castle Rock, OR, over Labor Day weekend, 1959. A quartet of boys, inseparable friends all, set out in search of a dead body that one of the boys overhears his brother talking about. The foursome consists of intellectual Gordie (Wil Wheaton), born leader Chris (River Phoenix), emotionally disturbed Teddy (Corey Feldman), and chubby hanger-on Vern (Jerry O'Connell). The boys' adventures en route to the elusive body are colored by the personal pressures brought to bear on all of them by the adult world. Richard Dreyfuss, playing the grown-up Gordie, narrates the film, while Kiefer Sutherland dominates every scene he's in as a brutish high-school bully.
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Genre(s): Action,Comedy,Drama
  • Run Time: 87min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 08/08/1986
  • DVD Release Date: 09/10/1997
  • Distributor(s): Sony
  • Director(s): Rob Reiner
  • Starring: Wil Wheaton , River Phoenix , Corey Feldman , Jerry O'Connell , Richard Dreyfuss
  • Themes: Kids in Trouble,Innocence Lost
  • Tone: Autumnal,Nostalgic,Poignant,Wistful,Tense
  • Keywords: boy,camping,coming-of-age,corpse,courage,death,dishonesty,friendship,hiking,small-town,teenagers,train [locomotive],writing
  • Country of Origin: USA (08-08-1986)
  • Language: English

Awards

Academy Awards

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay Bruce A. Evans Nominated
1986 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay Ray Gideon Nominated

Golden Globes

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1986 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director Rob Reiner Nominated
1986 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama Nominated