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Bookmark this pageStand by Me (1986)
Director: Rob Reiner
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
In Reiner's superior slice of teen nostalgia, Dreyfuss is the now middle-aged writer, looking back at the dear dead days beyond recall when he and a group of young friends ventured into the local woods where they believed a corpse was buried. Based on an (apparently) semi-autobiographical story by Stephen King, the film covers similar territory to countless other rites-of-passage dramas. The Ben E King theme song and all the imagery of tousled adolescents preening themselves like miniature James Deans rekindle memories of old jeans commercials, but the film is so well-observed and so energetically acted by its young cast that mawkishness is kept at bay.Author: GM
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Posted on Oct 28 2009 20:52
I love this movie so much the first time i watched it was like a little over a month ago and now i cannot imagine my life without it, it has made a HUGE impact on me I am glad that its in my life now :)
rip River Phoenix <3 - Report as inappropriate
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- valee said...
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Posted on Jul 30 2009 03:04
I will need to watch this movie again soon. i thik that this show is soo good and great that i only watch it at the most 1 time every 2 months. i dont want to get bord of it and i don't hink that i ever will.
could everone please post more comments on this great movie please. thanks - Report as inappropriate
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- Brian said...
- Posted on Jun 20 2009 02:54 An absolutely brilliant flick, quite easily the king of its sub genre. WILL WHEATON!
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- valee said...
- Posted on Jun 18 2009 01:43 this is a great movie and i have it and when i got it i was so happy. it is great and i love it. it is such a powerful show and i love all the acters. the movie is so touching and it shows you that you will never have friends like you dodo when you were young. it show you all the great and fun and scary and sad things that can happen and it shows you a journy of some friends that they have when they go on a trip to find a dead body.
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- Posted on Jun 09 2009 07:18 we were also told to watch this movie in English and when we first started watching it everyone thought that it was gay but when the movie went on and on and when everyone understood what was the actual meaning for the movie everyone started enjoying it..lol..buh yeah overall the movie was COOL azz especially when vern the funny guy haha kewl movie im actually happy i watched it...MEAN MOVIE..p.s Chris is a little hottie;)
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- Nikki-Lou said...
- Posted on May 29 2009 14:51 I was told i had to watch this film and i thought it was amazing and the acting was fantastic. officially my fave film and ive seen it so many times and know it off by heart! xx
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- Posted on Sep 09 2008 17:59 This movie had a slow start but over all it was a good movie.The acting was amazing for the year it was made.
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- steph chester said...
- Posted on Oct 05 2007 15:03 i know river pheonix is dead and the film stand by me was made over 20 years ago. HES ABSOLOUTLEY GORGEOUS!
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Cast & crew
Director: Rob Reiner
Producer: Andrew Scheinman, Bruce Evans, Raynold Gideon
Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard Dreyfuss, Corey Feldman, Casey Siemaszko, John Cusack full cast
Rated: PG
Duration: 89 mins
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