Director: Rob Reiner

Writers: Bruce A. Evans; Raynold Gideon

From novella: The Body by Stephen King

Keywords: Drama, Coming of Age

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Cusack	Actor	28-Jun-1966		High Fidelity
Richard Dreyfuss	Actor	29-Oct-1947		Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Corey Feldman	Actor	16-Jul-1971		One of the Coreys
Jerry O'Connell	Actor	17-Feb-1974		Fat kid in Stand By Me
River Phoenix	Actor	23-Aug-1970	31-Oct-1993	My Own Private Idaho
Casey Siemaszko	Actor	17-Mar-1961		Young Guns
Kiefer Sutherland	Actor	21-Dec-1966		24
Wil Wheaton	Actor	29-Jul-1972		Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: TNG

REVIEWS

Review by alisa jones (posted on 29-Mar-2005)

This movie has got to be one of the best movies I have ever seen. This story, about four young boys, is a coming of age classic that is based on a novella by Stephen King called "The Body". Gordie Lachance is now an adult who is reminded of a summer when he was twelve by the death of Chris Chambers, Gordie's old best friend. That summer, four friends go on an adventure that they will never forget. The main character, Gordie (Wil Wheaton), is a shy and sensitive boy whose brother, that he was very close to, died a month ago and gordie is sure that his father hates him. Chris Chambers (River Phoenix) is the leader of this group of friends and Gordie's best friend. Chris, comes from a bad family and everyone in town is convinced that he will turn out bad too, including Chris. Teddy (Corey Feldman) is "The craziest guy we hung around with", in older Gordie's words. His father "stormed the beach at normandy" and never really got over it. A quote from the movie by older Gordie, "His father was given to fits of rage. One time he held teddy's ear to a stove and almost burnt it off." Teddy often imagines his father as an all-American hero that went to war to defend his country and is very sensitive in that sense. Vern Castilo, the scaredy cat, is constantly being picked on because of his weight and is the butt of every joke. As you can see, they all have their share of problems, so when Vern comes into the clubhouse one day bearing news that he overheard the place of a recently missing dead boy, all four boys agree that if they find the body they would be famous. The boys decide walk the train tracks and find the body, but the adventure quickly turns into an odessy of self discovery.Unfortunatly, The local gang decides to find the body and they have a CAR. They four friends sneak smokes, cuss because it's cool, and stand by each other when the going gets tough.

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