Stand by Me (1986)

Director:

Rob Reiner

Writers:

Stephen King (novel)
Raynold Gideon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

8 August 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life. But for everyone, it's the time that memories are made of.

Plot:

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find a body of a missing boy

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Writer | Dead Body | Brother | Teenager

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Wil Wheaton	...	Gordie Lachance
River Phoenix	...	Chris Chambers
Corey Feldman	...	Teddy Duchamp
Jerry O'Connell	...	Vern Tessio
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Ace Merrill
Casey Siemaszko	...	Billy Tessio
Gary Riley	...	Charlie Hogan
Bradley Gregg	...	Eyeball Chambers
Jason Oliver	...	Vince Desjardins
Marshall Bell	...	Mr. Lachance
Frances Lee McCain	...	Mrs. Lachance
Bruce Kirby	...	Mr. Quidacioluo
William Bronder	...	Milo Pressman
Scott Beach	...	Mayor Grundy
Richard Dreyfuss	...	The Writer
John Cusack	...	Denny Lachance
Madeleine Swift	...	Waitress
Popeye	...	Chopper
Geanette Bobst	...	Mayor's Wife
Art Burke	...	Principal Wiggins
Matt Williams	...	Bob Cormier
Andy Lindberg	...	Lardass Hogan
Dick Durock	...	Bill Travis
O.B. Babbs	...	Lardass Heckler #1
Charlie Owens	...	Lardass Heckler #2
Kenneth Hodges	...	Donelley Twin
John Hodges	...	Donelley Twin
Susan Thorpe	...	Fat Lady
Korey Scott Pollard	...	Moke
Rick Elliott	...	Jack Mudgett
Kent W. Luttrell	...	Ray Brower (as Kent Lutrell)
Chance Quinn	...	Gordon's Son
Jason Naylor	...	His Friend

Directed by
Rob Reiner

Writing credits
Stephen King		(novella "The Body")
Raynold Gideon		(screenplay) &
Bruce A. Evans		(screenplay)

Produced by
Bruce A. Evans	....	producer
Raynold Gideon	....	producer
Andrew Scheinman	....	producer

Original Music by
Jack Nitzsche

Cinematography by
Thomas Del Ruth

Film Editing by
Robert Leighton

Casting by
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins

Production Design by
J. Dennis Washington		(as Dennis Washington)

Set Decoration by
Richard D. Kent

Makeup Department
Cheri Ruff	....	hair stylist
Monty Westmore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Steve Nicolaides	....	production manager
Jeffrey Stott	....	production supervisor (as Jeff Stott)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jim Behnke	....	second assistant director
Carol D. Bonnefil	....	additional second assistant director (as Carol Bonnefil)
Irby Smith	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dave Brown	....	construction coordinator (as David Brown)
Richard L. Cowitt	....	assistant props (as Richard Cowitt)
Toni Devereaux	....	signwriter
Russell Goble	....	property master
Michael Hawthorne	....	painter
Darrell Huntsman	....	greensman
Michael Kohan	....	swing gang
Norm Lewis	....	swing gang
Richard McKenzie	....	set designer
Brenda Meyers-Ballard	....	lead woman
Erica Miller	....	swing gang
Jim Ondrejko	....	construction foreman (as James Ondrejko)
David Sherman	....	stand-by painter

Sound Department
Terry Lynn Allen	....	sound editor (as Terry Allen)
Lorna Anderson	....	sound editor
Douglas B. Arnold	....	boom operator (as Doug Arnold)
Rick Ash	....	foley artist
Lon Bender	....	supervising sound editor (as Lon E. Bender)
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Eber	....	sound mixer (as Bob Eber)
Joe Gilbert	....	assistant sound editor
Stan Gilbert	....	adr editor (as Stanley Gilbert)
Randy Kelley	....	sound editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist (as J. Dan O'Connell)
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan M. Rich	....	sound editor (as Dan Rich)
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Greg Rudloff)
Sean Rush	....	cable person
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist (as Alicia M. Stevenson)
Amy Vincent	....	assistant sound editor
Dan M. Rich	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Henry Millar	....	special effects
Rick Thompson	....	special effects (as Richard L. Thompson)

Visual Effects by
Ken Marschall	....	matte artist
Tim Donahue	....	visual effects art director: Introvision (uncredited)
Jon Macht	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
David Stump	....	effects director of photography (uncredited)
Marcus Tate	....	visual effects cameraman (uncredited)

Stunts
Rick Barker	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Barker	....	stunts
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts
Brian R. Carson	....	stunts (as Brian Carson)
Doc D. Charbonneau	....	stunts (as Doc Charbonneau)
Gary Cox	....	stunts
Harvey Keith	....	stunts
Sherry Peterson	....	stunts
Richard Seaman	....	stunts
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts (as Monty Simmons)
John Walker	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Birmelin	....	still photographer
Danny Buck	....	gaffer
Jeff Butters	....	best boy gaffer
Craig Denault	....	camera operator
Romeo De Santis Jr.	....	electrician
David Fay	....	key grip
Buzz Feitshans IV	....	assistant camera
Sherman Fulton	....	electrician
Antonio V. Garrido	....	grip (as Tony Garrido)
Jack Glenn	....	grip
Jerry Glenn	....	electrician
Christopher Ishii	....	assistant camera
Gary B. Kibbe	....	camera operator
Gerald A. King	....	best boy grip (as Jerry King)
Jon L. Kunkel	....	assistant camera
David L. Merrill	....	dolly grip (as David Merrill)
Michael G. Riba	....	assistant camera (as Michael Riba)
Greg Rundo	....	grip
P.J. Sherman	....	grip
Ronald Vidor	....	panaglide operator

Casting Department
Michael Hirshenson	....	casting associate
Katherine Wilson	....	extras casting: Eugene

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Thomas Costich	....	wardrobe (as Tom Costich)
Sue Moore	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Mallory Gottlieb	....	assistant editor
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Cathy Rosenstein	....	post-production coordinator
Adam Weiss	....	assistant editor
Lisa Morlas	....	assistant film editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Brian Banks	....	music programmer
Brian Banks	....	musician
Jeff Carson	....	music editor
Mark Curry	....	music recording engineer
Anthony Marinelli	....	music programmer
Anthony Marinelli	....	musician
Celest Ray	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Helen Mercier	....	transportation co-captain
Rick Mercier	....	transportation captain
Tim Roslan	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Tom Ajar	....	projectionist
Jerry Atwood	....	projectionist
Peter Benoit	....	unit publicist
Faye Brenner	....	script supervisor
Mark Cooper	....	production assistant
Leslie Cornyn	....	post-production accountant
Tim Danforth	....	production assistant
Tomalene Evans	....	production secretary
Ernie Fuentes	....	first aid
Elizabeth Galloway	....	production coordinator
Rick George	....	craft service
Spencer Howard	....	production assistant
Janet Julian	....	production secretary
K. Lenna Katich	....	production accountant
Elizabeth Latshaw	....	production assistant
Mitch Marcus	....	assistant: Mr. Nicolaides
Steve Mason	....	caterer
Toni E. Mercier	....	assistant production accountant
Karl Lewis Miller	....	dog trainer
James R. Powell	....	production assistant
Jay Smith	....	production assistant
Kimberly Smith	....	production assistant
Madeleine Swift	....	personal assistant: Mr. Reiner
Pam Trzaska	....	first aid
Ron Welch	....	caterer
Ken Young	....	caterer

Production Companies

• Act III (as An Act III Productions Presentation)
• Act III Communications
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents) (as Columbia Pictures)
• The Body

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1988) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2000) (Argentina) (all media) (re-release)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (2000) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2000) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
• RCA Home Video (video)

Special Effects

• Introvision International (special photo effects) (as Introvision Systems)

Other Companies

• Atlantic Records and Cassettes  original soundtrack album available on
• Compact Sound Services  re-recording at
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutting (as D. Bassett and Associates)
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints by (as de luxe)
• Gooseline Railroad of Cottage Grove, Oregon, The  thanks
• Matte Effects  matte paintings
• McCloud River Railroad  thanks
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• People of Brownsville, Oregon  thanks
• Segue Music  music editing
• The Room  music recorded at (as The Room, Hollywood, Ca.)

Also Known As:

The Body (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Korea:15 | France:U | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #28071) | West Germany:6 | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

Brownsville, Oregon, USA

Company:

Act III

Trivia:

The pond the boys fall into was a man made pool because the crew wanted them to be "safe and secure" and didn't want to put them a real pond because they didn't know what was in it. But Corey Feldman stated in a interview the joke of the whole thing was they built and filled it with water in June and by time they got to film the scene it was in August. So it been out in the woods for 3 month and they didn't know what was in it anyway.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Chris says his pistol is a .45 but when he first pulls it out of his pack the barrel is clearly much smaller revealing it to probably be a prop gun.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Writer: [voiceover] I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959-a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only twelve hundred and eighty-one people. But to me, it was the whole world.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dogma (1999)

Soundtrack:

The Ballad of Paladin

HELLO? if you've never seen this movie, man you're missin OUT!

I am 14 years old, and I absolutely love this movie. But don't let my age fool you. I'm not just going to sit here and talk about how hott River Pheonix was.

This movie is well rounded in my perspective. Everyone can relate to at least one of the boys in it at one time in their life. The actors are matched perfectly with who their character portrays.Corey Feldman's character Teddy is the boy who's sensitive about his dad, but tries to hide it, Jerry O' Connell's character Vern is the chubby, wussy kid, but still part of the club, Wil Wheaton's character Gordie is the sweet, intelligent friend who tells stories to the other boys and is ignored by his parents, and River Phoenix's character Chris is the boy in the neighborhood that's been labeled a bad kid and feels he'll never get out of their town, the peacemaker, and Gordie's best friend.

This movie just sucks you in as soon as you start watching it. It's not overly mushy and sad, but it's not so tough that only a sixteen year old boy could stand it. You feel for each character, no matter how mean or nice they are. My personal favorite is Chris Chambers, which i know this will probably drive you guys nuts that almost every other person does too, but River Phoenix is just so touching. The campfire scene is great, the milk money seen is great, and one of my favorites is the train scene. You can definitely see the terror in their faces. It's funny that they all act so tough, except maybe Vern, although he tries, and they still like talking about goofy and dancing and singing along to Lollipop. You also just want to be there with them. Feel that kind of friendship that so many people long for. It's such a feel good movie, but not in the sense of a 10 year old's feel good movie. It makes you feel complete when you watch it. It's not jam packed with action sequences or it doesn't have fluffy pink bunnies hopping around in it either. It's just one of a kind. Definitely worth my time and yours.

The newest DVD of Stand By Me (Special Edition) has Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand By Me where all the main actors,except River, and Rob Reiner are interviewed. They also talk about working with River Phoenix. There's also the Stand By Me music video with River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, and obviously Ben E. King. Not to mention an extra CD with some awesome oldie's songs like Everyday, Lollipop, Stand By Me, and Mr. Lee.