Stand By Me
Rob Reiner's skillful adaptation of Stephen King's novella 'The Body' is an odyssey of exploration and self-identity as four boys endure a difficult two-day trip to find the body of a dead youth. The film moves freely from adolescent reminiscence to male bonding with standout performances from all the young actors, particularly River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton. Kiefer Sutherland turns in a scruffy, horrifying caricature of teenage nihilism and Richard Dreyfuss and John Cusack turn in cameo roles.
Year: 1986
Genre: Drama, Kate's Favourites, Best of the 1980s, Amy's Favourites, Empire Mag's Greatest 201, Alice Members' Top 100, Black Humour, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Stephen King
Country: USA
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Richard Dreyfuss, Kiefer Sutherland, John Cusack, Jerry O'Connell, Corey Feldman
Duration: 85 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains offensive language.
8.1/10
Location in store: Drama
AVAILABILITY
DVD AVAILABLE NOW!
Permanent Collection
For in-store pickup reservations please call 03 3650 615
ALICE ALSO SUGGESTS:
Breaking Away (1979)
A warm and humourous drama of four youths, unsure about life after high school, and how one boy's ob...
It ( Stephen King's It ) (1990)
Made-for-tv production about a group of childhood friends who reunite as adults to face their own 'b...
The Mighty (1998)
This wonderful, sensitive family comedy/drama focuses on the friendship between two young outcasts w...
Now And Then (1995)
Four female childhood friends reunite at a baby shower and reminisce about the wonderful summer of 1...
The War (1994)
A Vietnam vet tortured by war memories has as much trouble keeping his son out of fistfights in a ru...
October Sky (1999)
In Coalwood, West Virginia, 1957, coal mining is King and no one can escape life underground. But wh...
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
Two Stephen King stories serve as the basis for this coming-of-age tale set in 1960 that focuses on...
Mickybo and Me (2005)
Set in the divided Belfast of 1970, this is the story of two young boys obsessed with 'Butch Cassidy...
Mean Creek (2004)
Filmmaker Jacob Aaron Estes makes his feature debut with this suspenseful coming-of-age drama set in...
My Bodyguard (1980)
A quietly compelling film exploring the hardships and anxiety of high school through the eyes of boo...
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Based on Ann Brashares' best-selling novel in which four friends are spending their first summer apa...
Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)
This prequel to 'Innocent Blood' has been called by director Takashi Miike his favourite of all his...
Jindabyne (2006)
From the director of 'Lantana', this enigmatic psychodrama examines the consequences of the actions...
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
Adapted from the novel by Chris Fuhrman about a group of bright-but-bored boys in a seventies Cathol...
12 and Holding (2005)
Following the tragic death of his twin brother, Jacob and his two close friends, Malee and Leonard,...
Steal Me (2005)
Fifteen-year-old Jake is a homeless kleptomaniac with a taste for older women. He's drifting from p...
All About Lily Chou Chou (2001)
Hugely successful Japanese filmmaker Shunji Iwai wrote and directed this sweeping tale of adolescenc...
Son of Rambow (2008)
The love of Sly Stallone brings two unlikely lads together during a long, hot English summer in the...
Super 8 (2011)
In 1979, a group of small-town Ohio teenagers accidentally films a train wreck while making a Super...
The Giants (2011)
When two brothers are left by their parents for the summer at their dead grandfather's house in rura...
Mud (2012)
"Mud" is an adventure about two boys, Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and his friend Neckbone (Jacob Lofland),...
Standing Up (2013)
Based on one of the most beloved Young Adult novels of all time ("The Goats" by Brock Cole): Two kid...
A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)
David (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a gawky young man still grieving the loss of his mother, even as his fat...
The Kings of Summer (2013)
Coming-of-age comedy following three friends in pursuit of independence. Joe Toy has long suffered u...
Cop Car (2015)
When two rebellious young boys stumble across an abandoned cop car hidden in a secluded glade they d...
It ( Stephen King's It ( Blu-ray ) ) (1990)
Made-for-tv production about a group of childhood friends who reunite as adults to face their own 'b...