How stand by me became a timeless comingofage movie thirty years later, this stephen king adaptation still sets the bar for movies about childhood. Unlike his gory horror novels, this short story is just a book about four misfit kids who go on a hike to find a rumored dead body downtown, but on the way, they learn about friendship and family and reputation, and they also. They represent adolescence, and the journey from one stage of life to another. I just finished reading the book a week ago, it took me about 3 weeks off an on to read but i loved it. Ace, eyeball, billy and charlie play a game of mailbox baseball. Parents need to know that despite its high nostalgia factor and preteen stars, stand by me should by no means be considered a childrens movie.
The same class i first watched the shawshank redeption in. In the book it was gordie who wrestled teddy off the truck and not chris. Being that the timing was so long in between, its hard for me to definitively compare the two. Stand by me, and despite being a big stephen king fan for almost my entire life i only found out that he wrote the book behind that movie just. Chris pulls a gun on ace and his gang when they find the body. Point of view the point of view between stand by me and the body were the same. As jasper jones opens, yearold charlie levi miller and. In the movie vern has been looking for his buried quart of pennies for 4 years. Stand by me is a sentimental film that works because of its unsentimental moments in particular, its sometimes embarassingly honest portrayal of what interests boys and how they talk about it. The first time i watched stand by me was in my high school film class. It doesnt have the same eerie feel as some of his other books and is generally a more serious movie. The stand book vs movie i saw the stand on tv when it first came out, but missed parts and didnt get to see the whole thing straight through, so i didnt really remember much. How stand by me became a timeless comingofage movie.
This is a comparison between the book the body, by stephen king, and the movie made based on it, stand by me. Teddy duchamp is more violent in the book than in the film. The shawshank redemption is way better than rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption. I felt like it wasnt given the right amount of time in the movie. The store clerk didnt try to cheat gordie on money in. Her daughter, liza minnelli, worked to pay off her debts. Differences between stand by me book vs movie page 3. The inspiration for the highlyrated 1986 film stand by me, the body is different than stephen kings usual writing. Some of the actions in the plot are performed by different characters in the book than in the movie. Stand by me is a 1986 american comingofage film directed by rob reiner and based on stephen kings 1982 novella the body, with a title derived from ben e. With wil wheaton, river phoenix, corey feldman, jerry oconnell. The body is a novella by american writer stephen king, originally published in his 1982 collection different seasons and adapted into the 1986 film stand by me. They have desires for themselves as human beings and as children who are forced into adulthood by the adults around them. Stephen king decries comparisons between coronavirus and.
Overall, the cast was spot on, but its difficult to portray a 500 page novel into a two hour movie. They are both universal stories of friendships and the movie does a great job adapting the story to screen, but there are several passages like the one i quoted above that are just so moving that no matter how much i loved the ending scene of stand by me, i cant rate it higher than the book. The movie can only hope to echo this dynamic, but it does its best. Rent stand by me 1986 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. As written in the story, four young boys from castle rock maine in 1960 who go on a. See more ideas about stand by me, river phoenix and good movies. Made into the acclaimed film stand by me, the body is a mesmerizing tale of four young boys and their quest to find a dead.
This is as fresh and moving as it was when it was first released. Stand by me is filled with complications for each of the boys. Stand by me book vs movie in the book, in the movie. Ending spoiler for stand by me 1986, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Stand by me is three decades old this month and still delivers a heavy dose of warm, fuzzy nostalgia. The movie stand by me is based upon a novel by steven king.
Some changes were made to the plot of the film, including changing the setting year from 1960 to 1959 and the location of castle rock from maine to oregon the story takes place during the summer of 1960 in the fictional town of castle. The world of midwest prohibitionera gangster life is the subject of this episode of book vs movie with road to perditionthe 1998 graphic novel from max allan collins and the 2000 film directed by sam mendes. The plot of the movie is technically to find ray browers body beside the tacks, after all. Book vs movie stand by me electronic media collective. Richard dreyfuss as the writer appearing then narrating as gordie wil wheaton, chris river phoenix, teddy corey feldman and vern jerry oconnell are introduced, opening rob reiners stand by me, 1986 view the tcmdb entry for stand by me 1986. It is the middle of the summer in approximately the early 1960s.
Frank sinatra, who was a friend of the family, also helped. In the movie the story takes place in castle rock, maine in 1960. Chris pulled out the gun in the book, but gordie does it in the movie. During one scene in stand by me, two boys discuss whether mighty mouse could beat up superman. The tracks represent the speed in which children become adults and that life becomes death and life again. Have you ever tried to interpret or describe another persons dream they have told you about. With stand by me, you dont even have to look so hard. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Here, however is somone elses take on it, so enjoy. The scene with the leeches on gordie was based on a real life experience that stephen king had. The bodystand by me comparison presentation by shaelyn. To escape this, they return to nature to be children and to prove a point to the entire town that has dragged them down to their small town thinking.
The body vs stand by me by florencemcc tuesday, january 20, 2015 2 book vs movie adaptation, books, film, movies, stand by me permalink 0 i grew up watching stand by me, and despite being a big stephen king fan for almost my entire life i only found out that he wrote the book behind that movie just a few years ago. Just like any other after fan, the movie satisfied the need to see it acted out, but the book saga is way better. Stephen king is denouncing comparisons between his 1978 novel the stand and the coronavirus social media users have drawn comparisons between the. Mr king has stated that he even has the scar to prove it.
Everyone except vern thinks his brother stole it right after it was buried. Book vs movie stand by me the margos take on another stephen king classic with different seasons story the body and the rob reiner adaptation stand by me. Personnaly, i loved the book read as a teenager, but i alos loved the movie. You can find homoerotic subtext in almost every piece of great literature. Rob reiners 1986 film stand by me celebrates its 30th anniversary today. Ive always identified with both the book and the films narrator, an older gordie. The tracks are a prominent symbol throughout the entire film. Similarities and differences lauren the bodystand by me. Book vs movie stand by me the margos take on another stephen king classic with different seasons story the body and the rob reiner.
I grew up watching stand by me, and despite being a big stephen king fan for almost my entire life i only found out that he wrote the book behind that movie just a. Stand by me is a 1986 coming of age movie that is widely recommended for kids entering middle school. Gordie is the only one who is still alive in the end of the book. This is a case where i find both the book and the movie to be equally but slightly differently appealing. The margos are going back to stephen kings 1982 different seasons which features four novellas with a focus on the summer tale the body. By florencemcc tuesday, january 20, 2015 2 book vs movie adaptation, books, film, movies, stand by me permalink 0. In this episode of from pages to pictures, jaimetud compares rob reiners stand by me to the stephen king novella that it spawned from, aptly titled the body. The film stand by me shows how characters unearth selfshaping thing about themselves. It takes place in the small town of castle rock, oregon. After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a boyhood journey with his. The film stand by me, produced in 1986 by director rob reiner, set in the town of castle rock in 1959 demonstrates how a group of four young boys undertake an incredible and selfdiscovering journey, which in turn, allows them to uncover untouched. In the movie chris pulls vern off the tracks but in the book gordie does. In stand by me, four boys in 1959 castle rock, oregon, go on a hike to find the dead body of a missing boy.
Stand by me is the story of four twelve year olds living in a small town in the year 1959, whose lives were changed by a chance adventure that they embarked on at the end of an indolent summer. The four boys were gordie lachance, chris chambers, teddy duchamp, and vern tessio. A book is edited and crafted, but the writer is still working within an unlimited time canvas. The stand by stephen king meet your next favorite book. His first novel becomes a bestseller and a successful film.
Stand by me the movie rendition stand by me the movie rendition from goodreads. Limited storytelling time perhaps i missed a pallid shape of academic goose flesh in the brave new world movie because of time constraints. The film stars wil wheaton, river phoenix, corey feldman, and jerry oconnell in his debut film. It talks about whether or not the movie captures the essence of the book. Little did i know that both movies were based on stephen king novellas published in the same book, different seasons. This returns the margos to the graphic novel genre for the first time since batman. The margos take on another stephen king classic with different seasons story the body and the rob reiner adaptation stand by me. Just because book and movie mention that chris and gordie dated girls and gordie got married doesnt make it impossible they could have loved each other in that way. Differences between stand by me book vs movie page 1. They are both universal stories of friendships and the movie does a great job adapting the story to screen, but there are several passages like the one i quoted above that are just so moving that no matter how much i loved the ending scene of stand by me, i cant rate it higher than the. Made into the acclaimed film stand by me, the body is a mesmerizing tale of four young boys and their quest to find a dead body, never realizing how much death will affect their lives and their. It has a ton of strong language including fk and st, implied and displayed violence, and sexual referencescrude jokes, and it also deals with adultoriented themes. In the movie the boys dont set up the tents in verns backyard. Stand by me 1986 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Does anyone else see the gay references in the film stand. Ace, and eyeball dont beat up chris after the alley in the book. Whats the difference between the body the book and stand by me the movie. Written by stephen king and published in different seasons in 1982. I began reading the body this semester as a suggestion. Stand by me is the 1986 american coming of age drama film adaptation of stephen kings the.