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Stand by Me, a Stephen King movie

Stand by Me is a 1986 movie, adaptedheadlock. Chris "gives" and Ace releases
from Stephen King's story The Body. Thehim. The next is when Teddy faces off
Body appeared as a novella in King'sagainst an on coming train at the
collection Different Seasons. Differentbeginning of the boys' trek. He says he
Seasons also contains the stories Thewants to make a dramatic "train dodge,"
Shawshank Redemption, and the Apt Pupil,and just before it hits him, Chris grabs
both of which were made into movies.him and forces him out of harms way. The
Often described as a coming of age film,third showdown that happens is between
the story is of four boys who take aTeddy, once again, and the junk yard man
journey through the woodlands near theirand his dog. They yell and call names,
homes to find the body of a dead boy.but when the junk yard man brings
The story is told by the main characterTeddy's unstable father into the
Gordon Lachance, who is a buddingpicture, Teddy breaks down and starts to
writer.cry. Another showdown occurs when Ace
Vern, one of the boys, hears his olderpulls up to some locals who seem to have
brother talk of the missing boy, whosea history of racing cars with him. They
body is alleged to be in the woods. Theremain neck to neck for a short period
boys decide to undertake the journey, tobefore a truck appears in the other lane
find the body of the boy. The journeycoming toward Ace. Ace and two of his
takes two days, because of which thebuddies (who seem petrified) do not
boys lie to their parents, telling themchange lanes, but decide to stay on the
that they are staying at each otherswrong side of the road and face off with
houses.the on coming truck. The other car in
The boys experience many difficultiesthe race looks scared for them. Before
along the way, which reveal the past andthey crash, the truck swerves off of the
present struggles of the characters.road, spilling all of its supplies while
Chris Chambers, played by River Phoenix,Ace goes on to win the race. The final
is from a family of criminals andshowdown is between the younger gang and
alcoholics. Chris is stereotypedAce's crowd at the body. The two groups
because of his family. However he provestrade harsh words before Ace pulls a
to be intelligent and has a desire toknife on Chris, but is soon too skittish
break his stereotype. Teddy Duchamp,to use it after Gordie fires a shot in
played by Corey Feldman, has a physicalthe air with Chris's gun. He then points
deformity, after his mentally-unstableit at Ace, which chills him and scares
father held his ear to a stove. Teddyhim away, along with his group. These
now has to wear a hearing aid. Vernare only some of the major showdowns
Tessio, played by Jerry O'Connell, isthat occur in the film.
overweight and timid. He is easilyThere are several minor changes to the
scared and often picked on. Gordonmovie script from the original Stephen
Lachance, played by Will Wheaton, is theKing story. However, the story is
narrator and thus the primary characterfaithful to King's original. Stephen
of the story. Gordie is a quiet boyKing told cast and crew after a private
with a passion for books and storyscreening of the film that it was his
telling. He is rejected by his familyfavorite adaptation of any of his works
after the death of his football starup to that point.
older brother. The end of the storyStephen King is said to have witnessed a
reveals that Gordie has become a writerchild being killed by a train, whilst he
and we have just witnessed the story aswas a child himself. It is easy to
he was writing it.conclude that the story was influenced
The film has a reoccurring theme ofby King's experience.
showdowns. These occur between two orThe title of the film comes from the Ben
more characters in the film. The firstE King song of the same name. Stephen
brief showdown is between Chris and AceKing's original story is called The
on the sidewalk when Ace threatens toBody.
burn Chris's face while he has him in a



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