Rent Stand by Me (1986)
4.0 of 5 from 303 ratings
1h 25min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In a small, woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends - sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman), and scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O'connell) - are in search of a missing teenager's body. Wanting to be heroes in each other's and their hometown's eyes, they set out on an unforgettable two-day trek that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery. They sneak smokes, tell tall tales, cuss 'cause it's cool and band together when the going gets tough. When they encounter the town's knife-wielding hoods who are also after the body, the boys discover a strength they never knew they had.
- Actors:
- Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, Jason Oliver, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain, Bruce Kirby, William Bronder, Scott Beach, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cusack, Madeleine Swift, Popeye, Geanette Bobst, Art Burke
- Directors:
- Rob Reiner
- Producers:
- Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon, Andrew Scheinman
- Writers:
- Stephen King, Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/08/2011
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English LPCM Mono, French Parisian Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Blu-ray exclusive 25 years later: Picture-in-picture commentary with director Rob Reiner and actors Will Wheton and Corey Feldman
- Walking the tracks: The summer of Stand by me
- Audio commentary with director Rob Reiner
- Stand by me music video featuring River Phoenix and Will Wheaton
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/08/2019
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- Czech Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish Dolby Digital 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Never Before Seen Deleted and Alternate Scenes
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Reviews (2) of Stand by Me
Classic! - Stand by Me review by TB
A classic film about childhood, friendship and adventure, that takes you back to your own childhood and similar memories of growing up and having friends that shaped you and your life from an early age.
Great acting, especially from the superb River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton.
A great film!
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Fifties Nostalgia - Stand by Me review by Steve
Poignant memory film set in the US just before the profound social changes of the 1960s. With the nostalgic narration and rural locations it has the feel of many adaptations of William Faulkner. Except this happens in Oregon rather than the deep south, and is from a story by Stephen King.
Four boys aged about 12 shrug off their disinterested parents to search for the body of a child who has gone missing from their small town. Of course, like most pilgrimages, the significance is in the journey rather than the destination and they learn life lessons which may feel profoundly relatable for younger audiences.
And will be more nostalgic for older viewers, though all the cultural reference points and the late '50's soul/r&b soundtrack is specifically American. The quartet of child actors is extremely good, especially River Phoenix as the empathetic leader and Wil Weaton as the sensitive romantic who will tell the story many years later...
It's uneven- the older characters are shallow and some of the situations are laboured. It's like ersatz Faulkner... but the sunny day evocation of long ago friendships is haunting, as the boys start to test the boundaries of their small world. The recreation of the period is satisfying and it's thoughtfully directed by Rob Reiner.
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