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Stand by Me

Summary: After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

Release Date: August 22, 1986

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Director: Rob Reiner

Writers: Stephen King

, Raynold Gideon

, Bruce A. Evans

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Act III, Act III Communications

Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Paramount+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,287,414

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.45 calibre pistol accidentally firing a gun argument between friends aspiring writer author bare chested boy bare chested male barefoot boy baseball bat baseball cap baseball cap worn backwards based on novella based on the works of stephen king bedroom beer bottle belt bereavement best friend betrayal billiards blood bloody hand blueberry pie boy boy on train tracks boy smokes a cigarette boy uses a gun boy wears eyeglasses boy wears underwear boy with a gun bridge brother brother relationship bully camaraderie campfire campfire story camping canteen car chain link fence chased by a dog child abuse child discovers a dead body child protagonist child smoking cigarette child swearing child uses a gun child with a gun childhood friend childhood memory cigarette behind ear cigarette pack rolled in sleeve cigarette smoking climbing a fence climbing over a fence clothesline comb comic book coming of age coming of age drama computer convertible corpse corpse with eyes open courage crawling crawling on hands and knees crawling under porch crying cult film dead body dead boy dead child death death of brother death of friend decomposing body deer deformed ear digging discovering a dead body doe dog dog tag dream drinking and driving drinking while driving driving dunking head in water eating contest eyeglasses fainting fainting at the sight of blood fainting boy family relationships famous line fat boy father son relationship feeling insulted fence fishing fishing rod flashback flick knife flipping a coin foot race forest adventure four best friends four friends friend friendly butt kick friendship friendship between boys funeral gay slur glasses gmc truck golden retriever grief grocery store group of friends group vomit guard dog gun gunshot hamburger hearing noises heroism howling hugging hugging one's friend imitating the firing of a gun immaturity imperative in title innocence insane person insanity insecurity inspiration jumping from height junkyard junkyard dog juvenile delinquency keep out sign kicked in the butt killed by a train knife labor day leech listening to a car radio listening to a radio long walk loss of brother loss of friend loss of innocence loyalty mailbox baseball making sound by finger popping mouth male bonding male tears marshmallow masculinity memory moral dilemma mother mourning for son mourning one's brother muddy clothes muddy water narrated by character narrated flashback nature newspaper headline no opening credits no trespassing sign nonlinear timeline nostalgia older brother on the road oregon outcast overhearing a conversation overweight overweight child pacific northwest pack of cigarettes peer pressure pez dispenser philosophical conversation pie pie eating competition pinky swear pistol playing cards playing chicken pocket comb pool hall porch portable radio profanity railroad bridge railroad track railroad trestle razor blade reading a comic book redemption reference to abbott and costello reference to annette funicello reference to coca cola reference to donald duck reference to goofy reference to hershey's chocolate reference to mickey mouse reference to mighty mouse reference to normandy reference to pluto the dog reference to superman reference to the cisco kid reference to the lone ranger reference to the three stooges reference to wagon train running on a bridge scar secret knock shortcut singing sitting on the floor sleeping on the ground sleeping outside small town smoking tobacco sobbing song spitting water into someone's face standing guard store store owner story within the story storytelling summer summertime swamp swearing switchblade talking to self tattoo tattoo on arm tear teenage boy teenager teensploitation telling someone to shut up three word title timeframe 1950s timeframe 20th century tin can title appears in song title based on song toasting marshmallows tobacco toothpick train train tracks traumatic childhood treehouse trespassing trestle tripping over troubled teen twins typing underage smoking underdog undressing self voice over narration vomit gagging gesture vomiting walking walking on train tracks water canteen wet clothes wet underwear winston cigarettes woods writer writing yankees baseball cap year 1959 younger version of character

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