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Stand by Me (film)

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Stand By Me is a 1986 film directed by Rob Reiner; the title comes from a song with the same title by Ben E. King and is based on the novella The Body by Stephen King.

Stand By Me is a coming-of-age film set in the 1950's. It's four main characters, Gordie Lachance and his three friends Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio, are twelve-year-old boys who set out to find the body of a missing peer, Ray Brower, who they correctly suspect was hit by a train.

The film stars Wil Wheaton as Gordie LaChance, River Phoenix as Chris Chambers, Corey Feldman as Teddy DuChamp, Jerry O'Connell as Vern Tessio, Kiefer Sutherland as Ace Merrill, and Richard Dreyfuss . It was nominated in 1987 for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Academy Awards), Best Director (Golden Globe), and Best Motion Picture - Drama (Golden Globes).

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