The Body

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It” terrified me so bad as a child that I still can’t pass by a sewer drain without being reminded of it. 😂 🤡 I wasn’t really sorry to be going. I was rested up and didn’t mind going down the road to the Florida Market. Gordie Lachance, a twelve year old from a lower ranks household living in small town Maine, tells the tale. Gordie is a wonderful story teller; his close friends usually ask him to show them his most current flight of fancy or horror tale. Stephen King knows this personality well as well as appreciates utilizing him to share with us an amazing journey Gordie has with three various other of his pals.

Pg 15- Highway Patrol and Dragnet were the favourite tv shows of one Ben Hanscom, who is one of the protagonists in ‘It’ In a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" chat in 2017, Reiner said that Stand by Me is his personal favorite of his own films. [39] ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved December 27, 2021.The performances by Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman (as Teddy), and Jerry O’Connell (as Vern) set the gold standard for child actors, as it is nothing short of miraculous what Rob Reiner was able to do both in casting the young stars and then developing their chemistry together. Both the storytelling and the cinematography are daring for a movie centering on such youthful characters, as the emotions get big, and the camera constantly keeps all four of them in frame as they make their journey – but there is not a single inauthentic moment to be found in the entire feature. Watching them goof around in their treehouse your gut convinces you that these boys have spent their whole lives together; how else could they have such an intimate dynamic? Far and away the most significant change is the perspective on who the main subject of the story is. Stephen King writes from the perspective of adult Gordie LaChance (played by Richard Dreyfuss in the film), but “The Body” is really the story of Chris Chambers (River Phoenix): an abused but stalwart preteen who is regularly crushed by how people assume the worst of him, but will never stop fighting against that perception. Alternatively, Rob Reiner’s deep feelings about the material were forged through his connection with young Gordie (Wil Wheaton), particularly the boy’s strained relationship with his father (Marshall Bell). The Body is definitely more Coming-of-Age than Horror, and the adventure these four boys take on along with their individual family circumstances, blend together into a worthy read/listen. It solidifies the truth about the friendships of our childhood being the one's we remember the most fondly. King takes this story full-circle for the reader, which is quite unusual for a novella. The audiobook is a great listen with narrator, Frank Muller's voicing of the young characters and as the 'later in life' Gordie.

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans) [50] One of the most bizarre features of this novella was that it contains two short stories written by an older version of the protagonist and both were fairly unpleasant and seemingly unnecessary. The first is one part erotica, one part family drama. This one at least seemed to mirror some of the lives of the boys so I could kind of understand its inclusion, but the erotica part of it was still pretty unpleasant. The second one is about a pie eating contest that devolves into literally everyone throwing up. It was unpleasant to read and was seemingly irrelevant to the overall plot, it kind of felt like a riff on Carrie. The Kings of Summer, a 2013 coming-of-age film by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has been reviewed as being inspired by Stand by Me. [61] [64] [65] Lussier, Germain (January 24, 2013). " 'The Kings of Summer' Review: 'Superbad' Meets 'Stand By Me' [Sundance 2013]". Slashfilm. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017 . Retrieved May 1, 2017. The movie's success sparked a renewed interest in Ben E. King's song " Stand by Me". Initially a number four pop hit in 1961, the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1986, eventually peaking at number nine in December of that year. [26] The song was also reissued in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, where it topped the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart respectively for three consecutive weeks in February 1987. The movie was released in both countries the following month.Kiang, Jessica (October 14, 2020). " 'Love and Monsters' Review: Fun Times During the End Times". Variety. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020 . Retrieved October 31, 2020.