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Overview
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Writers:
Stephen King (novel)
Raynold Gideon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 August 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life. But for everyone, it's the time that memories are made of.
Plot:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find a body of a missing boy full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations more
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Four boys go on a quest to find not only a dead body the true meaning of friendship and reality. more (450 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Wil Wheaton | ... | Gordie Lachance | |
| River Phoenix | ... | Chris Chambers | |
| Corey Feldman | ... | Teddy Duchamp | |
| Jerry O'Connell | ... | Vern Tessio | |
| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Ace Merrill | |
| Casey Siemaszko | ... | Billy Tessio | |
| Gary Riley | ... | Charlie Hogan | |
| Bradley Gregg | ... | Eyeball Chambers | |
| Jason Oliver | ... | Vince Desjardins | |
| Marshall Bell | ... | Mr. Lachance | |
| Frances Lee McCain | ... | Mrs. Lachance | |
| Bruce Kirby | ... | Mr. Quidacioluo | |
| William Bronder | ... | Milo Pressman | |
| Scott Beach | ... | Mayor Grundy | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | The Writer |
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Also Known As:
The Body (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
89 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Korea:15 | France:U | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #28071) | West Germany:6 | Canada:PG
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While practicing his lines, Jerry O'Connell was incredibly impressed that, as an 11-year old, he was being allowed to swear. more
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Miscellaneous: Leeches appear on Chris' back between shots when the boys are covered in them. more
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[first lines]
The Writer:
[voiceover] I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959-a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only twelve hundred and eighty-one people. But to me, it was the whole world.
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Referenced in "The X Factor: (#6.19)" (2009) more
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Lollipop more
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Hands down this is my favorite movie. (With the Sandlot in second place). My mom got this movie for me when i was about 12. I saw it the first time and realized that i had friends like that. The movie is definitely one every teenage kid should see. I think it is more of a movie for boys but girls can get out of it the same as the boys can. But the movie overall is great because its just about a four friends who have no experience with the "real world". They find out about a dead body and go in search to find it. At first they just do it to be famous and get a reward. But the quest of the boys throughout the movie reveal things that even themselves didn't know about. After it all, the boys find out about reality, and how it isn't glamorous. They realize that the body could of been them and they respect that. In my opinion the point of the movie was not to have you think of when you were 12 and your good friends but to think of what you have now, and what you do with it. In the end Gordie tells us what happens to each and how each kind of go their separate ways. (Such as the last scene of the movie). This is definitely a movie to not only rent but buy. I tip my hat to Reiner.