Stand By Me --great flick

[MyLife4YouSK]

This movie RULES! :love: Rob Reiner and Frank Darabont should be the only people allowed to make King movies. Oh and King himself since I enjoyed Maximum Overdrive. ;)

Is there anybody out there....that didn't like this flick? :eek2:

[aptpupil]

Oh, I suspect that there MUST be someone. Nothing can ever be universally loved. But "Stand By Me" is a truly marvellous piece of movie making, based on a very fine short story.

And doesn't it also show us what was lost with the premature and senseless death of River Phoenix? He could've gone onto to be one of the greats.

SK has a wonderful talent for bringing young characters to life and making them totally plausible. "Stand By Me" is a prime example of this, as is "IT" when the main characters encounter Pennywise first time around.

I really have nothing negative to say about this movie, which beautifully evokes the wonder and innocence of childhood.

[Drawn to Ka-tet]

Stand By Me is one of my favorite films of all time. I love the characters and the kids who play they.
It gave me an unreasonable dislike of Kiefer Sutherland (as Ace Merrill) that I've never been able to get over.
The Revenge of Lardass Hogan is a classic tale within the tale- and I laugh till I cry when I watch that part.
I just wish they had placed it in Castle Rock Maine, and not Castle Rock Oregon or Washington. I need my ficticious towns to stay in one spot and not relocate from state to state.

[delores 74]

This is one of my all time favorites! I am not allowed to watch it with my husband since I can quote the entire movie verbatim...lol. It annoys him when I either say the lines out loud or even lip-synch them. :biggrin2: I can't help it, I've lost count how many times I've seen it. Got to be dozens.

[jenboxer77]

This movie is in my top ten favorites of all time! I can watch this movie over, and over again. It is such a great story! :love:

[mstay]

It's one of my favorites too. I love that it recalls childhood so well. (Even though my childhood was a few years later than theirs:biggrin2:)

[wally wonder]

yeah, great movie. 'bout the only thing i questioned (and it seemed to follow the story politely) is what drawn to ka-tet laughed till tears came, and that is the revenge of lard-ass hogan. knew someone that is/was bulemic/anorexic...didn't have a hospital file, she had a file drawer. eating disorders. nasty business. wondered, whilst watching it, how that part was going over for her. dunno, maybe she got off on it, though she didn't let anyone know if she did. so maybe it was only me who was bothered by it, even though i said, yeah, wtg, hogan, you go boy!

i like the part when they're in the swamp water, come out covered in leeches. gordy pulls open his briefs and faints dead away. that's just one of the reasons why i'm glad i'm a girl, to quote lisey's little sister. larry, prostituting himself out there in california, had leeches on him, too, or so someone told him, time to get out of the pool.

channel ten is still not working. digital. hrummmmph!

[Rudeboy2025]

This is a truly great movie. I love watching it and as the original poster said, only Frank Darabont and Rob Reiner should adapt SK's work.

[michal]

It is a good film, no doubt, and I loved it even though I had no idea that it was based on Mr King's work at a time (this was many years before I read Different Seasons). But the hero being a writer (again) and the main topic being children and where their imagination and determination take them should have tipped me off.

[pandora]

This movie! I love the way it portals you into a kids head!! Kids are cool, and I can remember all the small insignificant stuff like puke stories, dares, etc. It's the small stuff that is the most important. I felt all warm and fuzzy after this one!

[Cowboy]

I loved it. Watching it brings back so many great memories like when crossing the railroad trestle.

[SiN_kInG]

the only stephen king that isn't an outright horror which beats stand by me is shawshank in my opinion. i love how versatile his stories are.

[youngfibre]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Stop stop i am on my way out the door to go look for it. compared to shawshank redemption? hey who locked this door?!$@.....ohhhh its open.

[SiN_kInG]

anyone else break down at the end of this film? i'm not afraid to admit it anyway :biggrin2: in fact a good few sk movies have done this to me (shawshank, green mile, firestarter, dolores claiborne etc.)

[barbiespoodle]

I'll agree with everyone, it is a great movie. IMO what made it great was the way it was able to get into some pretty deep issues without making them so deep that it was hard to understand. In short, it was an easy movie to watch and understand.

[Balrog21]

Yes! What a great movie! I received this movie yesterday for Father's Day and I immediately had to watch it! It brought back some great memories of my childhood. I would say it's a must watch for any Stephen King fan!
Best,
Bal

[Jojo87]

This movie is best. I've seen it two times.

[Srbo]

What`s there to say ?

On a scale of one to ten, this movie gets a 12.

[Teddy Duchamp]

This is one of my favourite EVER movies!

(as you would guess due to my username)

It was very true to the novella - the characters were so well drawn.........and the poignant scene when Chris started to cry becuase of his relationship with his family and how he was perceived at school regarding the stolen milk money............the whole relationship between the four boys - poor Teddy and his "crazy" father, who reading between the lines was probably shellshocked................and the story being so REAL that you can just imagine four 12 year old boys actually WANTING to go and look at a dead body:biggrin2:

In some ways it seems like a simple story but it goes a lot deeper the more I think of it.............and the end line in the movie has to be the saddest ever.........


I never had friends like the ones I did when I was 12 ...........Christ who has?:down:

[Srbo]

I never had friends like the ones I did when I was 12 ...........Christ who has?:down:

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? "?

:wink2:

[Liasis]

For an early movie it was great. I still need to buy it so my kids can watch it and get a taste of SK without being scared of clowns..

[aSecretAgent]

I miss river

[delores 74]

No matter how many times I've watched it, I still tense up at the railroad trestle. Like Gordy and Vern aren't going to make it across....lol. When I was 12 or 13, my friends and I used to play Stand By Me...we lived near a pretty open area, and we would re-enact the entire movie with me as narrator...lol. I was the only one who knew the entire movie.

[sgmonje]

I think its an amazing movie because it brings you back to remember all the good and bad times you yourself had as a child. It made me miss sneaking out with my friends building tree forts and making campfires, it made me miss when it was okay to burst out into song among my friends and have them join in instead of giving you a weird look, This movie brought me back to childhood, and I think it's one of his best.

[~Ally~]

What`s there to say ?

On a scale of one to ten, this movie gets a 12.

I couldn't have put it any better myself:smile2:.

I first saw this movie as a 7year old with my best friend and even as an adult I still experience the same feelings when I see it. I feel the movie captured the essence of the story beautifully...it is most definitely a timeless movie.

It also took me a lot of years to overcome my dislike of Kiefer Sutherland(which wasn't helped by his role in Lost Boys~another favourite movie of mine)...luckily Jack Bauer saved him:laugh:.

All the male actors were exceptionally talented, especially Corey Feldman and River Pheonix...his death was definitely tragic as he could have went on to become a great actor.

[Agincourt Concierge]

Love this movie and this story..two thumbs up!!!

[jlessl]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I have watched it at least a dozen times. Best purchase of a DVD (considering most times you're lucky if you watch it more than once) I've ever made. Love, love, love it. Excellent casting. I need to read the short story; in fact, I can't believe I haven't run across it in the short story compilations that I've read thus far.

[Raistlin]

The night I met my wife, we went to see this flick, but I never saw it. Before I knew it, the lights came on.:blush:

[Bryan James]

The railroad bridge crossing was no big deal to me, but I get my panties in a wad whenever he talks about crawling through pipes.

Some obnoxious jackass that I lost touch with in middle school at B.A. dared me to crawl through a concrete drainage ditch. (You out there, Paul Coffman?) "You follow me with a flashlight?" It was a million yards but probably only fifty. I went first.

The same kid got his butt supremely whipped during a Boy Scout "camping" trip. In a back yard overlooking a beach. We guys were all goofing off, and Paul threw a chunk of ice. It hit Wes in the eye. Wes got his peener stuck in a glass bottle a year later, but that's another story.

Paul's dad was an investment banker or something like that. Nice house, great Rottweiler. Paul's dad was a rich little Napoleon. Paul's dad beat him with a stick in the front yard and we listened to Paul screaming in our 20 tents in the back.

You want to discuss an "earworm?"

But Paul and I crawled through the pipe. The pipe was there. Lotsa ways to die...

You out there, Paul Coffman?

BJS

[mousenmile]

This movie! I love the way it portals you into a kids head!! Kids are cool, and I can remember all the small insignificant stuff like puke stories, dares, etc. It's the small stuff that is the most important. I felt all warm and fuzzy after this one!

I agree wholeheartedly. My husband even liked the movie. It brought back what it was like to be a kid again.The things ihis story could've easily been a scene from many of our lives. I think I wil go watch it again soon.

[aspergillus]

Excellent movie. Have seen it several times and never tire of watching. Bought the dvd and it included a behind the scenes making of the movie which I found fascinating in itself.
This movie always gets to you in so many ways emotionally.

[Micke]

This movie have it all. Same class as The Shawshank redemption and the Green mile. Great actors, great story, a great way to show the viewer a great story about these kids and their journey.

It's a emotional movie and I enjoyed it very much.

10/10

[Cruze]

This movie really took me back to being a kid again.
As a kid growing up abotu the same time period, it was pretty cool to feel such emotions again :)

[Ophelia]

I almost bought a VHS of this at the thrift store yesterday. It was really a great movie.

[tiger_fire]

This really is a golden oldie and I just loved it!
They tried a number of years back to make a girls version of this film with demi moore and such in it called "Now and Again" but it just didn't come up to par. This film has something for the adults and the kids. Adventure for the kids and brings back memories for the adults

[candybait]

One of the best movies of all time! I just watched it again recently and loved it just as much as the last 5 times I've seen it!!

[Dxc]

Great movie, one of my favorites. The ending was different from the book but it was still great. Really reminds you of what it was like being a child and reminded me of some of the little things I had forgotten about my childhood.

[Starchild]

I liked it too. It's a classic. I'v eseen it 5 times.

[lerv2read]

I agree with you, what I loved about the movie was that it was like seeing your brothers on the screen when they go out on an adventure. Great movie

[scarywriter]

Loved the movie. It's one of those that you can watch over and over. Luckily, it's always on cable, so there's lots of opportunity to do so. I was just traveling in OR and got to see a couple of the locations where they shot it. Beautiful area. Also saw "The Overlook Hotel" from "The Shining" a.k.a Timberline Lodge.

[bookslinger]

Absolutely my Favorite King movie. There is a scene, almost at the end of the movie, where the kids are splitting up to go home. You hear the theme song , and just as the narrator starts to speak, well that is the universal sound of a child's heart breaking over a summer gone. I love this movie.

[arista]

Great film and great actors..enough said on that one!!

[Hartley]

Coming of age stuff . Fantastic film which I've made sure to show to my two sons who were most sceptical initially . They loved them .One of them even spent most of the summer hols trawling my DVD collection for my King movies - his faves , no brainer , the Frank Darabont ones .

[Albie]

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? "?

:wink2:
My favorite Movie as well and my favorite line. If you have not read "The Body", I suggest doing so. I am in the midst of reading it for the 1st time. This line does not appear at the end of the book but almost as a throw away line in the middle of the book. I personallt don't believe that such a thing as a throw away line exists for King.

[Raoul Duke]

Even though I'm sure this has been said, Stand By Me is probably the best adaptation of any of SK's work.

[ibstella]

Ditto. One of my all time fave movies. Still have a panic attack during the great train coming scene. Just made my friend's 13 yo watch it and she loved it too:)

[M-O-O-N SPELLS MY NAME]

I've watched the movie probably 50 times, and it still brings a tear to my eye when they explain what happens to Chris (River Phoenix)in the end. Excellent, excellent movie, one of my all time favs! A great cast, too : Richard Dreyfuss, Keifer Sutherland, John Cusack, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Cpnnell, and River Phoenix (RIP).

BOOM-baba-BOOM-baba-BOOM-baba.....

[gniknehpets]

Hey bookslinger, that was a great line. "The universal sound of a child's heart breaking over a summer gone." We all remember that feeling, even if we can't remember what we did yesterday!

[Triilz]

Yeah, I loved this movie growing up and me and my girls (we were more like tomboys then) watched it over and over. Now all grown up, I still love it. I even let my 4 and 5 year old boys watch it and they loved it too! But maybe I shouldn't have because I caught them smoking my cigarettes and they said "Gordy and Chris were doing it and they're kids!". Totally not SK's fault. All me. i shouldn't smoke and they shouldn't have been able to get to the smokes. Huge parental mistake, but still funny as hell! PS they still beg me to watch it.

[Captn_Tripps]

This is an amazing film. I first saw it when I was 9 or 10 years old, and is probably the source for my great fear of leeches. :wink2:

[j.simon]

one of my favorite movies for as lond a i can remember

[mh130]

I was young and dumb (I'm only dumb now) when I read this story and other great ones by SK. I was scared by several, but was enveloped by them, as if being led by a parent and was assured that everything would be ok. Reading his books and others helped me to increase my english skills and ACT score, which I'm grateful for. And his office assistants sent me responses, which were canned responses, which was great. It really helped me to set the story teller apart from the real story, my life. This sounds bad, but isn't really. Fantasy is great, but the real world cannot be ignored. I still delve back whenever I can, and always enjoy it.

I am just thankful that I am the go to guy for spelling at work, which as an engineer is something unusual. Sad thought, but my english was the highest of my ACT scores. It dwindled down in college, but I still love to read. THANKS!
Michael

[brandon]

Loved the movie. It's one of those that you can watch over and over. Luckily, it's always on cable, so there's lots of opportunity to do so. I was just traveling in OR and got to see a couple of the locations where they shot it. Beautiful area. Also saw "The Overlook Hotel" from "The Shining" a.k.a Timberline Lodge.

That hotel is in Estes Park Colorado and is not called Timberline Lodge. I believe it is called the Stanley Hotel if memory serves. Nice place. Wandered around awhile and snapped some pics. There is a small display case there that honors the movie.

[Moderator]

That's true, but The Timberline Lodge in Oregon is where portions of the Kubrick version of The Shining were filmed.

[brandon]

That's true, but The Timberline Lodge in Oregon is where portions of the Kubrick version of The Shining were filmed.

Ahhh.... Wasnt aware of that Ms Mod. Thanks!

[brandon]

That hotel is in Estes Park Colorado and is not called Timberline Lodge. I believe it is called the Stanley Hotel if memory serves. Nice place. Wandered around awhile and snapped some pics. There is a small display case there that honors the movie.


That's true, but The Timberline Lodge in Oregon is where portions of the Kubrick version of The Shining were filmed.

Apologies to scarywriter. Guess I was sounding like a know-it-all!:blush:

[davemelnick]

them & The Green Mile (IMHO). :grinning:
the only stephen king that isn't an outright horror which beats stand by me is shawshank in my opinion. i love how versatile his stories are.

[StokerX]

what are supposed to eat??? Our feet???

[M2H]

They should remake Stand By Me...change the setting to 2009..have the 4 boys listen to rap...change the location to Miami...have the boy run over by a car rather than train...

I am kidding!! The sad thing is that there probably people hollywood already eyeing stand by me for a possible remake...considering EVERY is getting remade these days..

[Chris Chambers]

They should remake Stand By Me...change the setting to 2009..have the 4 boys listen to rap...change the location to Miami...have the boy run over by a car rather than train...

I am kidding!! The sad thing is that there probably people hollywood already eyeing stand by me for a possible remake...considering EVERY is getting remade these days..

OMG! Are you kidding me?The DUMBEST and MOST IDIOT thing that you could do is a remake of Stand By Me!!
Come on,can you just hear this "IDEA" from someone and don't wanna punch him/her in the face?
Stand By Me was (and it still is) a miliary stone of movies by SK books and stories,is like tell:
<<Ehi,let's do a remake of MISERY or some other super-famous movie,but like the story is in our times!>> and the only thing that the other guys tell to you is:<<WTF?!>>
If they really do a remake,I think I'm gonna freak out!

[Steven Denton]

This movie! I love the way it portals you into a kids head!! Kids are cool, and I can remember all the small insignificant stuff like puke stories, dares, etc. It's the small stuff that is the most important. I felt all warm and fuzzy after this one!


The movie reflected Old Stevie King's ability to do that particularly well. His observations on childhood are so "tapped in" that it makes you wonder if he has direct communication with his younger self.

[Fran D'Amico]

I feel what made stand by me so great was the narration.Of all his movies I

[Fran D'Amico]

I feel a big part of what made it so great was the narration.The movie could never have been so perfect without it.What made the narration so great? The actual words of the wordslinger. When you think about it, Stand by me had more words taken directly from the original book that any other SK movie anyone ever made.the narration allows you to enjoy the story the way it was meant to be.If they make the Dark Tower into a movie,i would love to see it narrated.

[Trueivy]

There have been a lot of great SK movies, but to me hands down this is the best. Perfectly written, perfectly directed, and perfectly cast. I hate when filmmakers take a book and twist it to their liking, but Rob Reiner embraced the novella and took it to a whole new level.

[CruelHandLuke]

Got a poster of this by my bed...awesome awesome movie. And it has a small scene with John Cusack, what more could you ask for?

[GNTLGNT]

It was so good I wanted to stay for the next showing when it came out. Couldn't have all the details crammed in there-but Frank and Rob did their damndest. Still, the story is always my first love...

[mustangclaire]

Being English, and having been born here, I love this film, because it confirmed to me that American kids had wonderfully free and roaming childhoods. I love this film, it is my all time favourite of any I have seen. I'm sure not all American childhoods were REALLY like that depicted in the film, but when I first saw it years ago I imagined it was. I wished I had grown up in a place that had "drug stores", "ice cream parlours", country fairs and scrap yards inviting kids to take their chances with fearsome guard dogs on endlessly hot summer days. I remember my childhood with affection also, but it allways seemed to be cold, wet, dark, and surrounded by "homework".......

[S.K. Reader]

Family Classic! Great for anyone to watch. Rob Reiner was a great director for this movie. All the actors did a wonderful job in this movie. I believe this movie will be great in a year, 20 years, and even a century. This movie is one of Stephen King's best adaptions.:grinning:

[MrZetakappa]

:oo:....:glare:...scusa se mi impiccio ma tuo marito ha ragione!!!!il film è molto bello ma x cambiare un po fagli vedere IT e shining!...scherzo,ciao

[king family fan]

I noticed this is a movie most ages enjoy. We have all sat down as a family and watched. I see the realness of how kids act.

[tachyon]

Classic film

[blunthead]

Dig it, my nursing program included certain instructional movies, one of which was Stand By Me (another was Who's Life Is it Anyway?). We watched Stand By Me because it described four distinct developmental childhood levels. I post this simply because my nursing program was possibly my first sK encounter!

[sprinco12]

There is probably somebody who didn't enjoy Stand By Me, but it's one of my favorites....definitely one of SK's greatest movies.

[giraffe]

Yep, it's right up there with the movie adaptations of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. All 3 are in my top 10 favourite movies' list.

[Workinggirl]

This is truly one of my favorite movies of all time. I agree with the previous post that said only Reiner and Darabout should adapt King movies. I hate how his work gets butchered in on screen adaptions. However, it is those sometimes quirky and mindbogling adaptions that make love watching them. I know what to expect and I look forward to it good or bad.

[SKEMERGrrl]

Love the movie. Wil Wheaton rocks LOL I also was upset that they moved it from Castle Rock, ME to Oregon. I heard they did it so people wouldn't think it was just another SK horror movie. BOO HOO! And making Gordie wear a Yankees hat. Shame on you, Reiner! I know you're a Yankees fan but King sure isn't!

[A Guest from Roanoke]

Fantastic movie, there are truly not enough plaudits to be given to this movie Reiner did a superb job with his direction and the kids were the absolute stars. Ace Merrill must get a special mention for never have I undeniably despised a character on screen than that man haha. It always annoyed me when he took his brothers yankee cap .. it annoyed me that we never found out what happened to it ... just a little thing but still annoying :laugh:

[Robert 'Bob' Gray]

I totally agree, :biggrin2: especially regarding Darabont and Reiner, and hoe well Misery was handled in my opinion. I love this film! :grinning:

[Lina]

I watched Stand by Me this weekend. I think it's a great movie, one of the best SK adaptations. I enjoyed watching it so much!

[Delita]

I concur that this movie was awesome.

[Richard Edwards]

I didn't read this thread, but SBM is ridiculously awesome. Maybe another example of a movie surpassing the novella/novel, but I'm not so sure of that. They both rock.

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

It was shown here on one of the cable channels yesterday afternoon, an unexpected delight!

Even though I own most of them, I always watch a Sai King movie when it's on the TV (but the ratings people NEVER ask me! LOL)

Long days and pleasant nights

[Rudeboy2025]

Exciting news!

Stand By Me is coming to Blu-Ray! It's available for pre-order on Amazon although there hasn't been an official announcement and there is no confirmed release date.

I already pre-ordered my copy :D You can do so here - http://www.amazon.com/Stand-By-Me-Blu-ray/dp/product/B00164GDA0

[Ebony]

I saw the movie, when I was so much younger and it was so disturbing.
The whole time the kids knew what would happen, but reality is so hard.

[Rudeboy2025]

It now has a release date - March 22, 2011!

Seriously I can't wait until March as this is one of my favorite movies and I only discovered it a couple of years ago!

[evilmike218]

I love this movie and to date it is one of my favorites of all time. I saw it when I was a kid, and still love it to today. Was such great story telling. To this day I have not found anyone who didnt like this film. On a side note Stand by me is also my favorite song of all time.

[Uncle Waldo]

I gotta agree, Rob with Stand By Me and Frank with The Green Mile have BY FAR done the best

[fljoe0]

It now has a release date - March 22, 2011!

Seriously I can't wait until March as this is one of my favorite movies and I only discovered it a couple of years ago!

Does anyone have the blu-ray yet? If so, what do you think?

[Brian]

I have it, but have not been able to watch it yet. Will report back. I'm sure its gonna be amazing. :wow:

[Bev Vincent]

I saw this in the movie theatre when it first came out. Had to take two buses to the edge of town to see it, but it was worth the trek!

[fljoe0]

I picked up the blu-ray this weekend and the film looks fantastic on blu-ray. There is an additional commentary from Rob Reiner, Cory Feldman and Wil Wheaton for the blu-ray edition. This commentary was done especially for the blu-ray release. The featurette (with SK) and original commentary from the dvd are included also. There is also a music video of Ben E King singing Stand By Me. I can't remember if that was on the original dvd or not. It's amazing how good those boys are in this movie, especially River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton.

[50 mission cap]

Wil Wheaton is particularly good here... What happened to him? I know he did star trek, but after that? Phoenix was phenomenal as well. Aptly accompanied by Feldman and the dude that's married to Mystique.

[marjorieglick]

This is one of my favourite EVER movies!

(as you would guess due to my username)

It was very true to the novella - the characters were so well drawn.........and the poignant scene when Chris started to cry becuase of his relationship with his family and how he was perceived at school regarding the stolen milk money............the whole relationship between the four boys - poor Teddy and his "crazy" father, who reading between the lines was probably shellshocked................and the story being so REAL that you can just imagine four 12 year old boys actually WANTING to go and look at a dead body:biggrin2:

In some ways it seems like a simple story but it goes a lot deeper the more I think of it.............and the end line in the movie has to be the saddest ever.........


I never had friends like the ones I did when I was 12 ...........Christ who has?:down:

I also loved this movie, and agree that it was extremely close to the novella. But did anyone notice the money difference? In the movie all the amounts were the same as they were in the story, but Gordy had the largest amount. In the novella Chris is the one who has the most. Did they change it on screen because movie-goers wouldn't believe a poor white trash kid like Chris shouldn't have more money than a respectible kid like Gordie?

[Homer403]

I really loved the scene at the end where,I think it was Vern,the chubby kid,is walking home and stops to pick up a penny on the road,signifiying life is back to normal.The adventure is already a long time ago,in the eyes of a 12 year old.

[Ben E Gas]

Wil Wheaton is particularly good here... What happened to him? I know he did star trek, but after that? Phoenix was phenomenal as well. Aptly accompanied by Feldman and the dude that's married to Mystique.

I liked him in Star Trek also. Not sure what he is doing now, but he is on twitter a lot.

[shapuri]

The movie stand by me i had seen on a ship at midnight at my personal cabin. That day i was felling so lonely. After finished the movie i was speechless. Such a awesome move this is

[Mark Alan Trimeloni]

The older I get. The more I miss that sense of adventure of being young. This movie gets played about once a week in my home.

[CarrieJo]

I love this movie. My Grandma worked in a library that had a small movie section to rent out and she would always bring some home when we were visiting and she would bring some with her when she came to visit us. She brought Stand by Me when she came to visit once and my sister and I LOVED it immediately. We probably watched it 10 times that weekend. We even got the soundtrack and some music to play on the piano from it. We were younger so imagine my surprise when I found out that King wrote the story!

I had it on VHS, I currently have it on DVD and I absolutely think that it will be purchased on Blu Ray soon.

[J.T. Adams]

mylife4yousk, beautiful movie, beautiful thread, I didn't read all the post I just have faith no one disliked this film.


:y:

[omm poppa mow mow]

Yeah, sure great flick.

I wonder how the bulemic/anorexic thought about it?


Lard ass hogan or whatever the fock his name was

[MyLife4YouSK]

Hey Omm poppa, you sure have a weird sense of wonderment.....I imagine the bulemic and
anorexic thought it funny a scene as the rest
of us did as it had nothing to do with those disorders. Oh what sweet revenge.,
muahahahahahahaha. Gross, but sweet. lol

[omm poppa mow mow]

I had a different opinion, CJ...was married at the time to a lady who struggled w/the disease, all. of. her. life. She is gone now.

[angelwithnowings]

Being anorexic I have a very different opinion too. :(

[Katiedid]

An all time classic that I wish I could show to middle school students. I need to get a DVD of the sanitized TV version somewhere. Even though we ALL know that kids actually speak to each other like that, I doubt that I could get away with showing it to 7th graders with all of the swearing. I'd lose my job!

[fredthe3rd]

What about Brian De Palma, Stanley Kubrik, John Carpenter, Taylor Hackford and Bryan Singer?

[twellwood70]

A movie without all the high tech special effects. That shows the awesome potential of the actors and director that much more.

[twellwood70]

I think it brought back a lot of our childhood memories and how we perceived the world at that time in our life.