Stand by Me

[calfzilla]

Stand by Me was on TV last night and I had to watch it. Such a great movie.  Can't believe it had so many big stars so early in their careers.


*bodybuilding related because Jerry O'connell was a fat kid and grew up to be quite the Hollywood stud.

[robcguns]

It was on sat where i am and i watched it as well,havent seen it in 20 years.i forgot john cusack was the dead older brother.great movie.

[The Scott]

It is a very, very good film with some excellent performances.  I have it on Blu  Ray.

[Tapeworm]

Invented nostalgia.  The friends I had when I was 12 were whatever idiot kids happened to be wandering the neighborhood.

[SquidVicious]

Stand by Me was on TV last night and I had to watch it. Such a great movie.  Can't believe it had so many big stars so early in their careers.


*bodybuilding related because Jerry O'connell was a fat kid and grew up to be quite the Hollywood stud.

O'Connell grew up to become the cuckold who eats out John Stamos's pudding out of Rebecca Romjin's vaginismus.

[The Ugly]

Invented nostalgia.  The friends I had when I was 12 were whatever idiot kids happened to be wandering the neighborhood.

Damn killjoy.

[BB]

That is indeed a classic, I think it was the 3rd or 4th dvd I bought when dvd was still a little new to me. I remember my first two were Commando, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Then it was Stand by Me, and Thief, but I can't remember which I bought first that time.

This is one of my favorite scenes from Stand by Me, most of the early 80's, mid 80's King based films seemed to be a bit better in the way they handled secondary and minor characters. The later films tended to get too flashy, and forgot the importance of these tinier roles -

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[wes]

Great flick!!

[SquidVicious]

That is indeed a classic, I think it was the 3rd or 4th dvd I bought when dvd was still a little new to me. I remember my first two were Commando, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Then it was Stand by Me, and Thief, but I can't remember which I bought first that time.

This is one of my favorite scenes from Stand by Me, most of the early 80's, mid 80's King based films seemed to be a bit better in the way they handled secondary and minor characters. The later films tended to get too flashy, and forgot the importance of these tinier roles -

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Thief of Hearts is a very underrated flick. Good call bro. Steven Bauer FTW.

[The Scott]

Invented nostalgia.  The friends I had when I was 12 were whatever idiot kids happened to be wandering the neighborhood.

Too bad.  It takes effort to make and keep a friend for life.  I maintain some contact  still with friends of over 50 years ago.

[BB]

I'll check that one out, the Thief I bought, was probably Mann's finest film to my eye -

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[Ronnie Rep]

Stand by Me was on TV last night and I had to watch it. Such a great movie.  Can't believe it had so many big stars so early in their careers.


*bodybuilding related because Jerry O'connell was a fat kid and grew up to be quite the Hollywood stud.

Yup, and River Phoenix died of an overdose.

[The Ugly]

That is indeed a classic, I think it was the 3rd or 4th dvd I bought when dvd was still a little new to me. I remember my first two were Commando, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Then it was Stand by Me, and Thief, but I can't remember which I bought first that time.

This is one of my favorite scenes from Stand by Me, most of the early 80's, mid 80's King based films seemed to be a bit better in the way they handled secondary and minor characters. The later films tended to get too flashy, and forgot the importance of these tinier roles -

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"Your dad's a looney. A looney up in the nuthouse in Togus. He took your ear and he put it to a stove and burnt it off."

"My father stormed the beach at Normandy."

"He's crazier than a shithouse rat."

Great scene, but Dreyfuss's voiceover really makes the film. Just like Redford/A River Runs and Freeman/Shawshank.

[The Scott]

"Your dad's a looney. A looney up in the nuthouse in Togus. He took your ear and he put it to a stove and burnt it off."

"My father stormed the beach at Normandy."

"He's crazier than a shithouse rat. No wonder you're acting the way you are with a looney for a father."

Great scene, but Dreyfuss's voiceover really makes the film. Just like Redford/A River Runs and Freeman/Shawshank.

There are movies and then there are "films".   

"Stand By Me" and the other two you mentioned are the latter.   

[Ronnie Rep]

Anybody read the short story The Body,that it was based on from the book Different Seasons?    Just curious.

[The Ugly]

The ending of River with old Norman fishing; man, the narration still gives me chills. Hardly even understand the prose, but the words are f'n beautiful.

Went out and bought a flyrod the next day. Scott, I don't even fish.

"I am haunted by waters."

[The Scott]

Anybody read the short story The Body,that it was based on from the book Different Seasons?    Just curious.

Yes.  A  novella by Stephen King.  Read  it years ago.

[The Ugly]

Yes.  A  novella by Stephen King.  Read  it years ago.

Yes, then too there's "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." Both better films than novellas.

[The Scott]

Yes, then too there's "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." Both better films than novellas.

Rita Hayworth?  In her prime she needed to be read via braille.    I know, I know.  Not very clever really but witty enough.  I nope. 

[Tapeworm]

Damn killjoy.

I am, it's true, but shit - I can't justify why I hung around with anyone other than to say they happened to be present and I thought that having friends was something I was supposed to do.  In retrospect, I shouldn't have bothered.  They weren't interesting or remarkable in any way.  Just local.  Mostly I remember being bored.

The bad thing about having a schedule booked solid with clods is you're too busy with them to meet someone worthwhile.  I've repeated this same mistake - with friends, with women, with clients - all my life.  I don't believe anymore that simply knowing someone is a sufficient reason to continue knowing them.  There really is something to be said for telling people goodbye.  Not cruelly, just... no can do, very busy here, don't call me I'll call you.

My movie would be titled "Go Stand Over There Will Ya"

[The Scott]

I am, it's true, but shit - I can't justify why I hung around with anyone other than to say they happened to be present and I thought that having friends was something I was supposed to do.  In retrospect, I shouldn't have bothered.  They weren't interesting or remarkable in any way.  Just local.  Mostly I remember being bored.

The bad thing about having a schedule booked solid with clods is you're too busy with them to meet someone worthwhile.  I've repeated this same mistake - with friends, with women, with clients - all my life.  I don't believe anymore that simply knowing someone is a sufficient reason to continue knowing them.  There really is something to be said for telling people goodbye.  Not cruelly, just... no can do, very busy here, don't call me I'll call you.

My movie would be titled "Go Stand Over There Will Ya"

That last line?
 

[robcguns]

I am, it's true, but shit - I can't justify why I hung around with anyone other than to say they happened to be present and I thought that having friends was something I was supposed to do.  In retrospect, I shouldn't have bothered.  They weren't interesting or remarkable in any way.  Just local.  Mostly I remember being bored.

The bad thing about having a schedule booked solid with clods is you're too busy with them to meet someone worthwhile.  I've repeated this same mistake - with friends, with women, with clients - all my life.  I don't believe anymore that simply knowing someone is a sufficient reason to continue knowing them.  There really is something to be said for telling people goodbye.  Not cruelly, just... no can do, very busy here, don't call me I'll call you.

My movie would be titled "Go Stand Over There Will Ya"

Couldnt have said it better

[SF1900]

Great film. Reminded me of my getbig brethren.

[Tapeworm]

That last line?
 

Absofuckinglutely!  Get these damn Cling-ons off my starboard bow, Scotty.

[The Ugly]

Rita Hayworth?  In her prime she needed to be read via braille.    I know, I know.  Not very clever really but witty enough.  I nope. 

Yeah, it's in the Different Seasons collection as well. Three of the four were made into films:

http://www.amazon.com/Different-Seasons-Signet-Stephen-King/dp/0451167538/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441686352&sr=8-1&keywords=rita+hayworth+and+shawshank+redemption