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Find out who starred in the classic coming-of-age film Stand by Me, based on Stephen King's novella. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
Stand by Me received positive reviews upon release and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and for two Golden Globe Awards: one for Best Drama Motion Picture, and one for Best Director.
Apr 21, 2023 · Stand By Me is one of the most beloved films of the 1980s, and is still a fantastic, if a little heartbreaking, watch all these years later. Thanks to its brilliant '50s and '60s soundtrack (including the title track of course) and coming-of-age drama, Stand By Me still holds up as a must-see movie.
- Tom Eames
Aug 22, 1986 · IMDb page for the classic coming-of-age movie Stand by Me, based on Stephen King's short story. See the cast and crew list, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Rob Reiner
- 1986-08-22
- Corey Feldman. As a child star, Corey Feldman took Hollywood by storm with his beady eyes and cherubic face. He appeared in countless commercials, landing his first for McDonald’s at the age of three.
- Jerry O’Connell. Who knew that chubby Vern Tessio, who dug like a prairie dog in search of his pot of pennies and loved cherry-flavored Pez in Stand By Me, would turn into a muscular, deep-voiced hunk of a man and marry a model in real life?
- Wil Wheaton. As the doe-eyed storyteller Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me, Wil Wheaton was “the voice” of the film, playing the younger version of Richard Dreyfuss, whom we only get to glimpse in the beginning and the very end of the movie.
- River Phoenix. Even when he played the sensitive-tough-kid Chris Chambers in Stand By Me, River Phoenix’s star quality was clearly evident onscreen. Garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Running on Empty in 1988, Phoenix moved on to playing a young Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Find out who played the four main characters and the supporting roles in the classic coming-of-age film based on Stephen King's novella. See also the names of the director, producer, writer, and other crew members.
Find out who starred in the 1986 drama film based on Stephen King's short story, directed by Rob Reiner. See the names and roles of the actors, writers, producers, and other crew members of Stand by Me.
