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Stand by Me. Produced by Andrew
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Rayno!d Gideon. Directed by Rob Rei¬
ner. Screenplay by Raynoid Gideon
and Bruce A. Evans. Photography by
Thomas Dei Ruth. Starring Wii
Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feld¬
man,
and Jerry O'Connell.
(89min. - RCA/Columbia Pictures)
Richard Dreyfuss narrates
and makes a cameo appearance in this
screen

adaptation of Stephen King's

novella, "The Body."

adaptations of
King's work, this is not a horror story.
Stand By Me is a Tom Sawyerish tale
about four boys who set out to find the
dead body of another boy who has been
killed in a railroad accident. The film is
in the late fifties and is enhanced
with a score of pop tunes from the
set

period, including the Ben E. King clas¬
sic, "Stand By Me."
Thomas Del Ruth's

cameras

capture the many moments of innocence
and enlightenment experienced by the

boys on their quest. Nicely framed en¬
semble scenes and well chosen closeups,

make this nostalgic film

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The video release of
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The complex battle scenes,
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fate as most wide screen movies
video: cut off figures and optical

same
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of the screen were masked, as they
were in the video release of Woody

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