One of my all-time favourites, Stand By Me, is this week's choice from "The Film Vaults"...
Any film based on something written by Stephen King is bound to be amazing, but as Stand By Me stays very true to the novella, The Body, on which it is based, it is even more worthy of praise...
Many people won't realise its based on a Stephen King story, since it doesn't necessarily adhere to the usual Stephen King genre...
This is one of the first films I remember seeing as a kid and honestly, what can be more exciting to a child than watching four lads trek along a railway track, dodging trains and getting into all sorts of trouble, in order to go see the dead body of one of their peers? That to me was the peak of excitement and till this day remains one of my most loved films...
It also features and array of well known actors including Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell and Kiefer Sutherland...
It really is a must see... If you've already seen it, watch it again...
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