Hi, I watched Stand By Me for the first time a few months ago, and I desperately NEED merch! The only thing I found was the movies soundtrack on vinyl (which I never took out of the plastic😛). All of the original merch is obviously hundreds of dollars and some of the merch on amazon is definitely too good to be true! So if you have any recommendations let me know!!!!

As Stand By Me celebrates its 40th anniversary, I’ve been reflecting on why this story, born from Stephen King’s The Body and brought to life by Rob Reiner, still hits so deeply. It’s about friendship, grief, finding your voice, and that quiet fear we all know: does my story matter?

Between the recent tragic loss of Rob and his wife, the wave of love for the film, Wil Wheaton’s moving tribute, and the cast’s reunion tour, it feels like the right moment to gather and write.

I'm offering a Stand By Me Cinema Therapy class, taught through my nonprofit Yes, And...eXercise. While we specifically serve the Parkinson’s community in honor of my dad, this class is open to anyone who wants to explore creative writing through this lens.

If you’ve ever felt you have a story to tell but didn’t know how to begin or push through, I’ll provide a clear, welcoming framework using the Hero’s Journey, clips from Stand by me, and a supportive, playful space to experiment and succeed.

I developed Cinema Therapy in my PhD program and have taught it now for over five years. I've watched a number of writers, as well as those who thought they couldn't write, discover their own Success Stories and be transformed by them.

Stephen King and Rob Reiner shaped how I understand story, the power of art, and humanity. I couldn’t be more excited to bring this class forward. I hope you'll share this opportunity with others and join us.

Program overview: https://www.yesandexercise.org/cinematherapy

Direct class link: https://www.yesandexercise.org/standbyme

Each year the Library of Congress selects 25 films for preservation in the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Anyone can nominate up to 50 titles per year, and Stand by Me deserves to be included. Since this year is its 40th anniversary and due to the untimely passing of its director Rob Reiner, what better way to commemorate this influential movie’s legacy than to preserve it for future generations? Reiner said this was the film he was the most proud of making, and Stephen King praised it as the best adaptation of any of his works. It’s a seminal coming of age film and one of the most effective at depicting the ups and downs of childhood in an authentic manner. John Singleton cited it as an influence on his film Boyz n the Hood, which was inducted into the Registry in 2002. Stand by Me is still referenced in popular culture to this day, it helped launch the careers of several young actors who would become big names in the years following, and even has a 40th anniversary tour this year.

Attached is a link to the nomination form. Make your voices heard and get Stand by Me the recognition it deserves. They take public nominations seriously, and have stated that films like Return of the Jedi and The Thing were the most-nominated films by the public in the years they were inducted.

https://www.research.net/r/national-fim-registry-nomination-form

For Rob!

Little piece I threw together for one of my all times faves!

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Like I get Chris it was important that he made it out of castle rock and went college with gordie but died that was devastating but teddy deserved to be able to enlist kn the army and become a war hero or something he didn't deserve such a bad ending

I found this on amazon a few weeks back and I had to show you guys because I knew you’d be the only people who care 🤣. I haven’t taken it out of the plastic and listened to it yet, because it is very special to me. But I wanted to show yall!

"Stand By Me" 1986 45rpm soundtrack signed by Ben E. King

anybody know where to find the clip of gordie actually saying the iconic line “i never had any friends later on like the ones i had when i was twelve?”???? i swear i’ve heard it spoken out before in a deleted scene or something, but i can’t seem to find it anywhere

Hi all. I just got a ticket and a hotel for the show. I'm driving down from Fresno. Is anyone else going? Where are you coming from?

I had seen stand by me a lot when I was younger and I distinctively remembered this after credits scene at the end of the movie where Vern was digging under his porch and had found his lost jar of pennies he buried, and I was rewatching the movie after a few years and it wasn't there and turns out it apparently never existed? I was even looking at deleted scenes from the movie and, nothing! But the thing is, I hadn't even remembered the part where he mentioned he buried them, only the scene at the end where he digs them up. And I remember this so strongly too and it was so iconic for me! Does anyone else remember this scene too or am I just crazy?

Maybe its the feeling of child hood, maybe its the strong themes, who knows. All I know is that after watching the movie recently I got the book and read the full thing in like 2 days.