Rest in peace, River Phoenix. Chris' monologue over the milk money breaks my heart every time. River had already been nominated for an Oscar, I reckon that he'd be so proud of Joaquin's success.
@@DawnMarieX That movie was filmed in a small town in Oregon, people have done CZcams video comparisons from 1986 to now of the sites in the movie. The railroad is gone. Many of the little towns up and down the west coast states were founded as railroad towns in the late 19th century and early 20th century, but as container shipping has become the norm the once plentiful rail lines have been torn out only leaving the main lines. FWIW, my hometown was founded as a railtown in the 1880s and people going to high school in the 1980s often met the first person born in that town, she lived to be over 100 years old. Talk about a young town compared to the east coast towns let alone Europe.
@@DawnMarieX That gun was a Colt M1911A1 45 ACP. It was a common side arm in WW2. Many of the weapons in WW2 were sold as military surplus to civilians after the war such as that handgun, Garands and Carbine rifles also when the army downsized.
@@DawnMarieX Yes, one does have to buy a mailbox or make one unless one lives in the subdivisions built over the past 30 years or so which have mailboxes at the end of each block.
Goofy is a dog. The character started under the name Dippy Dawg in 1932, and after appearing in six cartoons, was slightly redesigned (the original appeared significantly older, for example) and renamed Goofy.
Story goes that during a break in filming, Kiefer Sutherland was teaching River Phoenix how to play the guitar. The song he was teaching him was "Stand by me" originally performed by Ben E. King (which is somewhat forgiving in terms of chords, it's like all G, Em, C and D). The film's director Rob Reiner walks by and says, "Oh, man, I haven't heard that song in twenty years." By the time filming wrapped, the title had changed from Stephen King's original novella "The Body" to "Stand by me".
Stephen King sat next to Rob Reiner in the theater when it premiered and he was visibly shaken by the film. When Rob asked him what was wrong, King replied that the film was so incredible and probably the best adaptation of all his literary work.
I tried getting my niece and nephew to watch, goonies, stand by me and labyrinth. Not interested in the slightest! when I was a kid like you say they were massive films I feel every kid should see. Not stupid noises and flashing colours or dick and dom enough for that generation 😢
That final image of River Phoenix in the film where his character Chris walks away and fades into nothing while we learn about Chris' unfortunate demise is just sad and eerie. Seven years after the release of this film, the real life River would be gone too...
Probably the greatest child/adolescent acting in any film I've ever seen. Forever and ever re-watchable. Every performance is great/superb, from Sutherland to Phoenix to Feldman to Wheaton to O'Connell and the rest. Epic. One can't ignore King's story telling and Reiner's directing either.
@@KrazyKat007 Wow, Yes, I wouldn't like to compare, but seeing as she was largely alone as a child, acting with adults, I get it. Then there's Foster in Taxi Driver?
@@carlhartwell7978 Yeah! Child actors working in scenes with adults is more impressive to me as they have to hold their own with adults who have potentially have decades of experience under their belt. Jodi Foster in Taxi Driver is classic! Don’t know if you’ve ever seen the Martin Scorsese film “Hugo” Those child roles probably aren’t as demanding as what we’ve mentioned above, but still. Some solid and very strong performances. And then there’s a French film called “The City of Lost Children” Some extraordinary performances from child actors in that. Don’t worry, it may be French, but there’s nothing perverted in the film LOL
@@KrazyKat007 Just to play somewhat of a 'devils advocate' in our convo. Is it not, perhaps more exceptional for a 'young actor' to perform with other (who knows who the fuck they are) young actors... AND also be superb? Which is (what appears on film) what happened. The distinctions between reality and fiction are easily blurred.
I think that intro scene with Dreyfuss in the car, having driven back to a place where he feels closer to his memories, to think about and mourn Chris means so much more to me now as I got older. Have done the same thing quite a few times at this point unfortunately. Powerful scene in a powerful movie.
@@DawnMarieXyour outro was quite interesting!! I don't think I've EVER heard of a "length of grass" phobia!!! 😮 And if you don't like frogs, I would be curious to see you watching and reacting to videos that they have on CZcams where frogs and snakes are fed live food like mice and the like!! That would be an interesting reaction to film!!😅
Love the opening, I had a similar thing happen to me when I was driving somewhere and found out by text my best friend in life died, committed suicide.
Same mate. Heard last Saturday morning that one of my best friends from school killed himself. Hadn't seen him in 18 years, but it hit hard. Told my wife what had happened, said I needed to go for a drive to clear my head. Drove for about 10 minutes, found a secluded spot and cried for him. Cried for about 20 minutes. Didn't want to do it in front of the missus and kids and freak them out.
I remember when i was a kid in the 70's i used wander miles from home and have many an adventure that my parents knew nothing about. That was a perfect time for kids to be kids.
Same for me in the 80s, a bike was freedom. All over the place! Climbing trees, kickball, soccer, football. No phones or much in the way of video games. Comeback when it's dark!
You must've been lucky not to run into any serial killers considering they were all the rage back then with like Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, John Wayne Gacy, BTK, The Zodiac Killer, The Yorkshire Ripper, etc.
One thing I love about this movie is that it shows how magical it was that kids could have adventures, but doesn't pretend that there weren't any potential consequences of that (up to and including the dead kid himself). Either approach has good aspects and bad aspects even if we think the old way was better.
Mighty Mouse was basically a cartoon superhero mouse. Was on Saturdays in the late 80s. He was basically the same thing as Superman just a mouse. I used to watch the hell outta it
In 1912, my grandmother was four years old, following the big kids who were walking on the train tracks. They were putting down their ears to listen for the train, and she copied them, got picked up by a cowcatcher and thrown 40 feet, and dragged home senseless by her big brother. One of her eyes had to be put back in place. Our whole family is lucky to be alive.
The scene where he got the leech on his balls freaked me out as a kid. The fear of that happening to me while swimming in lakes followed me for many years after that.
In the 1950's there were No Cellular devices, No GPS, No AI, No Mapquest, nothing like that, and parental "supervision" didn't require a helicopter. Kids were allowed to grow up on their own a lot of the time, and sometimes they even had adventures, like in this movie. Even though I grew up in the 60's I still miss my childhood, it was a lot of fun.
Seems like certain Gen-whatever-they're-on-now think cell phones have been around since the dawn of civilization, also GPS, etc. Just making sure y'all know there was once a world without these "wonderful" pieces of technology. And Einstein was THE MAN.
Yes it changed in the late 90s. Now we live in the age of hysterical fear, one panic after another after another after another. And it's breaking our civilization into pieces. But from the pieces, new more normal societies will eventually grow.
Teddy guy with the burnt ear = Cory feldman = Gremlins, The Goonies, The Lost Boys, License To Drive, Meatballs 4, The Burb's, Friday The 13th The Final Chapter...
Dawn, this is one of the best Stephen King adaptations in film form. Based on his short story called; "The Body." Stephen King was shown a preview screening just prior to the films release. After the screening, Stephen King got up, said nothing, and walked out without saying a word. The producers, director etc, were left wondering what had happened. After a while, Stephen King re-entered the screening theatre, apologized, and explained that one of his schoolfriends, who, (like Chris Chambers) as an adult years later, had got killed (stabbed) whilst trying to split up a fight.
@@DawnMarieX I might misremember, but I think Steven King in his book about horror (i.e. non-fiction) said that the story "The Body" was in a big part a self-biografical rendition of an actual event in his own youth.
@@dolf370 As said. It was semi-autobiographical. Seeing his words on celluloid, in regards to that incident, affected him. I suppose that was when a horror novelist used a REAL horror...and saw it, albeit mentioned on film in real life.
@@TheRedDevil-1968 Yes, you mentioned that about the stabbing. If my memory is correct, also the main part of the story with walking on the train tracks and finding the dead body is based on his actual experience.
Pluto is a dog with a collar and roped tied to his doghouse. Goofy is also a dog but basically a human with a dog's head. He talks, drives cars, and wears human clothes. Seeing that they are part of the same Disney universe, it's a fair question.
When this story first came out it was in a book called 'Different Seasons' by Stephen King. There were three other stories, one of which was 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' . Not a bad writing year for Mr. King. Also, oddly, two of his better stories and movies and neither one a horror or have anything supernatural like ' Green Mile'
I loved growing up in the late 60s, early 70s, so much fun. Riding around on my bicycle with my friends, eating french fries in a paper bag with salt and vinegar and drinking soda in a glass bottle. Going to the store, buying comic books, I wish I could go back to those days.
Probably my best friend today I've known since we were 5 years old. Today we're in our 50's. Other friends have come and gone, but we always have each other's backs. We've seen good times and we've seen bad times, and we can talk about anything. Some day we'll both be old geezers and telling each other the same old stories until one of us is dead.
Yeah, it really sucks. The friends I had when I was 12 I wasn't friends with anymore even when I was in High School with them. Like he said, they were just faces in the hall. And the friends I had in High School,who were like brothers to me, I never talk to. Heck, I don't know even know where they live.
When I was in Grade School and Jr High my best friend was like a brother...we were always together. We drifted apart in High School. Years later. On a Friday I was going in a grocery store and my friend lived across the street and I thought "I ought to go across the street and just surprise Randy." When I came out I decided that I'd wait and go visit him on Monday. That Sunday I had a medical emergency and ended up in the hospital for a couple of weeks. I was finally told that I was going to be going home on the next Monday... My friend died on the Thursday before my release date. I've always regretted not taking the time to cross the street and go and visit him...my "almost brother."
@@mikeeckel2807 Never pass up an opportunity to see an old friend. It's been 40 years since High School, and two of my friends have already died: One of liver failure and one from leukemia. Another is completely blind from a brain tumor and lives a long way away with his son. I hadn't seen any of them much in 30 years.
@@carlhartwell7978 Yep, although that was many years ago. Well worth watching if I remember things somewhat correctly, although it's not at the same level as Stand By Me or The Lost Boys.
You asked about how well people, especially kids, knew the surrounding area before GPS. Because my friends and I would basically disappear in the morning on our bicycles and not return home until evening--either at dinner time or when the street lights came on--we knew every inch of ground within about a ten-mile radius of our neighborhood so well that we could be dropped off blindfolded and find our way home, near a road or not. Beyond that, if it was within 500 yards of even the smallest dirt track, we had probably been there before, as long as we could've gotten home from there on time. The exception was if we knew it wasn't somewhere we were allowed to go, like through someone's field.
I grew up with this movie. I’ve seen it at least 100 times. I’m glad you watched and enjoyed this movie. Every single male is a combination of all 4 of these boys: strength, nerd, smart, and crazy. lol. Love the channel.
I grew up in the 50's and this movie nails how we as young boys acted and talked tho they toned the language we used down. No internet no smart phones we made our own fun and it was all outdoors. From fishing playing war building forts and tree houses best time to be alive.
I watched a lot of your videos never leave a comments but this one got me. I am 75 years old and this was so much like my childhood, I watched it with my kids a long time ago and a while back I got to see it with my 10 grandkids it was so nice to see there eyes watching a different time . My wife and I live in the mountains Alpine, California overlooking the ocean with 6 of our grandkids it’s a of fun telling stories of the past to them. We love you and the movies watching with You 👍🙏💯😎🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Too add Dawn, I have to agree with you 100 % in your speech about "growing up" and "playing out" Dawn. Back then, when I was a kid, I was playing football, out on my bike, climbing trees, all that sort of stuff. You are also correct in regards to the cuts and bruises you can sustain from such activities and yet, how those build up your own immune system. Have a favourite TV programme? Can't wait to find out what happened? TOUGH. You have to wait until next week for the answer. Sweets, crisps, comics, sticker collecting (usually the old Panini footy stickers) collecting bubblegum cards, buying and playing records, taping the Top Twenty off the radio...the list is endless! Life was so much simpler back then...and certainly BETTER than what it is today. Also, humanity seemed to be relatively SANE back then. Keep up the great content Dawn. X
One of my all-time favorite movies. I was 10 when I first saw it on video back in '87. By the time I was in college this movie was making me cry. And now as a parent, it hits even harder. Makes me so nostalgic. And I grew up listening to music from the 50's so I knew all the songs from the movie. I had the soundtrack and played it constantly.
Yup....you would be about my lil brothers age......but we hung out and even went camping in place like in this movie....along the tracks and across a trestle....i was 18 in 87 n my bro was 11
My son, Steven, and his three buddies were just like these boys. Steven and Todd died in an accident at 13 years old. At Steven’s funeral, I had the song Stand By Me played. The 400 kids in attendance knew why because of this movie.
My dad, who also grew up in the 60’s playing in the woods with friends and brothers, always claimed this as his favorite movie and I never understood that as a kid since he was mostly into westerns and action/cop movies. Now I’m 40 with two boys and I get it. I cannot watch this movie without crying. Especially that last line about friends.
This movie is in my top 3 movies of all time. It came out in theaters when I was around the same age as those boys. Everything shuts down for a couple hours when Stand By Me is on my T.V..
17:34 From 1932 to 1934 there was a Disney cartoon character named Dippy Dawg who was part of Mickey Mouse's "universe". In 1934 he was renamed to Goofy.
Yes, Goofy is a dog. In the world of Disney the only main character that I remember as being a cow was Clarabell Cow and she was sort of a fringe character along with Horace Horsecollar.
Having been a teenager in the time before GPS, I can attest that these boys' knowledge of the local geography is portrayed accurately. You had to know the layout of your town. I would even occasionally take a road that I was unfamiliar with just so I would know for future reference where it went.
@@notkg But only because he played Wesley Crusher on TNG. The sad part is, how Wil's childhood was similarly bad like Gordy's, because Wil's parents used him as a cash cow, forcing him to be show biz.
To answer your question @38:30 about knowing places and areas, I believe that cellphones made people too dependent in them to the point you don’t know how to get to certain points or places in your city or town without apps or smartphones. The same thing goes for phone numbers. I remember growing up, I would memorize so many phone numbers by heart instead of having to rely having the number saved on your phone.
This movie reminds me of my youth. I was a kid in the 70's living in a small town and my three cousins lived next door. In the summer we would leave the house at 9 in the morning and we were gone all day until dark. We lived on the Mississippi River and spent our days swimming, fishing and exploring. My Grandfather worked at the local train station with his brother (My cousins dad). So we would stop by and watch the trains and walk the tracks looking for snakes or turtles and picking up iron ore pellets for our sling shots. for money we collected soda bottles and cashed them in at the local store. It was just about the best life a kid could have.
It's more than a overnight camping trip to see a dead body, it's a passing of their youth as they were all going to middle school and starting adolescence. A chance for each of them to kind of work out their own issues as they went along. A gem of a movie that will endure.
Yes, *Corey Feldman (Teddy)* was in *Gremlins* (1984), he’s also in *The Goonies* (1985) and in *The Lost Boys* (1987) also with *Kiefer Sutherland* (Ace). You need to complete all 4.
In the novella this movie is based on, Ace catches Gordy alone a few days after they get back to town and beats the crap out of him. But that's where the trouble ends. The post-movie rant about childhood, and how modern kids aren't being allowed to experience it, is sweet and heartwarming and totally spot on.
You know a movie was epic when it still has this much power after all these years. I think there were so many great movies around the time this came out that a movie like this was recognized as a really good movie but kind of got lost in a bunch of instant classics that were at least as good. The subtext (perhaps) was the end of childhood/innocence. Symbolized by an oncoming train that you can't outrun. At least that is how I interpret it.
Its so weird that you can revisit the physical places of your past, but 99% of the time, there is nothing there currently to tie you to those places any longer. Memories are strange too, some fading bit by bit, while others hang on as if they had happened just yesterday. And, the worse thing is, as you age, most of the people that you knew from those places, have disappeared or even died.
When ever I feel like: "Hmm, I think I havent been crying enough lately", this is the movie I go to. Their friendship is amazing, and this is a movie where you absolutely forget that theyre actors, and child actors at that! Being a former 12 years old boy, I really really miss that time.
All train track scenes With the exception of the bridge Scene Was filmed in my hometown of Cottage Grove, Oregon.... The running across the bridge scene was filmed in northern California and the town of castle rock is in Washington state. Other movies filmed in Cottage Grove, include " Animal house"(John belushi ), and "The General", (Buster Keaton). The valley in which I live is called the Willamette valley. Also famous for Grass. Grass seed capital of the world. I hate to say it but we have 13 species of toads and frogs in Oregon. But other than that it's a wonderful place Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
"Mighty Mouse is an American animated character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character is a anthropomorphic superhero mouse, originally called Super Mouse, and made his debut in the 1942 short The Mouse of Tomorrow. The name was changed to Mighty Mouse in his eighth film, 1944's The Wreck of the Hesperus, and the character went on to star in 80 theatrical shorts, concluding in 1961."
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.” This is one of my favourite movie lines of all time. It really resonates with me, because it is so true. I have several close friends now, at age 40, but I will always share a special bond with the one of the group that I’ve known since Kindergarten.
This movie's soundtrack is awesome. I had a boom box and this soundtrack (and no other music) with me on a train from Switzerland to Austria (on a ski trip) and we got a huge party started on the train! A normal train and everyone was dancing in the corridors!
In the novella that this film is adapted from, Chris was the one that held the gun towards Ace. Later, one of the gang members makes the anonymous phone call, and the gang members beat the crap out of all four boys.
The little town in Oregon (Castle Rock) they filmed in is actually named 'Brownsville' and it still looks quite similar today. I pass through it regularly (just up the road from me) whenever I go out for a ride. Adorable little town. Turns out Sam Elliot (Roadhouse, We Were Soldiers, etc) lives there. We spot him around town every now and again.
In the US, the Postal department sets requirements for mail boxes. Most builders of homes or apartments, include the mailbox. Some are on the house by a door, some are by the street on a wood or metal post or brick enclosure. Some communities and especially apartments may have a common place with dozens of mailboxes under lock. The drive by mailbox smashing is a thing. I have had Kansas farm mailboxes and Los Angeles Suburb boxes smashed by kids and bats. Then you buy a new box and replace it at your own expense.
I have had 3 close friends for 54 years. We went through the ups and downs together. I love them to life. Chris was killed in a store not a bar which makes it even worse because he was in a place that should have been safe
Back in 1984 Stephen King was going to appear at a political rally for a guy named Gary Hart, who was running for President at the time. Being a huge fan of Stephen King I went to the rally armed with my paperback copy of "Firestarter", a better book than movie BTW, and a nice pen and hoping to get Mr. King to autograph it. My brother and I saw Stephen in crowd, about ten feet away, so I walked over and asked if he would please sign my book. "To Bob - Best Stephen King" it still reads.
'I wish the hell I was your dad'. River coming from a place of understanding, drawing from real life experience, and ahead of his years. I truly believe this.
Hi Dawn, Geoff from Fremantle, Western Australia. Loved your reaction to this. Lots of real life facts to this, i.e. that it was written by Stephen King, and check out how the director came across the title for the film. I was born in 1962, and things back then were very basic yet essential. Lots of my childhood riding on my bike out in the bush. We had no maps or compass, and we never got lost. And we’d ride for miles. I know that kids must have fun these days - I don’t have kids but I can’t imagine they don’t have adventures. “Kids will be kids”, right? PS. I loved the way you say, “babies”. I’m 61 now.
I like to think the point of the body is to entice you at the beginning, you spend the whole movie hearing about this poor kid while also learning about the main crew but then when we finally see the body that’s it. It’s just a dead kid, nothing more and nothing less we see this grim scene through the kids perspective
In the end, we're all just bodies. It's a cold realization but an important one. The boys face death and see it's not so scary, it's just a part of life. I think that's why the narrator is so calm about Chris' fate. He died as he lived and you can't be angry about someone being themselves.
5:03 "Bloody hell" 😂 Ever since Buffy The Vampire Slayer, anyone saying this with any kind of U.K. accent is pure joy.😁 7:18 You can buy a variety of mailboxes, from standard and factory-produced to custom-made and artful. Or you can make your own, if you're handy enough and want to.🪚🔨🪛 11:05 The fact that a youngster like Dawn knows "Lollipop" makes me like her even more.😻 11:41 Dawn actually taking on the philosophical discussion of Mighty Mouse vs. Superman might be one of the Greatest Reaction Moments Ever.🤣 12:28 I've walked across a train-bridge like this many times in my youth (though it was after trains stopped running around here, so the danger was minimal). The ties are too close together to fall through, unless you're an infant (in which case I'm thinking that you shouldn't be walking across a train-bridge). 17:23 Goofy's a Dog (and a plot hole). 23:39 Good job, Dawn. Most Reactors don't show Ray at all.👍 27:10 No matter how many times I watch this. 😢🥃 30:44 Wow, another Buffy tie-in. Willow also has Frog-Fear.🐸😱 30:58 This explains the "worst fear" comment when The Lads were running through the field. As an Avid Indoorsman, I can appreciate the sentiment, if not the phobia.😉
Good one, Dawn! Yet another great adaptation of a Stephen King story. It came from the same book as Shawshank Redemption. I enjoyed rewatching this one with you. Thanks for sharing it with us. 🙂
One of the best coming of age movies ever. This movie also kickstarted my youthful obsession with Kiefer Sutherland; in that between this and “The Lost Boys”, I wanted his flattop, his switchblade, his goatee, and his sexy ass black overcoat. “24” didn’t help either. Absolute Mad Lad 🤘🔥
This is one of those movies that was always on TV as a kid and really shaped a generation. This and The Goonies. I remember seeing this when I was a kid and the friendship/group dynamic was so relatable. This is such an incredible movie with some terrific acting, but it's also a really deep/heavy movie. There are so many underlying themes that would be hard as hell for adults to deal with let alone kids.
The scene with the boys running across the train trestle was filmed near Burney Falls, CA, it's still there, but it's no longer in use. I've been there, and walked on it😁😁😁
We have train tracks at the edge of our property, every time I hear the whistle (by law, they have to sound the horn at crossroads don’t have an arm that stops traffic) I yell “TRAIN”….lol
You must live near a main line because most of these spur lines are gone with the rise of the intermodal container shipping. There were 4 or 5 in my area of California as late as the early 1990s, but only one is left now and that is probably going to be gone before too much longer. In fact, they've remove the southern end of it sometime between 2012 and now. The one in this movie in Oregon is gone. A few people have posted then and now videos of shooting locations in this movie.
My friends and I grew up in the late 70’s and 80’s, and we spent so much time together, especially discovering our small town, so this movie really resonated with us. We watched it numerous times in theaters, and when it came out on cable. It definitely resonates with me now because just like in the movie, my friends and I did grow apart after we were done with school, and one of my friends died recently, which makes me feel worse because we had been so close, and then we all just lost touch with each other’s lives.
Few authors have ever succeeded in capturing the magic, pain and authenticity of what it is like to be a kid the way Stephen King has. I always like to think it is, because he remembers being a kid so exceptionally well. You are going to love "Explorers" and "The Monster Squad".
You buy the mailbox in America from any store after you have an address you either got after you bought the house or created by paying the city government for the address. (If the design is approved by the post office you could likely build it from scratch, as long as it looked like a mailbox. I helped my dad put a new mailbox in our front yard as a kid and watched him pay the city of apple valley to approve an address on a piece of empty land in town. He is a retired postal worker and would know more.).
I saw a dead body after a car wreck when I was 12. It didnt haunt me. In fact, it led to my ability to watch autopsies, and even my own back surgery. It fascinates me. Some of us are just tougher than others.
Rest in peace, River Phoenix. Chris' monologue over the milk money breaks my heart every time. River had already been nominated for an Oscar, I reckon that he'd be so proud of Joaquin's success.
I hated seeing him cry! 😭
A great actor who had way more to give
@@DawnMarieX That movie was filmed in a small town in Oregon, people have done CZcams video comparisons from 1986 to now of the sites in the movie. The railroad is gone. Many of the little towns up and down the west coast states were founded as railroad towns in the late 19th century and early 20th century, but as container shipping has become the norm the once plentiful rail lines have been torn out only leaving the main lines. FWIW, my hometown was founded as a railtown in the 1880s and people going to high school in the 1980s often met the first person born in that town, she lived to be over 100 years old. Talk about a young town compared to the east coast towns let alone Europe.
@@DawnMarieX That gun was a Colt M1911A1 45 ACP. It was a common side arm in WW2. Many of the weapons in WW2 were sold as military surplus to civilians after the war such as that handgun, Garands and Carbine rifles also when the army downsized.
@@DawnMarieX Yes, one does have to buy a mailbox or make one unless one lives in the subdivisions built over the past 30 years or so which have mailboxes at the end of each block.
Goofy is a dog. The character started under the name Dippy Dawg in 1932, and after appearing in six cartoons, was slightly redesigned (the original appeared significantly older, for example) and renamed Goofy.
Goofy is a black guy.
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Story goes that during a break in filming, Kiefer Sutherland was teaching River Phoenix how to play the guitar. The song he was teaching him was "Stand by me" originally performed by Ben E. King (which is somewhat forgiving in terms of chords, it's like all G, Em, C and D). The film's director Rob Reiner walks by and says, "Oh, man, I haven't heard that song in twenty years." By the time filming wrapped, the title had changed from Stephen King's original novella "The Body" to "Stand by me".
Wow is this true? I thought I knew every fact about this movie lol
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Nice trivia!!
Stephen King sat next to Rob Reiner in the theater when it premiered and he was visibly shaken by the film. When Rob asked him what was wrong, King replied that the film was so incredible and probably the best adaptation of all his literary work.
This and Goonies are super important movies to old guys like me, I hope it resonates with others.
Goonies, Stand By Me, and weirdly, Transformers the Movie.
Ironically, Goonies and Stand by Me were both filmed in Oregon.
@@gregoryleek1471 that's only just a coincidence
I tried getting my niece and nephew to watch, goonies, stand by me and labyrinth. Not interested in the slightest! when I was a kid like you say they were massive films I feel every kid should see. Not stupid noises and flashing colours or dick and dom enough for that generation 😢
I agree about Stand By Me and The Goonies.
That final image of River Phoenix in the film where his character Chris walks away and fades into nothing while we learn about Chris' unfortunate demise is just sad and eerie. Seven years after the release of this film, the real life River would be gone too...
River's death sadly makes the film more powerful and poignant than it should be.
In order to reach manhood, a young American boy is taken out to a forest and is not allowed to return home until he has constructed a mailbox.
The poor boys who returned home with birdhouses… 😢
@@dracoargentum9783 Or worse yet, doll houses.
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Probably the greatest child/adolescent acting in any film I've ever seen. Forever and ever re-watchable. Every performance is great/superb, from Sutherland to Phoenix to Feldman to Wheaton to O'Connell and the rest. Epic. One can't ignore King's story telling and Reiner's directing either.
I’d say Natalie Portman in
The Professional is stronger.
Yes! It was brilliant 🩷
@@KrazyKat007 Wow, Yes, I wouldn't like to compare, but seeing as she was largely alone as a child, acting with adults, I get it. Then there's Foster in Taxi Driver?
@@carlhartwell7978 Yeah! Child actors working in scenes with adults is more impressive to me as they have to hold their own with adults who have potentially have decades of experience under their belt.
Jodi Foster in Taxi Driver is classic!
Don’t know if you’ve ever seen the Martin Scorsese film “Hugo”
Those child roles probably aren’t as demanding as what we’ve mentioned above, but still. Some solid and very strong performances.
And then there’s a French film called
“The City of Lost Children”
Some extraordinary performances from child actors in that.
Don’t worry, it may be French, but there’s nothing perverted in the film LOL
@@KrazyKat007 Just to play somewhat of a 'devils advocate' in our convo.
Is it not, perhaps more exceptional for a 'young actor' to perform with other (who knows who the fuck they are) young actors... AND also be superb? Which is (what appears on film) what happened.
The distinctions between reality and fiction are easily blurred.
I think that intro scene with Dreyfuss in the car, having driven back to a place where he feels closer to his memories, to think about and mourn Chris means so much more to me now as I got older. Have done the same thing quite a few times at this point unfortunately. Powerful scene in a powerful movie.
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@@DawnMarieXyour outro was quite interesting!! I don't think I've EVER heard of a "length of grass" phobia!!! 😮
And if you don't like frogs, I would be curious to see you watching and reacting to videos that they have on CZcams where frogs and snakes are fed live food like mice and the like!! That would be an interesting reaction to film!!😅
Same, very much agree.
Love the opening, I had a similar thing happen to me when I was driving somewhere and found out by text my best friend in life died, committed suicide.
Same mate. Heard last Saturday morning that one of my best friends from school killed himself. Hadn't seen him in 18 years, but it hit hard. Told my wife what had happened, said I needed to go for a drive to clear my head. Drove for about 10 minutes, found a secluded spot and cried for him. Cried for about 20 minutes. Didn't want to do it in front of the missus and kids and freak them out.
I remember when i was a kid in the 70's i used wander miles from home and have many an adventure that my parents knew nothing about. That was a perfect time for kids to be kids.
To this day I wouldn't admit to half the things I did 🤣
@@DawnMarieX Ditto. 😬
Same for me in the 80s, a bike was freedom. All over the place! Climbing trees, kickball, soccer, football. No phones or much in the way of video games. Comeback when it's dark!
You must've been lucky not to run into any serial killers considering they were all the rage back then with like Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, John Wayne Gacy, BTK, The Zodiac Killer, The Yorkshire Ripper, etc.
One thing I love about this movie is that it shows how magical it was that kids could have adventures, but doesn't pretend that there weren't any potential consequences of that (up to and including the dead kid himself). Either approach has good aspects and bad aspects even if we think the old way was better.
Mighty Mouse was basically a cartoon superhero mouse. Was on Saturdays in the late 80s. He was basically the same thing as Superman just a mouse. I used to watch the hell outta it
He was in theaters in the '40s and '50s.
Andy Kaufman and the Mighty Mouse theme... czcams.com/video/RgJ04ysCyyU/video.html
HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY ...❤
In 1912, my grandmother was four years old, following the big kids who were walking on the train tracks. They were putting down their ears to listen for the train, and she copied them, got picked up by a cowcatcher and thrown 40 feet, and dragged home senseless by her big brother. One of her eyes had to be put back in place. Our whole family is lucky to be alive.
Goofy and Pluto are both canines with a common evolutionary ancestor. Like Humans and chimpanzees.
The scene where he got the leech on his balls freaked me out as a kid. The fear of that happening to me while swimming in lakes followed me for many years after that.
I can imagine!
That scene still freaks me out as well.
Same!!
Never had a leech there, but would rather have that than a tick there again 😬
The leach scene was also inspired by a true story from Stephen King's youth. not as bad as on film, but still....
In the 1950's there were No Cellular devices, No GPS, No AI, No Mapquest, nothing like that, and parental "supervision" didn't require a helicopter. Kids were allowed to grow up on their own a lot of the time, and sometimes they even had adventures, like in this movie. Even though I grew up in the 60's I still miss my childhood, it was a lot of fun.
This was still true in the 70's and 80's
Thanks for the update Einstein 😂❤😂We all thought cell phones were commonplace in the 50s.
@@russellward4624And early to mid 90s.
Seems like certain Gen-whatever-they're-on-now think cell phones have been around since the dawn of civilization, also GPS, etc. Just making sure y'all know there was once a world without these "wonderful" pieces of technology. And Einstein was THE MAN.
Yes it changed in the late 90s. Now we live in the age of hysterical fear, one panic after another after another after another. And it's breaking our civilization into pieces. But from the pieces, new more normal societies will eventually grow.
Teddy guy with the burnt ear = Cory feldman = Gremlins, The Goonies, The Lost Boys, License To Drive, Meatballs 4, The Burb's, Friday The 13th The Final Chapter...
Awesome thanks!
@@DawnMarieX np
one of the 'two cory's'
Feldman is also in the strange but fun Rock N Roll Highschool Forever
That's life!
Dawn, this is one of the best Stephen King adaptations in film form. Based on his short story called; "The Body." Stephen King was shown a preview screening just prior to the films release. After the screening, Stephen King got up, said nothing, and walked out without saying a word. The producers, director etc, were left wondering what had happened. After a while, Stephen King re-entered the screening theatre, apologized, and explained that one of his schoolfriends, who, (like Chris Chambers) as an adult years later, had got killed (stabbed) whilst trying to split up a fight.
Ahh that's so sad! 😭
@@DawnMarieX I might misremember, but I think Steven King in his book about horror (i.e. non-fiction) said that the story "The Body" was in a big part a self-biografical rendition of an actual event in his own youth.
@@dolf370 As said. It was semi-autobiographical. Seeing his words on celluloid, in regards to that incident, affected him. I suppose that was when a horror novelist used a REAL horror...and saw it, albeit mentioned on film in real life.
@@TheRedDevil-1968 Yes, you mentioned that about the stabbing. If my memory is correct, also the main part of the story with walking on the train tracks and finding the dead body is based on his actual experience.
Pluto is a dog with a collar and roped tied to his doghouse. Goofy is also a dog but basically a human with a dog's head. He talks, drives cars, and wears human clothes. Seeing that they are part of the same Disney universe, it's a fair question.
Goofy is most definitely not a cow and most definitely a dog. 😂❤
Yeah, some dogs are more anthropomorphic than others. That’s just how it is.
When this story first came out it was in a book called 'Different Seasons' by Stephen King. There were three other stories, one of which was 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' . Not a bad writing year for Mr. King. Also, oddly, two of his better stories and movies and neither one a horror or have anything supernatural like ' Green Mile'
Apt Pupil was also in the collection and made into a movie. It was ... less well regarded. Not awful. But mediocre.
A genius. I love all his stories. Including all the ones that have never been made into movies. Some are his best.
And Cat's Eye, I think that was one of his too. Anthology film with multiple stories.
I loved growing up in the late 60s, early 70s, so much fun. Riding around on my bicycle with my friends, eating french fries in a paper bag with salt and vinegar and drinking soda in a glass bottle. Going to the store, buying comic books, I wish I could go back to those days.
Late 70s to early 80s for me. Was just the same.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
So universal and so happy/sad
Probably my best friend today I've known since we were 5 years old. Today we're in our 50's. Other friends have come and gone, but we always have each other's backs. We've seen good times and we've seen bad times, and we can talk about anything. Some day we'll both be old geezers and telling each other the same old stories until one of us is dead.
Yeah, it really sucks. The friends I had when I was 12 I wasn't friends with anymore even when I was in High School with them. Like he said, they were just faces in the hall.
And the friends I had in High School,who were like brothers to me, I never talk to. Heck, I don't know even know where they live.
When I was in Grade School and Jr High my best friend was like a brother...we were always together. We drifted apart in High School.
Years later. On a Friday I was going in a grocery store and my friend lived across the street and I thought "I ought to go across the street and just surprise Randy." When I came out I decided that I'd wait and go visit him on Monday.
That Sunday I had a medical emergency and ended up in the hospital for a couple of weeks.
I was finally told that I was going to be going home on the next Monday...
My friend died on the Thursday before my release date.
I've always regretted not taking the time to cross the street and go and visit him...my "almost brother."
Funny enough, the only person with that many friends as an adult was Jesus.
@@mikeeckel2807 Never pass up an opportunity to see an old friend. It's been 40 years since High School, and two of my friends have already died: One of liver failure and one from leukemia. Another is completely blind from a brain tumor and lives a long way away with his son. I hadn't seen any of them much in 30 years.
I bloody love Kiefer in this, such a believable asshole!🤣🤣🤣 Very underrated character actor. Same with The Lost B....
He plays some fantastic villains. Phenomenal talent.
I agree! This film and The Lost Boys put Sutherland on my radar!
@@calanor4130 Yes, phenomenal actor.
Ever seen Flatliners?
@@carlhartwell7978 Yep, although that was many years ago. Well worth watching if I remember things somewhat correctly, although it's not at the same level as Stand By Me or The Lost Boys.
Yeah, he did believably play the dick here. Thankfully, he redeemed himself tenfold as Jack Bauer in 24.
You asked about how well people, especially kids, knew the surrounding area before GPS. Because my friends and I would basically disappear in the morning on our bicycles and not return home until evening--either at dinner time or when the street lights came on--we knew every inch of ground within about a ten-mile radius of our neighborhood so well that we could be dropped off blindfolded and find our way home, near a road or not. Beyond that, if it was within 500 yards of even the smallest dirt track, we had probably been there before, as long as we could've gotten home from there on time.
The exception was if we knew it wasn't somewhere we were allowed to go, like through someone's field.
I grew up with this movie. I’ve seen it at least 100 times. I’m glad you watched and enjoyed this movie. Every single male is a combination of all 4 of these boys: strength, nerd, smart, and crazy. lol. Love the channel.
Thank you so much for watching ❤
I grew up in the 50's and this movie nails how we as young boys acted and talked tho they toned the language we used down. No internet no smart phones we made our own fun and it was all outdoors. From fishing playing war building forts and tree houses best time to be alive.
I watched a lot of your videos never leave a comments but this one got me. I am 75 years old and this was so much like my childhood, I watched it with my kids a long time ago and a while back I got to see it with my 10 grandkids it was so nice to see there eyes watching a different time . My wife and I live in the mountains Alpine, California overlooking the ocean with 6 of our grandkids it’s a of fun telling stories of the past to them. We love you and the movies watching with You 👍🙏💯😎🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Too add Dawn, I have to agree with you 100 % in your speech about "growing up" and "playing out" Dawn. Back then, when I was a kid, I was playing football, out on my bike, climbing trees, all that sort of stuff. You are also correct in regards to the cuts and bruises you can sustain from such activities and yet, how those build up your own immune system. Have a favourite TV programme? Can't wait to find out what happened? TOUGH. You have to wait until next week for the answer. Sweets, crisps, comics, sticker collecting (usually the old Panini footy stickers) collecting bubblegum cards, buying and playing records, taping the Top Twenty off the radio...the list is endless! Life was so much simpler back then...and certainly BETTER than what it is today. Also, humanity seemed to be relatively SANE back then. Keep up the great content Dawn. X
Seeing Wil Wheaton crying about how his father hates him hits differently now that we know about his relationship with his parents back then.
i don't believe anything that comes out of wil's mouth
such a classic ! I used to love this film when I was a kid. RIP River Pheonix! hugs lysssssm Dawn Marie🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
One of my all-time favorite movies. I was 10 when I first saw it on video back in '87. By the time I was in college this movie was making me cry. And now as a parent, it hits even harder. Makes me so nostalgic.
And I grew up listening to music from the 50's so I knew all the songs from the movie. I had the soundtrack and played it constantly.
Yup....you would be about my lil brothers age......but we hung out and even went camping in place like in this movie....along the tracks and across a trestle....i was 18 in 87 n my bro was 11
@@davidmc1489 I used to love walking the old abandoned train tracks near me. Abandoned for so long that the forest had grown over the tracks.
My son, Steven, and his three buddies were just like these boys. Steven and Todd died in an accident at 13 years old. At Steven’s funeral, I had the song Stand By Me played. The 400 kids in attendance knew why because of this movie.
My dad, who also grew up in the 60’s playing in the woods with friends and brothers, always claimed this as his favorite movie and I never understood that as a kid since he was mostly into westerns and action/cop movies. Now I’m 40 with two boys and I get it. I cannot watch this movie without crying. Especially that last line about friends.
This movie is in my top 3 movies of all time. It came out in theaters when I was around the same age as those boys. Everything shuts down for a couple hours when Stand By Me is on my T.V..
Yes, we all learn metal work so we can make our own mailboxes. 😂
A class in school yes? 😅
17:34 From 1932 to 1934 there was a Disney cartoon character named Dippy Dawg who was part of Mickey Mouse's "universe".
In 1934 he was renamed to Goofy.
He wasn't really a dog, though. He was a Dawg through marriage.
Cool. I never knew that. I remember watching MM reruns as a kid. Plus I always thought of Goofy as a dog.
Yes, Goofy is a dog. In the world of Disney the only main character that I remember as being a cow was Clarabell Cow and she was sort of a fringe character along with Horace Horsecollar.
Goofy I believe is a dog. I know he can't be a cow nor a steer nor a bull because of the fact there's no horns and the ears make it a dead give away.
Having been a teenager in the time before GPS, I can attest that these boys' knowledge of the local geography is portrayed accurately. You had to know the layout of your town. I would even occasionally take a road that I was unfamiliar with just so I would know for future reference where it went.
The owner of the grocery store is Bruce Kirby, the father of Bruno from "When Harry Met Sally..."
Vern is my favorite character. He is so silly the timing and delivery of his lines are perfect 😂
Sincerely!
Believe it or not, Wil Wheaton was made a star by this movie. Thankfully that was brief, and now he’s just Shut-Up-Wesley forevermore.
Depends on the demographic. A lot of people know him as the character "Wil Wheaton" from Big Bang Theory
@@notkg But only because he played Wesley Crusher on TNG. The sad part is, how Wil's childhood was similarly bad like Gordy's, because Wil's parents used him as a cash cow, forcing him to be show biz.
The Lost Boys is gonna be fun. (If it's on the list)
Of course!
To answer your question @38:30 about knowing places and areas, I believe that cellphones made people too dependent in them to the point you don’t know how to get to certain points or places in your city or town without apps or smartphones.
The same thing goes for phone numbers. I remember growing up, I would memorize so many phone numbers by heart instead of having to rely having the number saved on your phone.
This movie reminds me of my youth. I was a kid in the 70's living in a small town and my three cousins lived next door. In the summer we would leave the house at 9 in the morning and we were gone all day until dark. We lived on the Mississippi River and spent our days swimming, fishing and exploring. My Grandfather worked at the local train station with his brother (My cousins dad). So we would stop by and watch the trains and walk the tracks looking for snakes or turtles and picking up iron ore pellets for our sling shots. for money we collected soda bottles and cashed them in at the local store. It was just about the best life a kid could have.
It's more than a overnight camping trip to see a dead body, it's a passing of their youth as they were all going to middle school and starting adolescence. A chance for each of them to kind of work out their own issues as they went along. A gem of a movie that will endure.
Yes, *Corey Feldman (Teddy)* was in *Gremlins* (1984), he’s also in *The Goonies* (1985) and in *The Lost Boys* (1987) also with *Kiefer Sutherland* (Ace). You need to complete all 4.
People are Strange, great cover which, IMO, is better than the original by The Doors.
@@Anon54387 I prefer The Doors
I just recently discovered your channel. You're now one of my favorite reactors. Smart, witty, and a fun giggle. Keep up the good work!
I want to watch this reaction, but I’ve never seen the movie. I’m going to rent it and come back to watch with you, Dawn.
In the novella this movie is based on, Ace catches Gordy alone a few days after they get back to town and beats the crap out of him. But that's where the trouble ends.
The post-movie rant about childhood, and how modern kids aren't being allowed to experience it, is sweet and heartwarming and totally spot on.
River Phoenix RIP! Anyway, let's get into this reaction with this GORGIOUS SCOTTISH ACCENT!
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"I grew up in the nineties."
I would not have guessed.
You recognized one person from Gremlins, but not the other. Billy's mom was played by Frances Lee McCain, who played Gordie's mom in Stand by Me.
You know a movie was epic when it still has this much power after all these years. I think there were so many great movies around the time this came out that a movie like this was recognized as a really good movie but kind of got lost in a bunch of instant classics that were at least as good.
The subtext (perhaps) was the end of childhood/innocence. Symbolized by an oncoming train that you can't outrun. At least that is how I interpret it.
Goofy is not a cow lol, he is a dog.
The Disney cow is Clarabelle the Cow.
In the flash back to the pie eating contest you can see Ray Brower when he was still alive, smiling in the background.
Its so weird that you can revisit the physical places of your past, but 99% of the time, there is nothing there currently to tie you to those places any longer. Memories are strange too, some fading bit by bit, while others hang on as if they had happened just yesterday. And, the worse thing is, as you age, most of the people that you knew from those places, have disappeared or even died.
When ever I feel like: "Hmm, I think I havent been crying enough lately", this is the movie I go to.
Their friendship is amazing, and this is a movie where you absolutely forget that theyre actors, and child actors at that!
Being a former 12 years old boy, I really really miss that time.
All train track scenes With the exception of the bridge Scene Was filmed in my hometown of Cottage Grove, Oregon.... The running across the bridge scene was filmed in northern California and the town of castle rock is in Washington state. Other movies filmed in Cottage Grove, include " Animal house"(John belushi ), and "The General", (Buster Keaton). The valley in which I live is called the Willamette valley. Also famous for Grass. Grass seed capital of the world. I hate to say it but we have 13 species of toads and frogs in Oregon. But other than that it's a wonderful place Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Lost Boys also features Kiefer Sutherland 🎩
"Mighty Mouse is an American animated character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character is a anthropomorphic superhero mouse, originally called Super Mouse, and made his debut in the 1942 short The Mouse of Tomorrow. The name was changed to Mighty Mouse in his eighth film, 1944's The Wreck of the Hesperus, and the character went on to star in 80 theatrical shorts, concluding in 1961."
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.” This is one of my favourite movie lines of all time. It really resonates with me, because it is so true. I have several close friends now, at age 40, but I will always share a special bond with the one of the group that I’ve known since Kindergarten.
I really love the diversity of movies you are doing. Keep it up.
My fave movie of all time. I grew up in the 80s. The acting and the soundtrack are amazing!
Kurt Cobain used to dedicate "Jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam" to River Phoenix. Before he was taken from us 30 years ago this week
Such a shame 😔he was far too young
This movie's soundtrack is awesome. I had a boom box and this soundtrack (and no other music) with me on a train from Switzerland to Austria (on a ski trip) and we got a huge party started on the train! A normal train and everyone was dancing in the corridors!
I had one friend like that in the 70s. We had great adventures in our town and nearby woods. Until he moved to another town and we lost connection.
We navigated through landmarks, a sense of direction, maps, and the Thomas Guide.
In the novella that this film is adapted from, Chris was the one that held the gun towards Ace. Later, one of the gang members makes the anonymous phone call, and the gang members beat the crap out of all four boys.
The little town in Oregon (Castle Rock) they filmed in is actually named 'Brownsville' and it still looks quite similar today. I pass through it regularly (just up the road from me) whenever I go out for a ride. Adorable little town. Turns out Sam Elliot (Roadhouse, We Were Soldiers, etc) lives there. We spot him around town every now and again.
IF you put your hand to the rail tracks, can you sense his moustache coming long before he arrives?
38:21 They explored a lot then. But there were maps and most people knew where their property was boundaries are, etc. Children picked up a lot 😊
In the US, the Postal department sets requirements for mail boxes. Most builders of homes or apartments, include the mailbox. Some are on the house by a door, some are by the street on a wood or metal post or brick enclosure. Some communities and especially apartments may have a common place with dozens of mailboxes under lock. The drive by mailbox smashing is a thing. I have had Kansas farm mailboxes and Los Angeles Suburb boxes smashed by kids and bats. Then you buy a new box and replace it at your own expense.
I have had 3 close friends for 54 years. We went through the ups and downs together. I love them to life.
Chris was killed in a store not a bar which makes it even worse because he was in a place that should have been safe
This Is Definitely One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Great Reaction Sweetheart
Back in 1984 Stephen King was going to appear at a political rally for a guy named Gary Hart, who was running for President at the time. Being a huge fan of Stephen King I went to the rally armed with my paperback copy of "Firestarter", a better book than movie BTW, and a nice pen and hoping to get Mr. King to autograph it. My brother and I saw Stephen in crowd, about ten feet away, so I walked over and asked if he would please sign my book. "To Bob - Best Stephen King" it still reads.
You missed the opportunity... Should have taken a copy of The Dead Zone 😀
I don't think it was out yet. My other choice would have been "Christine".
@@bobschenkel7921 Wiki puts the release as 1979 🙂
You hit the nail on the head Dawn with your outro. Well said!
Vern’s look of abject perplexity when he says “What the hell IS Goofy?” sends me every time. 😄
It’s been my experience that a lingering illness brings the blessing of being able to say goodbye.
'I wish the hell I was your dad'.
River coming from a place of understanding, drawing from real life experience, and ahead of his years. I truly believe this.
Hi Dawn, Geoff from Fremantle, Western Australia. Loved your reaction to this. Lots of real life facts to this, i.e. that it was written by Stephen King, and check out how the director came across the title for the film.
I was born in 1962, and things back then were very basic yet essential. Lots of my childhood riding on my bike out in the bush. We had no maps or compass, and we never got lost. And we’d ride for miles. I know that kids must have fun these days - I don’t have kids but I can’t imagine they don’t have adventures. “Kids will be kids”, right?
PS. I loved the way you say, “babies”. I’m 61 now.
I love this movie. It reminds me of the time I missed a soccer match because I went out exploring.
I like to think the point of the body is to entice you at the beginning, you spend the whole movie hearing about this poor kid while also learning about the main crew but then when we finally see the body that’s it. It’s just a dead kid, nothing more and nothing less we see this grim scene through the kids perspective
In the end, we're all just bodies. It's a cold realization but an important one. The boys face death and see it's not so scary, it's just a part of life.
I think that's why the narrator is so calm about Chris' fate. He died as he lived and you can't be angry about someone being themselves.
I think the title has a double meaning. The group of boys is also "The Body."
5:03 "Bloody hell" 😂 Ever since Buffy The Vampire Slayer, anyone saying this with any kind of U.K. accent is pure joy.😁
7:18 You can buy a variety of mailboxes, from standard and factory-produced to custom-made and artful. Or you can make your own, if you're handy enough and want to.🪚🔨🪛
11:05 The fact that a youngster like Dawn knows "Lollipop" makes me like her even more.😻
11:41 Dawn actually taking on the philosophical discussion of Mighty Mouse vs. Superman might be one of the Greatest Reaction Moments Ever.🤣
12:28 I've walked across a train-bridge like this many times in my youth (though it was after trains stopped running around here, so the danger was minimal). The ties are too close together to fall through, unless you're an infant (in which case I'm thinking that you shouldn't be walking across a train-bridge).
17:23 Goofy's a Dog (and a plot hole).
23:39 Good job, Dawn. Most Reactors don't show Ray at all.👍
27:10 No matter how many times I watch this. 😢🥃
30:44 Wow, another Buffy tie-in. Willow also has Frog-Fear.🐸😱
30:58 This explains the "worst fear" comment when The Lads were running through the field. As an Avid Indoorsman, I can appreciate the sentiment, if not the phobia.😉
I live in Oregon. We don’t worry much about Water snakes, Spiders, or Gators ‘round these parts. We do have Leeches though. 😂
Good one, Dawn! Yet another great adaptation of a Stephen King story. It came from the same book as Shawshank Redemption. I enjoyed rewatching this one with you. Thanks for sharing it with us. 🙂
One of the best coming of age movies ever.
This movie also kickstarted my youthful obsession with Kiefer Sutherland; in that between this and “The Lost Boys”, I wanted his flattop, his switchblade, his goatee, and his sexy ass black overcoat.
“24” didn’t help either.
Absolute Mad Lad 🤘🔥
This is one of those movies that was always on TV as a kid and really shaped a generation. This and The Goonies. I remember seeing this when I was a kid and the friendship/group dynamic was so relatable. This is such an incredible movie with some terrific acting, but it's also a really deep/heavy movie. There are so many underlying themes that would be hard as hell for adults to deal with let alone kids.
The scene with the boys running across the train trestle was filmed near Burney Falls, CA, it's still there, but it's no longer in use. I've been there, and walked on it😁😁😁
We have train tracks at the edge of our property, every time I hear the whistle (by law, they have to sound the horn at crossroads don’t have an arm that stops traffic) I yell “TRAIN”….lol
You must live near a main line because most of these spur lines are gone with the rise of the intermodal container shipping. There were 4 or 5 in my area of California as late as the early 1990s, but only one is left now and that is probably going to be gone before too much longer. In fact, they've remove the southern end of it sometime between 2012 and now.
The one in this movie in Oregon is gone. A few people have posted then and now videos of shooting locations in this movie.
@@Anon54387 no, it’s coal trains only picks up coal from a mine and passes through the edge of our property…
Great reaction as always! Your videos make me smile on days I really need it.
It's amazing how most people miss the newspaper article in the beginning about Chris's death.
This movie is so good, in a bittersweet way. Makes me cry every time.
I was 6 when this movie came out and even the child characters were older than me,I’m now older than Richard Dreyfus was playing the adult Gordie😬🤪
Clarabelle was a Disney character that was a cow. If you squint your eyes you MIGHT mistake it for Goofy, maybe.
My friends and I grew up in the late 70’s and 80’s, and we spent so much time together, especially discovering our small town, so this movie really resonated with us. We watched it numerous times in theaters, and when it came out on cable. It definitely resonates with me now because just like in the movie, my friends and I did grow apart after we were done with school, and one of my friends died recently, which makes me feel worse because we had been so close, and then we all just lost touch with each other’s lives.
Few authors have ever succeeded in capturing the magic, pain and authenticity of what it is like to be a kid the way Stephen King has.
I always like to think it is, because he remembers being a kid so exceptionally well.
You are going to love "Explorers" and "The Monster Squad".
You buy the mailbox in America from any store after you have an address you either got after you bought the house or created by paying the city government for the address. (If the design is approved by the post office you could likely build it from scratch, as long as it looked like a mailbox. I helped my dad put a new mailbox in our front yard as a kid and watched him pay the city of apple valley to approve an address on a piece of empty land in town. He is a retired postal worker and would know more.).
7:20 hopefully that answers your question.
“Running on Empty” is a great River Phoenix movie. Definitely worth a watch.
22:55 gotta love how the stunt driver looks nothing like Kiefer Sutherland (Ace).
fun fact! the train bridge scene (and a couple of others) were filmed in the town I live in!
This was Stephen King's favorite adaption out of any of his works.
The Novella is called The Body.
I saw a dead body after a car wreck when I was 12. It didnt haunt me. In fact, it led to my ability to watch autopsies, and even my own back surgery. It fascinates me. Some of us are just tougher than others.