Stand by Me

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River Phoenix and three other boys from the cast of Stand by Me stand outdoors with arms around each other, posing for a publicity photo.

Stand by Me

film by Reiner [1986]

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- Rob Reiner
  Success as a film director
  His next outing, Stand by Me (1986), was an adaptation of a Stephen King story. A rousing bildungsroman about a group of adolescents who search for a dead body, the film became a sentimental favorite and helped to establish several of its young actors, among them River Phoenix…
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  His next outing, Stand by Me (1986), was an adaptation of a Stephen King story. A rousing bildungsroman about a group of adolescents who search for a dead body, the film became a sentimental favorite and helped to establish several of its young actors, among them River Phoenix…
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- Ben E. King
  …director Rob Reiner’s 1986 film Stand by Me. Other successful King singles included “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” (1962) and “I (Who Have Nothing)” (1963).
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  …director Rob Reiner’s 1986 film Stand by Me. Other successful King singles included “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” (1962) and “I (Who Have Nothing)” (1963).
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