Search - Stand by Me [Deluxe Edition] [DVD/CD] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Suitable for Teens Movie Release: 1986 DVD Release: 03/22/2005 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Drama, Coming-of-Age See Also: Stand by Me, Stand by Me [Special Edition]

Based on the Stephen King short story -The Body, Rob Reiner's easygoing nostalgia piece is set in Castle Rock, OR, over Labor Day weekend, 1959. A quartet of boys, inseparable friends all, set out in search of a dead body that one of the boys overhears his brother talking about. The foursome consists of intellectual Gordie (Wil Wheaton), born leader Chris (River Phoenix), emotionally disturbed Teddy (Corey Feldman), and chubby hanger-on Vern (Jerry O'Connell). The boys' adventures en route to the elusive body are colored by the personal pressures brought to bear on all of them by the adult world. Richard Dreyfuss, playing the grown-up Gordie, narrates the film, while Kiefer Sutherland dominates every scene he's in as a brutish high-school bully. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Wil Wheaton - Gordie Lachance
River Phoenix - Chris Chambers
Corey Feldman - Teddy Duchamp
Jerry O'Connell - Vern Tessio
Richard Dreyfuss - The Writer
Kiefer Sutherland - Ace Merrill
John Cusack - Denny Lachance

The Stand by Me Deluxe Edition has arrived from Columbia Home Entertainment -- but don't be selling your old copies just yet. While it does contain both a 32-page booklet and the soundtrack on CD, the DVD itself hasn't been given an upgrade from the previous 2000 edition. For those of you who didn't own it, the good news is that it's all pretty good stuff. There's an insightful commentary with Rob Reiner, as well as a 37-minute making-of featuring almost the entire remaining cast, plus the King of Horror himself, Stephen King! Add in a Ben E. King "Stand By Me" music video and isolated score, and you have yourself one fine Deluxe Edition. The film itself has been given a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer along with a Dolby Digital Stereo mix. Picture quality is brilliant for the most part, though the shadows are a bit too deep throughout the film. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide