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"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by him, along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a spiritual written by Sam Cooke and J. W. Alexander called "Stand by Me Father", recorded by the Soul Stirrers
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film [5] directed by Rob Reiner. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon in 1959. Stand by Me stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell as four
Jeremiah O'Connell [2] (born February 17, 1974) [3] is an American actor and TV show host. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me (1986), Joe in Joe's Apartment (1996), Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire (1996), Derek in Scream 2 (1997), Michael in Tomcats (2001), Charlie Carbone in ...
Wheaton first gained widespread attention for his work in Stand by Me (1986), the film adaptation of Stephen King's novella The Body. [12] [13] [14] In Stand by Me, Wheaton played the lead role of Gordie Lachance, a 12-year-old storyteller mourning the loss of his elder brother. [14]
If you came of age with the 1986 coming-of-age classic Stand by Me, chances are you long thought twice before taking a dip in any forest ponds.. In perhaps the film’s most famous scene, dead ...
King was active in his charitable foundation, the Stand By Me Foundation, which helps to provide education to deserving youths. [12] [24] King was a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, from the late 1960s onwards. [25] King performed "Stand By Me" during a televised tribute to late comedian George Carlin, as he was one of Carlin's favorite artists ...
It's been nearly two years since the actor who grew up on camera — playing Stand by Me's Vern at just 11 — became The Talk's first male co-host after Sharon Osbourne's dramatic departure.
The Body was published in King's 1982 collection Different Seasons and later adapted into the 1986 film Stand by Me. [1] The story takes place during the summer of 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. After a boy disappears and is presumed dead, twelve-year-old Gordie LaChance and his three friends set out to find his body along ...