If you're a child of the eighties, you love the movie Stand By Me, boasting a cast of 80s teen legends - Will Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell and the late, great River Phoenix. In the early 1980s, Stephen King was officially a household name. Writer of such instantly memorable titles as “Carrie,” “The Shining” and “The Stand,” it was very unlikely to find someone who’d not read - or at least heard of - a Stephen King novel. The author was getting so big that pretty much anything he published landed on the number one spot of the bestseller list. But would his devoted readers gobble up anything he put in front of them? That was put to the test in the middle of 1982, when King convinced his publisher to put out a collection of four novellas he’d written in between novels. The stories had some macabre elements in them, and one did indeed feature a bit of the old supernatural, but for the most part these stories were dramas that dealt with the human condition. The collection was called “Different Seasons,” and while it wasn’t a hit on the same level as his previous books, it sold well enough to keep King’s name in the spotlight. More than that, however, it proved that the author could write more than just horror. One of the stories in “Different Seasons” is “The Body,” a story inspired by bits and pieces of King’s memories as a teenager growing up in a blue collar household in the 1950s. Ultimately, King produced a tale about four kids in their early teens who embark on a trip into the deep woods to find the dead body of a young man supposedly hit by a train. During that brief two-day journey, they discover much about themselves and lose a sizable piece of their innocence. Not necessarily the obvious source material for a movie - let alone a great movie - but against all odds “The Body” would eventually become a classic of 80s cinema, a movie people of a certain age have seen countless times and can quote without effort. How did it all come together ? We’re going to find out just what happened to “Stand By Me.” For more MOVIE NEWS, visit: http://www.joblo.com SUBSCRIBE for more of all the LATEST JoBlo Videos here: https://goo.gl/R9U81J #StandByMe #wtfhappenedtothismovie

• published: 06 Jul 2023
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