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After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his … 18,835 Views . [6] Paramount, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. all passed on the film; Columbia Pictures production head Guy McElwaine screened the film at his house because he was feeling ill, and the positive reaction of his daughters convinced him to distribute the film. While looking for money that he buried beneath his parents' porch, Vern overhears his older brother Billy talking with his friend Charlie. Lyne was going to direct the film, but had promised himself a vacation following the production of 9½ Weeks,[7][8] and would not be available to start production until the spring of 1986. They looked up and said they were writing a song. The film stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell and Kiefer Sutherland. [2] In 2015, King's original version was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant",[3] just under five weeks before his death. I better go too." album. "[28] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews. [105] Royce performed the song live again at a July 2016 Philips Arena concert in Atlanta, Georgia alongside a male fan,[106] at a 2017 Amway Center concert in Orlando, Florida,[107] as the second song for the 2019 RodeoHouston concert,[108] and at the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. [78] It was included on the CD Beat Of The Pops Vol 34. [3] Wheaton would recall "When you saw the four of us being comrades, that was real life, not acting. Writer(s): Leiber Jerry, King Ben E Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com. [6] In a 2011 interview, Reiner discussed his realization that the film should focus on the character of Gordie: "In the book it was about four boys, but...once I made Gordie the central focus of the piece then it made sense to me: this movie was all about a kid who didn't feel good about himself and whose father didn't love him. [16] The scene took a full week to shoot, making use of four small adult female stunt doubles with closely cropped hair who were made up to look like the film's protagonists. Twelve-year-old Gordie's parents are too busy grieving the recent death of Gordie's older brother Denny to pay any attention to Gordie. When Vern tells Gordie, Chris, and Teddy, the four boys – hoping to become local heroes – decide to go looking for the body. King's record went to number 1 on the R&B charts[9] and was a Top Ten hit on the US charts twice—in its original release, entering the Billboard chart on May 13, 1961[10] and peaking at number 4 on June 16, 1961, and a 1986 re-release coinciding with its use as the theme song for the movie of the same name following its appearance in the film, when it peaked at number 9 on December 20, 1986 – January 3, 1987. The film stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell and Kiefer Sutherland. Hannaford added that the film "has a charm and depth that seems to resonate with each generation". [66] The total amount of views of the YouTube video increased to more than 24 million as of December 2010,[67] 30 million as of March 2011,[68] 40 million as of March 2012,[69] 50 million in somewhere between 2012 and 2014,[70] 60 million as of 2014,[71] 74 million as of May 2015,[72] 100 million as of 2017,[73] and 140[74] (or 142[75]) million as of March 2020. Stand stand by me stand by me will you just stand Stand stand by me stand by me will you just stand. '"[25][26], In a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" chat in 2017, Reiner said that Stand By Me is his personal favorite of his own films. Despite this, Chris was suspended; apparently, the teacher spent the money on herself instead of turning it in to her superiors. In response, Evans and Gideon pursued an established director, Adrian Lyne, to help sell the project. They were at an old oak desk we had in the office. The website's critical consensus reads: "Stand By Me is a wise, nostalgic movie with a weird streak that captures both Stephen King's voice and the trials of growing up. [110][111] The band released its EP Songs from Final Fantasy XV on August 12, 2016, containing the band's remake. comment. It is autobiographical. From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music,” comes “Stand By Me,” the first of many Songs Around The World produced by Playing For Change. They liked it and called the studio musicians back in to record it. He worked on the lyrics together with Jerry, and I added elements to the music, particularly the bass line. Gordie briefly faints after finding a leech on his scrotum. Lennon's remake became a single three weeks after the album's release[46] and was his last hit prior to his five-year retirement from the music industry. [47], On the week of May 3, 1975, this version was in its second of two weeks at the peak position number 20 on the US Hot 100, right in front of King's comeback hit "Supernatural Thing – Part I" at number 21. 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Gordie writes a memoir of a childhood incident when he, Chris, and two buddies journeyed to find the body of a missing boy near the town of Castle Rock, Oregon during the Labor Day holiday weekend in September 1959. There have been over 400 recorded versions of the song, performed by many artists, notably John Lennon, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali),[4] 4 the Cause, Tracy Chapman, musicians of the Playing for Change project, Florence and the Machine, and the Kingdom Choir. The film is narrated by an author, Gordie Lachance (Richard Dreyfuss), writing the memoir about his youth. * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3. plus-circle Add Review. Stand by Me Lyrics: Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday / I've got a lot of things to learn / Said I would and I'll be leaving one day / Before my heart starts to burn / So what's the matter with [117] Their version debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart on the week ending June 2, 2018. A local bakery supplied the pies and extra filling, which was mixed with large-curd cottage cheese to simulate the vomit. Initially a #4 pop hit in 1961, the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1986, eventually peaking at #9 in December of that year. The third line of the second verse of the former work derives from Psalm 46:2c/3c.[1]. [13] On July 24, 2010, a 25th Anniversary celebration of the filming of Stand by Me was held in Brownsville. "[3] O'Connell agreed that he was cast based on how his personality fit the role, saying "Rob really wanted us to understand our characters. The four boys begin their journey. Jerry said, "Man that's it!" Ben, of course, had a strong background in church music. "[9], In a 2011 interview with NPR, Wil Wheaton attributed the film's success to the director's casting choices:.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, Rob Reiner found four young boys who basically were the characters we played. In the commercial, a man wearing a black denim jeans is able to enter a nightclub whose policy is "no blue jeans". Ace threatens Chris with a lit cigarette and steals Gordie's Yankees cap, which had been a gift from Gordie's late brother. [38] Others described the film as a "coming-of-age classic"[39][40] and as a film that stood at "the apex of the ’80s kids’ movie boom". Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. [46] Journalist and book author Robert Webb in 2013 called this version one of the "greatest cover versions".[56]. Reviews There are no reviews yet. In 2012, the song's royalties was estimated to have topped $22.8 million (£17 million), making it the sixth highest-earning song as of its era. I went to the piano and worked up the harmonies, developing a bass pattern that became the signature of the song. Jesus, does anyone?" [82] Released as a single,[83] the version stayed at its peak position number 61 on Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks on the weeks ending November 28 (its sixth week)[84] and December 5, 1970 (seventh week). * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. 1986. The discovery is traumatic for Gordie, who asks Chris why his brother Denny had to die and claims that his father hates him. On August 8, 1986, a soundtrack album was released containing many of the 1950s and early 1960s oldies songs featured in the film: The movie's success sparked a renewed interest in Ben E. King's song. Stand by Me Lyrics: When the night has come / And the land is dark / And the moon is the only light we'll see / No, I won't be afraid / Oh, I won't be afraid / Just as long as you stand, stand by me It was also featured in a 1987 European commercial of Levi's 501 jeans, contributing to greater success in Europe. Lennon filmed a performance of the song for The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975. These characters from the movie Stand by Me are ordered by their prominence in the film, so the most recognizable roles are at the top of the list. Music. I told them if they weren't worried that the train was going to kill them, then they should worry that I was going to. 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 with Johnnie Taylor singing lead. The film was adapted from the Stephen King novella The Body. [16] Plywood planks were laid across the ties to provide a safer surface on which the stunt doubles could run. A trio of frogs then finish the song at the end. [3] The writers incorporated Reiner's suggestions, producing a new script by December 1984 for Embassy's review and approval. McCartney performed on the drums; Lennon on guitar. The producers showed a print to Michael Ovitz, head of the powerful Creative Artists Agency, and Ovitz promised to help them find a distributor. He is rejected by his father, following the death of his football-star older brother Denny (John Cusack) in a jeep accident. [52] Keith Moon covered "Move Over Ms. L" for his 1975 solo album Two Sides of the Moon. The cover peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot Rock Singles in December 2016. It opened in a limited release in 16 theaters on August 8, 1986, and grossed $242,795, averaging $15,174 per theater. After the "Spanish Harlem" recording session in 1960, King had some studio time left over. Bang Zoom! [91] White's version also got to number 5 on the RPM Canadian Adult Contemporary Songs chart and number 8 on the New Zealand Singles chart. [115][116], The Kingdom Choir performed the song at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018. Later, Gordie and Vern are nearly run over by a train while walking across a train bridge, but Gordie saves both their lives by throwing himself and Vern off the bridge at the last second. [15], For the year-end charts in the US, the song was the number 63 song of 1961[16] and number 67 of 1987.[17]. Recently, Billy and Charlie saw the body of a missing boy named Ray Brower outside of town near train tracks and a river. [43] To encourage tourism, the city has embedded a penny in the street at a location where the fictional Vern found one in the film. "[89], Maurice White's 1985 cover from his self titled album reached number 6 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart [90] and number 11 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart. The third line of the second verse of the former work derives from Psalm 46:2c/3c. Evans and Gideon asked to also produce the film, but Shafer suggested they team up with Andy Scheinman, a more experienced producer. Stand By Me by Ben E. King (as B.E. And that's when they ran."[7]. Stand by me Nobody knows the way it's gonna be Stand by me Nobody knows, yeah, nobody knows the way it's gonna be The way it's gonna be, yeah Maybe I can see, yeah. Principal photography began on June 17, 1985 and ended in late August 1985. Writer Gordie Lachance reads in the newspaper that his childhood best friend, Chris Chambers, has died. The song is also heard in the televised advertisement of Levi's 501 jeans. [6][3] In March 1986, Columbia Pictures, concerned that the original title, The Body, was misleading, renamed the film Stand by Me. [6] King had written it for the Drifters, who passed on recording it. [6], Days before shooting started in the summer of 1985, Embassy was sold to Columbia Pictures, who made plans to cancel the production. It was his eighth number 1 on the US country charts and also reached number 22 on the US Hot 100. [21] In contrast, Sheila Benson called the film "[a treasure] absolutely not to be missed" in her review for the Los Angeles Times. One of side-A labels of the original 1961 US single. [85] It also peaked at number 24 on Billboard Soul Singles on the week ending November 21, 1970, its fourth week. [24], The film is referenced in Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow for the Nintendo Game Boy, as well the their Game Boy Advance remakes, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, where the player character's mother is watching the movie on TV. ‘Stand By Me’ was released on 17 February 1975, with B-Side ‘Move Over Ms. L.’ (originally written during the making of ‘Walls and Bridges‘), it is a cover of Ben E. King’s 1961 classic written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. [76] Muhammad Ali (as Cassius Clay) released a version on his 1963 spoken-word/comedy album I Am the Greatest. I think I was Vern that summer. [104] Royce's remake received a Lo Nuestro award for "Tropical Song of the Year". 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[12], Rather than start shooting right away, Reiner put the four main actors together for two weeks to play games from Viola Spolin's Improvisation for the Theater (which Reiner called "the bible" of theater games)[11] and build camaraderie, which led to a real friendship between them and several one-shot takes, where the young actors hit their cues perfectly. When I walked in, Jerry and Ben E. were working on the lyrics to a song. It is the highest-grossing film of the Doraemon franchise. King. [6] Norman Lear, one of the co-owners of Embassy and the developer of All in the Family, gave $7.5 million of his own money to complete the film, citing his faith in Reiner and the script. Otis Redding covered the song for his 1964 debut album Pain in My Heart;[79] Kenny Lynch's 1964 version stayed on the top 100 UK Singles Chart for seven weeks, peaking at number 39 on the week of May 7–13, 1964, its fourth week. [14], The song uses a version of the common chord progression now called the 50s progression, which has been called the "'Stand by Me' changes" after the song. Both tunes fell off the top 40 the next week and off the chart the week after that. Songwriting credits on the single were shown as King and Elmo Glick—a pseudonym used by Leiber and Stoller. The unreleased recordings would eventually be included in a bootleg album A Toot and a Snore in '74. The present-day Gordie writes that Teddy and Vern drifted away from him and Chris shortly after entering high school and reveals that Chris later went to college and became a lawyer. Embassy spent four months negotiating the rights with McCauley, settling on $50,000 and a smaller share of the profits, and Evans and Gideon spent eight weeks writing the screenplay. [52], Before the parent album's official release, during Lennon's March 1974 sessions with Harry Nilsson for Nilsson's album Pussy Cats, Lennon recorded two takes of the song in collaboration with former Beatles member Paul McCartney. [6] Embassy was unwilling to meet Lyne's salary for directing the film until Evans and Gideon agreed to give up half of their share of profits to meet Lyne's asking price.[6]. [7], Ben E. had the beginnings of a song—both words and music. [97] After Mui's death in 2003, Hong Kong singers and actors Miriam Yeung, Denise Ho, Alex To, Edmond Leung, band members of Grasshopper, Andy Hui, and William So performed Mui's version at Anita Mui. Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, over Labor Day weekend in September 1959 young Gordie (Wil Wheaton) is a quiet, bookish boy with a penchant for telling stories and writing. Now Dim Sian Kop is a Preschool teacher, caring for kids just like our staff cared for her. Although the money was not an issue, the share of gross profits was considered excessive, especially considering that no stars could be featured to help sell the movie. Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age film directed by Rob Reiner and based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, with a title derived from Ben E. King's song. My favorite is the love of friendship. [30], At the 8th Youth in Film Awards, the film received the Jackie Coogan Award for Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Picture – Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell). "[29] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. The film then had its wide opening in 745 theaters on August 22 and grossed $3,812,093, averaging $5,116 per theater and ranking #2. The session's producers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, asked if he had any more songs. [23], Stephen King was very impressed with the film. [118][119] It also entered the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 94 on its first and only week, the week of May 25–31, 2018. Ace and his gang arrive, announce that they are claiming the body, and threaten to beat the four boys if they interfere. Parts of the film were shot in Brownsville, Oregon, which stood in for the fictional town of Castle Rock. The locomotive used for the scene, M.C.R.R. Be the first one to write a review. Chris admits to Gordie that he stole milk money at school. The boys continue their hike, and Chris encourages Gordie to fulfill his potential as a writer despite his father's disapproval. He then takes a moment to ponder that, then goes outside to play with his son and his son's friend. King had the beginnings of a melody that he was singing a cappella. After Chris steals his father's pistol, he and Gordie run into local hoodlum John "Ace" Merrill and Chris's older brother, Richard "Eyeball" Chambers. Goodman called the film a "trite narrative" and said that "Reiner's direction hammers in every obvious element in an obvious script. [54], In 1987, following the success of Stand by Me, Reiner co-founded a film and television production company and named it Castle Rock Entertainment, after the fictional town in which the film is set. [16] The film crew even brought a brand-new camera for use in the shot, only for it to jam between the rails on the first shot. [41], Brownsville, Oregon has held an annual "Stand By Me Day" since 2007. Stand by Me (1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In Stand by Me, four boys in 1959 Castle Rock, Oregon, go on a hike to find the dead body of a missing boy. The town was selected for its small-town 1950s ambience. U2 performed the song with Bruce Springsteen at the John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia) concert on September 25, 1987 during the Joshua Tree Tour. Memory. Later in the year, the 2015 line up of the Drifters recorded it in tribute. [11] Ethan Hawke auditioned for Chris Chambers. They walk back to Castle Rock and part ways. They don't want to push that dolly down the track any more. [86], Mickey Gilley released his version of the song in 1980, and it was included in the movie Urban Cowboy. But you've really captured my story. Gordie ends his story with the following words: "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. "[20] In his review for the Chicago Tribune, Dave Kehr wrote that there was "nothing natural in the way Reiner has overloaded his film with manufactured drama". "[11] Reiner and the producers interviewed more than 70 boys for the four main roles,[6] out of more than 300 who auditioned;[11] Phoenix originally read for the part of Gordie Lachance. Gordie comes to Chris's aid by firing a shot into the air with Mr. The event has attracted international participants. 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 with Johnnie Taylor singing lead. Gordie's friends are Chris, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio. [6] Both Gideon and Evans quickly became fans of the novella and shortly thereafter contacted King's agent, Kirby McCauley, seeking to negotiate film rights; McCauley replied that King's terms were $100,000 and 10% of the gross profits. At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2010, Royce performed the song live along with Ben E. [95], Anita Mui recorded the Cantonese version for her 1987 Cantonese album Mung Leui Gung Tseui [zh] (夢裡共醉). Ace taunts Gordie by asking whether he plans to shoot Ace's entire gang, and Gordie responds, "No, Ace. They escape over a fence, and Milo calls Teddy's mentally ill father a "loony"; Teddy, enraged, tries to attack him but is restrained by the other boys. King played it on the piano for them. [100], A version of the song released by American R&B group 4 the Cause in 1998 was a number-one hit in Switzerland, reached number two of the Austrian and German singles charts and number three in New Zealand, and was a top-ten hit in several other countries. Ben E. King Stand By Me BPM : 120 Capo : II [Verse 1] G G Em Em When the night has come and the land is da- rk C D G G And the mo- on is the on- ly light we'll see G G Em Em No, I wo - n't b In Stand by Me, four boys in 1959 Castle Rock, Oregon, go on a hike to find the dead body of a missing boy. [80] Spyder Turner's 1967 version climbed to number 3 on the US Billboard Black Singles chart and number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was released on 8 August 2014. Ben were working on lyrics for a new song, Stand by me staff care for her designated Stand. However, he was singing, of course, had a strong background in church music Jerry Leiber and Stoller! 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