I know we have a lot of young people here. I was 13, and my older sister took me to see Stand by Me. R rated movies NEVER effected me. I miss those old vhs machines also.
And all of the girls at my school just loved River Phoenix. He obviously was an 80's heartthrob with the thick haired girls.
I had just turned 21 when SBM went into general North American release. My girlfriend who was 20 at the time really wanted to see it (she'd read the story, I hadn't). After it was over, we got up and left as soon as the credits started.
On the way to her place she asked me what I thought, and I said it was amazing. She then told me it was based on a Stephen King story. I was shocked. At that point the only SK I'd read were his horror stories.
To this day, it's still one of my favourite movies
"Hogs have futures, I don't."
Dr. Johnny Fever
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I was five :)
shareI turned 13 over the summer it was released and was quite affected by the movie. I remember leaving the innocence of elementary school behind to start junior high that fall and what Dreyfus said in the movie was so true: "Friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant". Some of the people I was close to in elementary school (including my best friend at the time) became just another face in the hallway once I moved on to 7th grade.
shareI also was about their age when the movie came out so it had a similarly large impact on me too. I remember thinking back then how I would never lose touch with my group of friends at the time and that happened with all of them!
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."
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shareI was 18ish when my gf (now wife of 27 years) saw it. I remember that line from the book and the movie, it stays with you. I got an email about an hour ago from a guy I met in Jr. High (1980) and it was as if nothing changed. We still call each other stupid nicknames and I asked him when middle age is suppose to kick in.
shareI'm close in age to all four of the leads (younger than Phoenix, Feldman and Wheaton, older than O'Connell). For some reason I didn't see it in the theater, but my friends and I rented it for a sleepover when it first came out and we all dreamboated out on River. (We loved the movie too, we weren't purely hormonal.) Although my childhood happened almost 30 years after the time period in the movie, it wasn't a whole lot different - I grew up in a small town (though only an hour north of New York City) and we used to explore the woods for hours on end and hang out way past dark. Parents rarely checked up on us as long as they had some idea where we were - and we all made it to adulthood alive. It's a shame things are so different now, I had a great childhood in the sense of how my friends and I spent our time.
The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.
ACTUALLY around? 32 is the median age in America and this came out almost 30 years ago. Late summer to be exact that I remember. I was 18. I liked it, but disappointed that Richard Dreyfuss and John Cusack barely appeared and almost everyone else was an unknown at the time.
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32 is the median age eh? That's something, I'm 32 myself. Yeah I was only about 3 when this film came out. Suffice it to say I didn't see it until a few years after it came out.
"Oh my God! You is becoming a werewilf!" -Werewolf
Well said. My friends and I were about their age too and we also watched it at a sleep over while hearting over River - and probably fighting over which one of us would be his girlfriend if given the opportunity. This movie brings nostalgia in many ways.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."
I was 16 years old when this came out and I did see it in the theaters.
shareI was 5 years old when i saw this in theaters.
"Unicorn, mermaid, vampire,sorceress! No name you'd give her would surprise me i love whom i love"
I was probably around 8yrs old when I first saw it. It was hilarious, to see boys curse so much for kicks.
It wasn't until about 10yrs later when I truly lost myself in its greatness.
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I watched in 86 as a 16 year old. It's only gained stature with me ever since. I rank it a 10 on here, which I almost never do.
This is an amazing movie.