The real reason Rob Reiner changed the name of ‘Stand by Me’
“It was uncanny.”
Stand By Me
“I was mortified”: why Kiefer Sutherland hasn’t watched himself act since 1986
No time for nostalgia.
The movie Rob Reiner considered his masterpiece: “The one that means the most to me”
His personal favourite.
The scene that got Stephen King “more hate mail about anything” he’d ever written
Would not have gone down well at cinemas
Who originally wrote Ben E King’s classic soul song ‘Stand by Me’?
One of the most covered songs in history.
The movie adaptation that moved Stephen King to tears: “It had the emotional gradient”
A winner in his book.
Stephen King’s two favourite movie adaptations of his own work
Stephen King knows what he likes from adaptations of his work.
Movie of the Week: Celebrating summer’s wistful close with ‘Stand by Me’
A nostalgic summer classic.