476 STAND BY ME (1986) Part 2 - The Season of Rob Reiner
The Cine-Files
Steve Morris & John Rocha
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 131 minutes
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On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha conclude their Season of Rob Reiner with Part 2 of their discussion on STAND BY ME, his beloved coming of classic from 1986 starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland and John Cusack, Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body and adapted by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon (who were nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay), the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959 focusing on four boys who set out on a journey to find the dead body of a missing boy. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, themes, message, philosophical debates and more.
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| 0:00.0 | It's like God gave you something, man. |
| 0:03.6 | All those stories that you can make up. |
| 0:06.0 | And he said, this is what we got for you kid, try not to lose it. |
| 0:09.3 | Kids lose everything unless there's someone there to look out for them. |
| 0:12.6 | And if your parents are too fucked up to do it, then maybe I should. |
| 0:31.5 | Hello and welcome once again to the Cinefiles where we are continuing our season of Rob Reiner and continuing our exploration of Stand By Me. |
| 0:35.6 | My name is Steve Morris. I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California. |
| 1:11.0 | Hello, everyone. My name is John Roke. I'm a writer, producer, host, and voiceover artist here in San Diego, California. And of course, we could not make the cinefiles without our incredible supporters on Patreon. You've already heard some of their fantastic questions. They're going to be more of their questions in part two. And we thank them very much, as well as our supporters on Apple Podcasts where you can get ad-free versions of the show, listen to our Cinefiles shorts, and of course on Patreon, join our advisory board, where we are having a big meeting as we record this tomorrow, because John and I don't know what our next movie is, and the advisory board's going to help us pick it. So that's what can happen if you join the Cinefiles advisory board at patreon.com slash the Cinefiles. Yeah, absolutely. Another way you can |
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| 1:56.3 | Steve, that's very long-winded. |
| 1:57.4 | Let's get into Part 2. |
| 1:58.6 | Well, I think we should jump right in and where we start. |
| 2:00.8 | And again, it's the soundtrack, that great 50 soundtrack that's driving the show. |
| 2:04.9 | And we go right into one of my favorite songs that I sang bass on in an acapella group |
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