Stand By Me: 2009

About The Movie

Stand by Me is a coming of age film set in the fictional Castle Rock, Oregon in 1959. It portrays a journey embarked upon by four 12-year-old boys across the woodlands near their hometown to see the dead body of another boy who was close to their own age. The film is told through the recollections of the main character, Gordie Lachance, a freelance writer. It describes how his friend Vern overheard his older brother discussing the body of a missing boy after accidentally coming across it in the woods with his friend.

The lead characters go on a journey into the woods to find the body of a boy named Ray Brower, who was struck by a train while picking berries in the woods. Through the boys' misadventures and conversations, the viewer learns about each character's personality. Each of the boys, for varying reasons, lives in the shadow of their fathers and older brothers. Gordie's talent for storytelling (as illustrated by his improvised short story "Lard-Ass") pegs him as the most likely of the four to have a promising future.

Main Characters

Gordie Lachance

Age: 12 Going On 13

Bestfriend: Chris Chambers

Portrayed By: Will Wheaton

Gordon Lachance was born on 1947 (estimated) In Castle Rock, Oregon , he had an oldest brother 'Denny Lachance' who died on april 1959, gordie had never been noticed for anyone at home except for his brother Denny, but after his death things went worse than ever, so Gordie try to get from his friends the approval he doesn't get from his parents .
Gordie has a wonderful talent, he can create great stories, and the 'lardass' story is a proof of it, but this kid doesn't have the self-confidence he need to believe in himself, so his bestfriend Chris Chambers looks after him to make sure that he is making the most of his gift.
At the end of the movie Gordie becomes a writer and tells the story of one of his childhood journeys with his bestfriends, the story we know as 'Stand By Me'

Chris Chambers

Age: 12 - 13 (estimated)

Bestfriend. Gordie Lachance

Portrayed By: River Phoenix ( R.I.P.)

Christopher Chambers was born in Castle Rock, Oregon, Chris' family was thought low-life by the people in the town, He had an oldest brother 'Eyeball Chambers' a punk, member of Ace Merill's gang. Chris stole the milk money in school once, but he tried to give it back, unfortunately the person he decided to give it, kept the money and Chris was branded a thief, but it's mainly because of his family reputation that he was also described as a delinquent,
His father was abusive and alcoholic, so Chris prefered to hang out with his friends, the ones he looked after and make sure they were ok. Chris wasn't the kind of kid that everyone in town thought he was, actually he was very wise and peacemaker, The kind of bestfriend everyone would like to have.
Chris took courses to attend college with Gordie, altough it was hard he gutted it out and went on to college, he eventually became a lawyer.
On tuesday, september 3, 1985 at 39 years of age (estimated) Chris entered a restaurant and two men ahead of him got into an argument, he attempted to break it up, but things didn't turn out good and he was fatally stabbed in the throat, he died almost instantly.

Vern Tessio

Age: 12 - 13

Bestfriends: Teddy, Chris, Gordie

Portrayed By: Jerry O'Conell

Vern Tessio was born in Castle Rock, Vern is the goofiest and scariest boy in the gang, his friends call him Verno, this kid heard his two brothers talking about Ray Brower's body, so Vern told the other kids where the body was, and they decided to go for it.

At the end Vern and the other guys saw each other less and less, until they became in simple faces in the halls, Vern got married out of high school, he had four kids and became in the forklift operator at the Arsenault Lumber Yard

Teddy Duchamp

Age: 12 - 13 ( Estimated )

Bestfriends: Gordie, Chris, Vern

Portrayed By: Corey Feldman

Teddy was born in France, but he came to America with his parents. This kid is the craziest one in the gang, probably he inherited it from his father who pissed at teddy once and tried to burn his ear, but teddy doesn't care about it, he defends his father's name telling everyone that he fought in Normandy. Teddy is an average boy with not much of a chance in life, as a boy he spent most of his time with Gordie, Chris and Vern but as he grew up, he stopped hanging out with the guys.

After high school Teddy tried to get into the army, but his eyes and his ears kept him out, he spent some time in jail, and at the end he finished doing odd jobs around Castle Rock

Ace Merrill & His Gang

Ace is the leader of the band of bullies in Castle Rock, they are always picking on Chris and the others.
Ace is supported by Eyeball Chambers "Chris' brother", Billy Tessio "Vern's brother", Charlie Hogan, and other couple of punks.
Billy and Charlie found out about the body in a car-boosting then Vern heard them talking about it.

The Rest Of The Cast

Denny Lachance

Denny was Gordie's brother, and he was the only one who seemed to care about his little brother. Denny was the quarterback in his high school footbal team. Denny died in a car accident, which produced a total mess between Gordie and his parents.

Mr. And Mrs. Lachance

These are Gordie's parents, they are always ignoring him, so gordie tries to get from his friends the approval he thinks his parents should give him.

Mrs. Lachance could never put the pieces back together after Denny's death

LardAss

This is a fictional character created by Gordie Lachance and the star of the Lardass story. This Lardass gets in a food contest but he wasn't interested in winning, what he wanted was to take revenge on everyone in town because they were always making fun of him. before the contest started, lardass drank castor oil and swallowed an egg, so when he was in the middle of this contest he barfed on the four-time champion Bill Travis, which provocated a total barfarama in the crowd

Milo Pressman

Milo Pressman And Chopper Milo Pressman owns the junkyard in CastleRock, he's got a dog called Chopper, this guy trained his dog to bite certain parts of the body of anyone who breaks into the junkyard.

When the boys entered the junkyard, Milo caught Gordie trying to escape and sent Chopper after him, and when this one escaped, he took revenge by mocking Teddy and making fun of his father