Q 01/05

Who directed Stand by Me (1986)?

A) Steven Spielberg

B) Richard Donner

C) John Hughes

D) Rob Reiner

Answer · why

D) Rob Reiner

He had made only This Is Spinal Tap and The Sure Thing before it.

Q 02/05

Stand by Me is based on a novella by which author?

A) Ray Bradbury

B) Stephen King

C) S. E. Hinton

D) John Irving

Answer · why

B) Stephen King

The 1982 novella The Body appeared in the collection Different Seasons.

Q 03/05

What is the title of the 1982 novella the film adapts?

A) The Breathing Method

B) The Long Walk

C) The Body

D) Apt Pupil

Answer · why

C) The Body

Columbia changed the title in March 1986 because The Body sounded like a sex film, a bodybuilding film or another King horror.

Q 04/05

In which fictional town is the film set?

A) Jerusalem's Lot

B) Derry

C) Haven

D) Castle Rock

Answer · why

D) Castle Rock

King's novella placed the town in Maine; the film moved it to Oregon.

Q 05/05

In which year is the boys' journey set?

A) 1959

B) 1962

C) 1965

D) 1969

Answer · why

A) 1959

The framing story takes place in 1985, with the adult Gordie writing his memoir.

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