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The Body

Stephen King

#1 Four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods in search of a boy from a nearby town who has disappeared. Gordie Lachance and his three friends set out on a quest to find the missing boy's body along the railroad tracks.

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

The hosts introduced the novella as the source material for the film Stand By Me and noted that Will Wheaton narrated its audiobook version.

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I'm sitting down with Will Wheaton, who played Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me 40 years ago, and now narrates Stephen King's The Body, the novella that inspired it all.

— Episode: Selects: The First Road Trip

Episode: Selects: The First Road Trip

The hosts introduced the novella as the source material for the film Stand By Me and noted that Will Wheaton narrated its audiobook version.

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I'm sitting down with Will Wheaton, who played Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me 40 years ago, and now narrates Stephen King's The Body, the novella that inspired it all.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

They noted it was a Stephen King novella titled The Body, which served as the source material for the film Stand By Me.

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the movie ... is also a Stephen King story, that movie is based off a Stephen King novella called The Body.

— Episode: #630 - Stephen Wilson Jr.

Episode: #630 - Stephen Wilson Jr.

They noted it was a Stephen King novella titled The Body, which served as the source material for the film Stand By Me.

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the movie ... is also a Stephen King story, that movie is based off a Stephen King novella called The Body.

Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

Hamill mentioned The Body as another Stephen King title he thought would be a horror epic before discovering its different tone.

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Stephen King has done Green Mile and The Body and Shawshank Redemption.

— Episode: To Shed Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill Turn...

Episode: To Shed Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill Turned To Voic...

Hamill mentioned The Body as another Stephen King title he thought would be a horror epic before discovering its different tone.

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Stephen King has done Green Mile and The Body and Shawshank Redemption.

The Rewatchables

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The Rewatchables

The novella was referenced as the original title of the film and as the Stephen King source material for the story.

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Then this movie was always called The Body and then Columbia is like, we're not naming this The Body. Come up with some better names. Then Stand By Me eventually became the name.

— Episode: ‘Stand By Me’ With Bill Simmons and Chri...

Episode: ‘Stand By Me’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

The novella was referenced as the original title of the film and as the Stephen King source material for the story.

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Then this movie was always called The Body and then Columbia is like, we're not naming this The Body. Come up with some better names. Then Stand By Me eventually became the name.

The novella 'The Body' was the basis for the movie and they even considered using that title before settling on Stand By Me.

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