Movies of My Life # 27: Stand By Me

I remember seeing the trailer. And I wanted to go see the film. But I’m not sure that happened – I’ve no memory of seeing it on the big screen.

But later, VHS, it was a staple. Bike down to the local video store and pick it up. Later it was on TV and we made our own copy of it, paused the ads and watched it over and again.

Then the revelation that it was …