Video: 'Stand by Me' trailer

(Wednesday, August 6, 1986) — Stand by Me, a coming-of-age comedy-drama adventure film about four friends who share a rite of passage on a long walk to view a dead body, premiered today at the Academy Theatre (specifically at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater) at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California

Video: 'Stand by Me (1986) - Movie' (8 clips)

Directed by Rob Reiner, the film starred Wil Wheaton River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell and Kiefer Sutherland.