What's the Difference between The Body the Book and Stand By Me the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Gordie LaChance
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Gordie LaChance
Portrayed by: Wil Wheaton
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Teddy Duchamp
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Teddy Duchamp
Portrayed by: Corey Feldman
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Stand By Me Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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The story takes place in Castle Rock, Maine in 1960. |
It is in Castle Rock, Oregon in 1959. |
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Chris pulls a gun on Ace and his gang when they find the body. |
It is Gordie who pulls the gun.
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This doesn't happen. |
Ace", "Eyeball", Billy and Charlie play a game of mailbox baseball. |
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Gordie has a vision of Denny as a corpse and he tells him "it should have been you". |
Gordie has a dream and his Dad is the one who says it.
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"Stud City" is a story written by Gordie and told. |
This isn't shown. |
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Gordie has a dream where Teddy and Vern are dead and their bodies try to drown Gordie. |
His dream is of Denny's funeral.
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The older boys phone in an anonymous tip so the authorities can find the body. |
It is Gordie who phones in the tip. |
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After the altercation at the scene of the body, the older boys find and severely beat, Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern. |
This doesn't happen.
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Gordie and Teddy fight about trying to dodge the train. |
It is Chris who fights with Teddy. |
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"Jackie" Mudgett pulls a knife on the boys. |
It is Ace who pulls the knife.
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Vern has been looking for his buried quart of pennies for 4 years. Everyone except Vern thinks his brother stole it right after it was buried. |
Vern has been looking for only 9 months. |
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Gordie is the only one who is still alive in the end of the book |
Chris is dead but teddy and vern is still alive.
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