What's the Difference between The Body the Book and Stand By Me the Movie?
                      
                                
                    
                
                
                     
                
                
               
                
                
                     
                            
                                Stand By Me Book vs  Movie
                                
                            
                            
                         
                        
                        
                        
                        
                    
                            
                             
                                
                                
                                
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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. |