LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH MOVIES This blog aims to converge the work a group of Advanced Level students has been doing: learning English using movies as a source of inspiration for debate, vocabulary expansion, pronunciation and language improvement.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
STAND BY ME (1986) by Rob Reiner
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming of age adventure-drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King, the film takes its title from the song of the same name by Ben E. King (which plays during the closing credits).
Actor - Character
Wil Wheaton - Gordie Lachance
River Phoenix - Chris Chambers
Corey Feldman - Teddy Duchamp
Jerry O'Connell - Vern Tessio
Richard Dreyfuss - The Writer (Adult Gordie Lachance)
Kiefer Sutherland - John "Ace" Merrill
Stand by Me has extremely positive reviews, receiving a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
-Click on the link above and read some reviews.
-Choose one or two among the actors listed above and name one or two other films you've seen in which they acted.
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