Daily Dialogue — August 10, 2010

“I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being.”

 — Stand by Me (1986), screenplay by Raynold Gideon & Bruce A. Evans, based on a novella by Stephen King

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is notable opening lines.

Trivia: The movie is based on a short story called “The Body” by Stephen King from a book of short stories called “Different Seasons” which also includes “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” which became The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and “Apt Pupil” ( Apt Pupil (1998)).