cigarette smoking   based on novel   guard dog   vomit   male tears   father son relationship   1950s   corpse   writing   loss of brother   fainting   boy   manhattan new york city   board meeting   empire state building manhattan new york city   flashback   airport   small town   pie eating competition   homelessness   airplane   bridge   chased by a dog   imperative in title   mother   insecurity   famous line   bully   brother brother relationship   pacific northwest   title based on song   railroad track   road trip   title appears in song   friend   on the road   highway travel   insanity   campfire   dead body   memory   bad luck   class differences   coming of age   child abuse   twin   eyeglasses   computer   immaturity   junkyard   scar   reference to superman   baseball bat   chicago illinois   best friend   death of brother   narrated by character   dead child   nostalgia   child uses a gun   male bonding   reckless driving   boy with glasses   aspiring writer   reference to the lone ranger   courage   based on short story   pie   dead boy   stephen king   railroad trestle   plane   underdog   reference to mickey mouse   juvenile delinquency   reference to donald duck   rental car   childhood   child smoking cigarette   troubled teen   reference to coca cola   traveling salesman   oregon   credit card fraud   decomposing body   leech   inspiration   12 year old   based on novella   blueberry pie   campfire story   child protagonist   cigarette behind ear   cigarette pack rolled in sleeve   crawling   deformed ear   fainting boy   fat boy   friendship between boys   group vomit   hugging one's friend   killed by a train   mourning one's brother   mourning one's son   normandy beach   older brother   pocket comb   reference to annette funicello   reference to disney's goofy   reference to hershey's chocolate   reference to mighty mouse   reference to pluto the dog   reference to the cisco kid   story within the story   tear   eating contest   lunatic   traumatic childhood   camping   treehouse   outcast   younger brother   unlikely friendship   road movie   thanksgiving dinner   st. louis missouri   sears tower chicago   change of heart   o'hare airport chicago   author   friendship   dog   cult favorite   betrayal   funeral   train   loyalty   gay slur   writer   knife   switchblade   heroism   moral dilemma   jumping from height   voice over narration   husband wife relationship   commercial plane   driving in the wrong direction   living out of a suitcase   odd couple   wichita kansas   innocence   song   gun   redemption   teenage boy   teenager   no opening credits   psychotic   underage smoking   pistol   childhood friend