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Joffrey Boam previously wrote The Dead Zone, which was based on a Stephen King novel and starred Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen. That film was later turned into a television series, in which Sheen's role was played by Sean Patrick Flannnery. Sheen and Walken were reunited in Spielberg's film Catch Me If You Can. River Phoenix's role in this film was also played on television by Sean Patrick Flannery, and this film also reunites him with Bradley Gregg, with whom he appeared in Stand By Me, also based on a Stephen King short story. See more