Setting
The film, like many other King works (and the novella on which the film is based), is set in a small fictional town in Maine. Filmed in 1985 and set in 1976, the film makes no reference to its New England setting. No type of New England slang is used in the film.
None of the characters speak in any kind of a New England accent. Perhaps the only reference to the Maine setting is the inclusion of the Maine State Police in the film's plot. The film begins in spring and ends on Halloween - spanning a typical baseball season - although the Boston Red Sox are never mentioned nor is any Red Sox apparel seen. The film also doesn't include music which was popular in the area at the time.(Only a John Travolta poster in Jane's room gives any indication of the era.) None of the surrounding towns, counties, or highways are mentioned.
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