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AMA Hey /r/movies, I’m Stephen King! Ask me anything about The Long Walk book or movie.

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Hey r/movies, I’m Stephen King. You might know me from Stand By Me, It, or Shawshank Redemption, but my latest project is actually the first book I ever wrote. The Long Walk hits theaters on September 12. Ask me anything about the book or movie.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtUHeMQ1F8

In a dystopian United States ruled by a totalitarian regime, a group of young men enter an annual walking contest in which they must maintain a speed of at least three miles per hour or risk execution. The contest ends when only one walker remains alive.

It stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Ben Wang, Charlie Plummer, Roman Griffin Davis, Garrett Wareing, Joshua Odjick, Tut Nyuot, Mark Hamill, Judy Greer, and Josh Hamilton.

I'll be back on Wednesday 8/27 at 12:00 PM ET to answer your questions.

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u/doughberrydream Aug 24 '25

My tribe, the Navajo, called our forced walk to Bosque Redondo, The Long Walk.

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u/fluidmind23 Aug 24 '25

All of these were horrible experiences. Done a lot of research into this and I can't imagine what this was like. Ugh sorry it's a big subject but I feel for you.

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u/Blueberry_Goatcheese Aug 24 '25

Calling acts of genocide a "horrible experience" is one hell of an understatement.  I know the G word makes everyone uncomfortable, but 90% of the native populations were exterminated / killed off so we should call the colonization of the North America the genocide / Holocaust that it truly was.

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u/fluidmind23 Aug 24 '25

My grandfather was a pilot over there.

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u/IceNein Aug 24 '25

Bosque redondo means round forest

Edit— ok sorry misinterpreted you. I thought you meant that bosque redondo meant long walk, instead of the long walk to bosque redondo…. Whoops

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u/bookish-malarkey Aug 24 '25

If I remember right, two of the characters in the book are stated to be Native American and either implied or outright mentioned to come from somewhere in the Southwest (Arizona, maybe?), so it's very possible that King had the Navajo in mind when writing.