Keyser Soze said:

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So you have a close group of friends you grew up with and shared some meaningful life events

or you know where the body is ?

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It's more the life that my friends and I led independent of our parents. We weren't tethered by fear, political correctness and electronics. We didn't live "virtual" lives. We weren't shielded from every slight or indignation. We didn't cower from reprisal or responsibility. There were expectations and consequences, and we clearly understood what those were. We respected authority, and we earned trust and consideration by virtue of our conduct.

Similar experiences myself. I believe we are close in age.

At the same age as the kids in the movie, my typical summer day would have me leave the house right after breakfast and not return until dinner at 6:30 sharp. 8 to 10 hours of free time a day. Walking the rail road tracks just like the movie happened more than once.

Sadly, a parent today might have CPS called on them for leaving kids unattended that long.

The summer when I was 11, my friend and I spent 7 weeks living in a tent by a small lake on a farmer's property about 2 miles from my house (we lived in the suburbs then). We took my bird dog and our .410s and pitched his dad's huge army surplus tent. We left camp to go to baseball practice and games, and we went home on weekends long enough to take a bath and resupply. I think my dad came by to check on us twice, and we saw our parents at baseball games and when we went home briefly. We had friends come by from time to time, and sometimes camp overnight with us. We never asked permission from the landowner, and even though he came out every now and then to check his cows, he never ran us off. We kept the place clean and didn't leave any litter.

Malbec said:

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YES. That would've been my pick as well.