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That movie he made with his son will be of morbid curiosity now. 

2 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:

That movie he made with his son will be of morbid curiosity now. 

At least they took a stab at collaborating before he passed. RIP!

1 hour ago, hookemATL said:

At least they took a stab at collaborating before he passed. RIP!

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Is When Harry Met Sally a Rob Reiner film or a Nora Ephron film? I could see Reiner writing almost all of the Billy Crystal and Bruno Kirby one liners. 
 

Sleepless in Seattle is 100% an Ephron film. 
 

I think Spinal Tap is my favorite Reiner film. Certainly his best directing/acting combo. 

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Princess Bride was my favorite of his

It appears their son, Nick, killed them.

This fucking douche.

9 hours ago, DaysOff said:

It appears their son, Nick, killed them.

 

8 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Addicts will hurt, if not kill loved ones, if they don’t get the money they need for drugs. I’ve had stories in my family of the addict literally saying, “don’t make me hurt you,” to the person they love the most.

 

8 hours ago, hundredTT said:

First thing I did  was look up their sons to see which one was the drug addict. It was sad, but telling.

8 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

With all due respect to Rob Reiner, those words are Stephen King's or pretty damn close, as are the final ones.

"I never had any friends like I did when I was 12.  Jesus, does anyone?"

But all credit to Reiner for using the novella as the screenplay.

He also directed and produced Misery. 

43 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Is When Harry Met Sally a Rob Reiner film or a Nora Ephron film? I could see Reiner writing almost all of the Billy Crystal and Bruno Kirby one liners. 

Not quite sure of the criteria for a "[insert name] film."  If it's all of writing, producing, and directing, then no, When Harry Met Sally is not a Rob Reiner film, as he directed and produced, but did not write.

Stand By Me was one of my favorite films from my adolescence.  A Few Good Men and When Harry Met Sally are two of my favorite films of all time, and my wife and I frequently quote from both of them.

Horrible news.  He seemed like one of the more lovable people in Hollywood.

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

He also directed and produced Misery. 

Not quite sure of the criteria for a "[insert name] film."  If it's all of writing, producing, and directing, then no, When Harry Met Sally is not a Rob Reiner film, as he directed and produced, but did not write.

Stand By Me was one of my favorite films from my adolescence.  A Few Good Men and When Harry Met Sally are two of my favorite films of all time, and my wife and I frequently quote from both of them.

Horrible news.  He seemed like one of the more lovable people in Hollywood.

He cowrote the screenplay with Ephron for When Harry Met Sally. Regardless, terrific film and a brilliant guy. He will be missed. 

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

He cowrote the screenplay with Ephron for When Harry Met Sally. Regardless, terrific film and a brilliant guy. He will be missed. 

He contributed to the story, as did Billy Crystal, but I believe Ephron got sole screenwriting credit.

What the fuck is this argument?  Did Steven Spielberg write all his shit?  How about Scorsese?

27 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

He cowrote the screenplay with Ephron for When Harry Met Sally. Regardless, terrific film and a brilliant guy. He will be missed. 

25 minutes ago, South Austin said:

He contributed to the story, as did Billy Crystal, but I believe Ephron got sole screenwriting credit.

If he had not changed the ending of When Harry Met Sally to be happy, it would not be nearly as popular as it still is.

To the extent I could be accused of parsing between Reiner and King on Stand By Me, like I said, all credit is due to Rob Reiner for treating King's writing as having value unto itself, apart from just "the story."  Hell, even Stephen King didn't do that in prior projects in which he was involved (see Maximum Overdrive).

That led to a bunch of serious movies from King's work, and that in and of itself is a huge contribution.

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

If he had not changed the ending of When Harry Met Sally to be happy, it would not be nearly as popular as it still is.

True, and it was a great ending.

RIP to one of the greats.  The below episode from All in the Family is what I think of when I remember Rob Reiner.  His movies were incredible also whether he wrote them, directed them or even acted in them. 

 

 

9 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

With all due respect to Rob Reiner, those words are Stephen King's or pretty damn close, as are the final ones.

"I never had any friends like I did when I was 12.  Jesus, does anyone?"

But all credit to Reiner for using the novella as the screenplay.

The Body and Shawshank are probably the two closest adaptations of any of Stephen King's works.  So much was lifted from the source material.  That's not to say RR didn't have a huge hand in making Stand by Me an absolute classic.

 

/Chopper, sick balls

What a goddamned nightmare. 

29 minutes ago, smuggs said:

What a goddamned nightmare. 

2025 decided it wasn’t a shitty enough year and had to up the ante.

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It's just so fucking sad. 

For those of us from a certain generation, Reiner's films practically shaped part of our childhoods. I was 10 when Stand By Me came out. 11 with Princess Bride. In high school when Misery and A Few Good Men were released. 

I started watching Princess Bride with my kid when he was 5 years old, probably the first non-animated film that he loved. We've seen it 5-6 times together. Time to fire it up again during Christmas break. 

RIP. 

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9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

too much over acting for me 

so did you see it or not

Rob’s other son Jake was a reporter with the Houston NBC station for a few years. If you were aware of it, you couldn’t help but remind yourself of his background when he was reporting on a road closure or standing knee deep in water during a hurricane. I believe he finally quit to follow his family legacy in show business.

1 hour ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

RIP to one of the greats.  The below episode from All in the Family is what I think of when I remember Rob Reiner.  His movies were incredible also whether he wrote them, directed them or even acted in them. 

 

 

An absolute classic.

Legend. He had an all time run there with very different movies. He didn’t make great movies after 1995, but some of them still made a lot of money. Apparently an A+ dude as well.

I forgot his daughter with Penny Marshall was “Betty Spaghetti” in League of the Their Own and Fred Hayes’ wife in Apollo 13. Not a star but a recognizable face at the time.

Dude covered a diverse range of movie types.  Coming of age, romance movies, comedies, drama.  Heck of a range.

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2 hours ago, dcbc said:

The Body and Shawshank are probably the two closest adaptations of any of Stephen King's works.  So much was lifted from the source material.  That's not to say RR didn't have a huge hand in making Stand by Me an absolute classic.

 

/Chopper, sick balls

Definitely.  Green Mile also.  Darabont seemed to pick up the gauntlet laid down by Reiner.  And Reiner apparently had a hand in Shawshank, as well.

Carl, Rob & Penny, one helluva run in Hollywood. 
 

RIP. 

The son is being charged with it
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For those who haven’t seen it, Reiner’s recent biography documentary of Albert Brooks is hysterical. 
There is no dark humor as hysterical as Brooks relaying to Reiner how Brooks' father passed away at the Beverly Hilton immediately following a comedic routine where he brought down the house.

"Is there a doctor in the house?" and the crooner sent onstage to sing his big hit of the day (that was about a lover being destroyed by grief) to settle the audience.

I havent seen but am strenuously interested in the Albert brooks documentary. 
 

and since its called defending my life, ill also say that defending your life is an outstanding movie. 

9 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I havent seen but am strenuously interested in the Albert brooks documentary. 
 

and since its called defending my life, ill also say that defending your life is an outstanding movie. 

Overruled.  Oh, you are strenuously interested.  Well, then, that's a different matter.

19 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Overruled.  Oh, you are strenuously interested.  Well, then, that's a different matter.

It’s the difference between paper law and trial law!

10 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It’s the difference between paper law and trial law!

Kevin Pollack is the epitome of a great, supporting actor in that role.  And someone posted in another thread a great interview with him about the behind-the-scenes stories on AFGM.  Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

 

 

And, to keep it on topic, here's the complimentary snippet of the Rob Reiner interview.

 

 

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"You, Lt. Weinberg?" is a great aside in that You Can't Handle the Truth tirade.  Such a great 

The French is not even close to fluent, and it's jarring. :  r/InterviewVampire

 

moment

The Sure Thing never gets enough love. Such a fabulous movie. 

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4 hours ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

RIP to one of the greats.  The below episode from All in the Family is what I think of when I remember Rob Reiner.  His movies were incredible also whether he wrote them, directed them or even acted in them. 

 

 

This is very Seinfeld-esque.

“Though the fictionalized Being Charlie is “not my life,” as Nick Reiner told People, the family confirmed at the time of its release that it closely mirrored their real-life dynamics.

“I’d rather have you alive and hating me than dead on the streets,” the film’s Rob Reiner figure, David, says in a climactic confrontation with his son, Charlie. “So what do you want me to do?”

“You don’t have to do anything,” Charlie replies. Then he suggests that mental illness is the real problem, not drugs. “It was never about the drugs. All I ever wanted was a way to kill the noise. But the more I used the louder it got.”

Nick Reiner told AOL in 2016 that he “didn’t bond a lot” with his father when he was growing up. But Rob Reiner said at the time that “our relationship had gotten so much closer” while making the film.

“I said it to his face. I'll say it on the air: He was the heart and soul of the film and any time I would get an opportunity to work with him I would do it,” Rob told NPR. “He's brilliant and talented and he's going to figure out his path.”

 

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