Rob Reiner has had a varied, long, and extremely successful career. Born to comedy legend Carl Reiner, initially known for his television successes as a writer and sometimes performer on Sid Caesar's groundbreaking variety shows in the 1950s and early '60s then as the creator and co-star of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" before turning to the movies with the likes of Where's Poppa?, Oh, God!, The Jerk, All of Me, and Summer School. Rob followed a similar path, starting as a writer on "The Smothers Brothers" show then he became a sitcom star as Archie Bunker's son-in-law Mike "Meathead" Stivic on the megahit and mega-award-winner "All in the Family". Instead of staying on the acting track Rob turned to producing and then directing. He had one of the greatest beginnings to a career one could have with This is Spın̈al Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally..., Misery, and A Few Good Men all released in succession between 1984 and 1992. His directorial output couldn't keep up that pace, quality wise, but he continued to make films and the Production Studio he co-founded, Castle Rock, is responsible for a slew of hits including City Slickers, "Seinfeld", The Shawshank Redemption, Waiting for Guffman, Michael Clayton, and many others.
Reiner has three of his films on the MoFo Top 100 Comedy Films list: When Harry Met Sally... (#85), The Princess Bride (#16), and This is Spın̈al Tap (#13). Misery was #57 on the MoFo Top 100 Horror Films and Stand by Me was #55 on the MoFo Top 100 of the 1980s where Spın̈al Tap (#33) and Princess Bride (#27) also placed.
Despite all of that directorial success and a slew of beloved titles, we haven't had a thread devoted to Rob Reiner. Until now.
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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra