Rob Reiner

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q287607: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Misery (1990); Postcards from the Edge (1990); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); All in the Family. Count them as director (11 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Stephen King: 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they acted in: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King writing about his nightmare of a fan who takes things too far.
    “Stephen King writing about, like, basically his work's nightmare”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they acted in: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Misery is King's book about addiction; Annie Wilkes stands for the painkillers.
    “Annie Wilkes is really, she represents that, this thing that's trying to kill him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:22 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Boiler Room (2000): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: Boiler Room ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Koppelman says Boiler Room informed Wolf, being the fictional version of Jordan Belfort's story.
    “Boiler Room really informed Wolf of Wall Street because Boiler Room was the fictional version of Jordan's story”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:25:01 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Carrie Fisher: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Postcards from the Edge (1990), which they acted in: Carrie Fisher ⇒ Postcards from the Edge (the host's read). Postcards is a Mike Nichols film written by Carrie Fisher from her novel.
    “Which is a Mike Nichols film, written by Carrie Fisher”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:16:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they acted in: Forgetting Sarah Marshall ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Dracula the Musical award is borrowed from Sarah Marshall; given to the Misery books.
    “We relate, so in, in, uh, forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:57:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Francis Bacon: 1 line

  1. unmapped (painting reference) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: Francis Bacon ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Bacchanal tableaux reference the Last Supper and Francis Bacon.
    “Sometimes it's the last supper. Sometimes it's Francis Bacon and like the disgusting nature of the human soul.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Leonardo DiCaprio: 1 line

  1. industry (financing / star power) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: Leonardo DiCaprio ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Leo raised the money and attached Scorsese and the cast, which let an extreme film get made without a studio.
    “the idea that it was DiCaprio, who went out and raised the funds to get this movie made”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:11:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Paradise Lost (Milton): 1 line

  1. theme (literary echo) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: Paradise Lost (Milton) ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read). Belfort descending into hell as the lights change reads as Paradise Lost.
    “Yeah, that's the Paradise Lost, you know, yeah.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they acted in: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Stand by Me (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Misery (1990), which they acted in: Stand by Me ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King's first adaptation he liked was Stand By Me; Reiner got Misery through that deal.
    “the 1st one of the 1st adaptation of his that he actually really liked was stand by me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

One Battle After Another (2025): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence / humor) · through The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), which they acted in: The Wolf of Wall Street ⇒ One Battle After Another (the host's read). Scorsese influenced PTA, and the uncomfortable-laughter humor of Wolf is very PTA.
    “Scorsese is a huge influence on all filmmakers, including PTA, and there is a, like, a really screwed up level to the humor in this movie that is that is very PTA as well”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (24) everyone in directing

Acting (4) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career): Rob Reiner → Archie Bunker. Reiner played Meathead, the foil to Archie Bunker on All in the Family.
    “he's just the foil for Archie Bunker.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:13:27 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Rob Reiner → This Is Spinal Tap. After All in the Family nobody could see Reiner doing anything else, but he directed Spinal Tap.
    “he does this as Spinal Tap directs it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:14:07 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Rob Reiner → The Sure Thing. The Sure Thing is a Reiner road-trip movie and John Cusack's breakout, now unstreamable.
    “It's John Cusack's breakout role.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:14:39 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Rob Reiner → Spinal Tap II. Reiner returns with Spinal Tap II this fall.
    “he shall return this year with Spinal Tap 2.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Aaron Sorkin → Rob Reiner. Reiner directed Sorkin's debut A Few Good Men.
    “Rob Reiner's great.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:19:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Andy Scheinman → Rob Reiner. Scheinman, Reiner's producer partner, got the rights after reading the book on a plane; he met Reiner through tennis.
    “he became friends with Rob Reiner because he was so good at tennis”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:12:17 · Brian Koppelman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): The American President → Rob Reiner. Rob Reiner directed it and A Few Good Men; he will come up again.
    “Another in the in the Rob Reiner Hall of Fame”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:06:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): A Few Good Men → Rob Reiner. Reiner is in the descending line of filmmakers.
    “Oliver Stone, Rob Reiner”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:30:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (creative match): Rob Reiner → The Princess Bride. Reiner and Goldman were a great match for the story and cast it perfectly.
    “I think Reiner and Goldman were like such a great match for that story.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:22:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Rob Reiner: Reiner cameo as helicopter pilot, and J.T. Walsh as the state trooper.
    “Rob Reiner, was an uncredited appearance as the helicopter pilot in this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:05:08 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)