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 director. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: This Is Spinal Tap (1984); The Sure Thing (1985); Stand by Me (1986); The Princess Bride (1987); When Harry Met Sally (1989); Misery (1990); A Few Good Men (1992); North (1994); The American President (1995); The Story of Us (1999); Spinal Tap II. Count them as actor (4 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 directed: 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 directed: 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)

About Last Night (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through When Harry Met Sally (1989), which they directed: About Last Night ⇒ When Harry Met Sally (the host's read). About Last Night paved the way for When Harry Met Sally and other R-rated rom-coms.
    “which I don't think it's enough credit for 80s kind of paving the way for when Harry Met Sally and some of these other ones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:14:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they directed: 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)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they directed: 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, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Misery (1990), which they directed: 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)

The Sure Thing (1985): 1 line, within their own work

  1. career (career) · through Stand by Me (1986), which they directed: The Sure Thing ⇒ Stand by Me (the host's read). The Sure Thing did well and led to Stand By Me.
    “It leads to, um, stand by me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:14:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Verdict (1982): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Few Good Men (1992), which they directed: The Verdict ⇒ A Few Good Men (the host's read). You cannot have A Few Good Men without The Verdict; everything on the courtroom checklist comes from it.
    “you really, really cannot have a few good men without having the verdict”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:07:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Woody Allen: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through When Harry Met Sally (1989), which they directed: Woody Allen ⇒ When Harry Met Sally (the host's read). A speaker says Harry Met Sally uses New York as a character, which was the Woody Allen trick.
    “Well, and it uses New York too as like a real character, which was the Woody Allen trick.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

A Time to Kill (1996): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Few Good Men (1992), which they directed: A Few Good Men ⇒ A Time to Kill (the host's read). A Time to Kill blends every earlier trope: country lawyer, big-shot prosecutor, cranky judge.
    “puts them in a blender and it gives you every single thing”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:28:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Knocked Up (2007): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through When Harry Met Sally (1989), which they directed: When Harry Met Sally ⇒ Knocked Up (the host's read). Bill dates the rom-com boom as starting with When Harry Met Sally and running to the mid 2000s, with Knocked Up on the other side of the shift.
    “It starts with when Harry Met Sally.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:12 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

Misery (1990): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Stand by Me (1986), which they directed: 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)

Stand by Me (1986): 1 line, within their own work

  1. career (career) · through The Sure Thing (1985), which they directed: The Sure Thing ⇒ Stand by Me (the host's read). The Sure Thing did well and led to Stand By Me.
    “It leads to, um, stand by me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:14:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The West Wing (TV series): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The American President (1995), which they directed: The American President ⇒ The West Wing (TV series) (the host's read). The film is a test case for the West Wing, sharing actors like Martin Sheen and ideals.
    “it is a lot of ways a test case for the West Wing”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:02:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

You've Got Mail (1998): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through When Harry Met Sally (1989), which they directed: When Harry Met Sally ⇒ You've Got Mail (the host's read). The party scene where someone says they read the writer's piece is lifted from When Harry Met Sally.
    “Which is also, which is a scene that's ultimately like lifted from when Harry met Sally.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:30:40 · unknown (0.00 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)