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Rob Reiner

Robert Norman Reiner is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence with the role of Michael "Meathead" Stivic on the CBS sitcom All in the Family (1971–1979 ...
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Rob Reiner Gives Update On ‘Spinal Tap’ Mockumentary Sequel As He Celebrates Emmy Nominations For Real Doc On Albert Brooks

One of Rob Reiner’s greatest filmmaking credits is the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. But he became the maker of an actual documentary – not a faux one – with Albert Brooks: Defending My ...
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Rob Reiner on the Making of His Almost-Didn’t-Happen Comedy Classic ‘This Is Spinal Tap’

When Rob Reiner‘s directorial debut, “This Is Spinal Tap,” opened in theaters in early 1984, it quickly became a cult classic beloved by music fans and cinephiles alike for its hilarious portrayal of ...
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‘This Is Spinal Tap’ director reflects on cult classic’s success 41 years later: How fans ‘finally caught on’ to the ‘bad’ movie ‘nobody wanted’

“This is Spinal Tap” director, Rob Reiner, reflected on how misunderstood the mockumentary was when it first came out 41 years ago. “I mean, it started out actually slow,” he told Page Six in an ...
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How a Lifelong Friendship Yielded One of Rob Reiner’s Best Movies

The director of "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life" tells IndieWire about how his relationship with comic genius Brooks led to his first "real" documentary 40 years after the mockumentary "This Is ...
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Rob Reiner Says U.S. Will Become an ‘Autocracy’ if Trump Is Allowed to ‘Control the Media’ and ‘Commandeer the Election’: ‘We Have a Year’ to Stop Him

During a recent appearance on MSNBC, Oscar-nominated director Rob Reiner issued a call to action against Donald Trump. He said it is “our job now” as influential voices to fight against the ...