In the summer of 1980, comedian Steve Martin was having lunch with director Carl Reiner and screenwriter George Gipe.

Reiner and Gipe finally worked out a story and then met with Martin who contributed some funny material of his own.

Written by Martin, Reiner and George Gipe, the film is a broad comedy, with Martin starring as Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a pioneering neurosurgeon with a cruel and unfaithful new wife, Dolores Benedict ( Turner ).

Carl Reiner has stated that the time he spent on Your Show of Shows was the inspiration for The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Several dozen hours of footage were filmed before Reiner edited it to the released movie.

After exchanging shots and chasing through the " Fiesta de Carlotta " fireworks celebration ( much of it archived footage from The Bribe ), Rigby shoots Rice and frisks the corpse for instructions leading him to a hideout where he finds Juliet, her father ( actually still alive ), and her butler, who introduces himself as Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck ( Carl Reiner ).

When Carl Reiner appeared on his show, Crane persuaded him to book him for a guest shot on The Dick Van Dyke Show, where he was noticed by Donna Reed, who suggested him for the role of neighbor Dr. Dave Kelsey in her eponymous sitcom from 1963 through 1965.

Reiner and the orchestra continued to record for RCA through 1962.

Despite a reputation for being distant and reserved, Reiner made a point of coming to Peters's dressing room to encourage her and guided her through the performance.

According to Brian C. Anderson, it also lampoons the pretentiousness of the Hollywood movie industry and liberalism, particularly through the use of Rob Reiner, the real-life American director widely known for advocating smoking restrictions.

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There's a germ of an idea here, but Reiner and Griffin race through the plot beats so rapidly that poor Sarah seldom has time to breathe, which also describes the movie ... never settles down enough to offer more than a shrill whine and pained expression.

Film critic Roger Ebert seemed especially baffled by North, noting that Wood and especially Reiner had both previously made much better films.

All You Need Is Cash was one of the first films of its kind, and an inspiration for the successful Rob Reiner cult comedy This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984.

He has starred in films alongside Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, and Rob Reiner and had a solo project debut at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival.

Russell would land other films including Impulse and Whore, and Bates would win the Academy Award for playing deranged nurse Annie Wilkes in the Rob Reiner film Misery.

With Connick's reputation growing, director Rob Reiner asked him to provide a soundtrack for his 1989 romantic comedy, When Harry Met Sally ..., starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal.

In the mid-1970s, he started working with Rob Reiner on a pilot for ABC.

Shearer, Reiner, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest received a deal to write a first draft of a screenplay for a company called Marble Arch.

In 1961, Carl Reiner cast her in The Dick Van Dyke Show, an acclaimed weekly series based on Reiner's own life and career as a writer for Sid Caesar's television variety show, telling the cast from the outset that it would run no more than five years.

An interview Ephron conducted with Reiner provided the basis for Harry.

Reiner pitched an idea for a film that Ephron rejected.

Eventually, Ephron and Reiner realized that it would be a more appropriate ending for them to marry, though they admit that this is generally not a realistic outcome.

Rob Reiner initially envisioned actress Susan Dey for the role of Sally Albright.

The film was also nominated for five Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Reiner for Best Director – Motion Picture, Billy Crystal for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Meg Ryan for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Nora Ephron for Best Screenplay.

It was released on DVD for the first time on January 9, 2001, and included an audio commentary by Reiner, a 35-minute " Making Of " documentary featuring interviews with Reiner, Ephron, Crystal, and Ryan, seven deleted scenes, and a music video for " It Had To Be You " by Harry Connick, Jr. A Collector's Edition DVD was released on January 15, 2008, including a new audio commentary with Reiner, Ephron, and Crystal, eight deleted scenes, all new featurettes ( It All Started Like This, Stories Of Love, When Rob Met Billy, Billy On Harry, I Love New York, What Harry Meeting Sally Meant, So Can Men And Women Really Be Friends?

In the 1950s, his most important work in television involved writing for Red Buttons, Sid Caesar on Caesar's Hour, in Celeste Holm's Honestly, Celeste !, as well as with writers Mel Tolkin, Michael Stewart, Selma Diamond, Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and ( on two Caesar specials ) Woody Allen.

He first appeared on Robert Q. Lewis's The Name's the Same ; Rayburn frequently sat in for regular panelist Carl Reiner, lending a comic touch to the panel.

In 2004 along with Rob Reiner, Sheen campaigned for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, and later campaigned for nominee John Kerry.

All You Need Is Cash was one of the first of its kind, inspiration for the Rob Reiner comedy film This Is Spinal Tap in 1984.

Reiner planned to work Martin into the old footage via over-the-shoulder shots so that it looked like the comedian was talking to these vintage actors ( this strategy ended up being used for only one scene in the film ; opposite Cary Grant in a clip from Suspicion.

" Rob Reiner said, " He was a completely unique actor ," and went on to say that Falk's work with Alan Arkin in The In-Laws was " one of the most brilliant comedy pairings we've seen on screen.

The term rheology was coined by Eugene C. Bingham, a professor at Lafayette College, in 1920, from a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner.

The latter was called ' early speed metal ' by Robb Reiner of speed metal band Anvil.

Reiner remembers, " I was in the middle of my single life.

Reiner was constantly depressed, pessimistic yet very funny.

For example, in the scene where Sally and Harry appear on a split screen, talking on the telephone while watching their respective television sets, channel surfing, was something that Crystal and Reiner did every night.

The script initially ended with Harry and Sally remaining friends and not pursuing a romantic relationship because she felt that was " the true ending ", as did Reiner.

Molly Ringwald was almost cast, but Meg Ryan convinced Reiner to give her the role.

Reiner was struck by Connick's voice and how he sounded like a young Frank Sinatra.

The film led Roger Ebert to call Reiner " one of Hollywood's very best directors of comedy ", and said that it was " most conventional, in terms of structure and the way it fulfills our expectations.

It was originally proposed by Markus Reiner, a professor at Technion in Israel, inspired by a verse in the Bible, stating " The mountains flowed before the Lord " in a song by prophetess Deborah ( Judges 5: 5 ).

Reiner and the three main actors are credited as the writers of the movie, based on the fact that much of the dialogue was ad libbed by them.

Reiner admits " when Spinal Tap initially came out, everybody thought it was a real band ... the reason it did go over everybody's head was that it was very close to home " ( qtd.

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