For many of us, Rob Reiner will forever be Meathead, the liberal foil to Archie Bunker in CBS's All in the Family. But it's as a director that he's really made his mark with some of the most memorable movies ever. When Harry Met Sally, Stand by Me, A Few Good Men, and The Princess Bride. But Reiner's first film almost didn't get made. All he had for This Is Final Tap about a failing, madeup British rock band, was a fourpage outline, no script because the movie was totally improvised. Released in 1984, it be ...

60 Minutes rewind. In Stand by Me, the narrator of the story is an introspective writer who is driven by his desire to get his father's approval. In Ae Good Men, Tom Cruz plays a Navy lawyer who's trying to escape the shadow of his father who is We detect a theme running through these films.Is there is there a Yeah, absolutely. I think uh you know you always work uh you know the pure artist who paints a picture to the uh collaborative and the interpretive artist the director uh if you're working from some p ...