The violent death of Rob Reiner and his wife quietly left Hollywood. Reiner was one of Los Angeles’ great artisans for decades. He did not aspire to become the auteur of Scorsese or Eastwood, but to make the best possible version of any film. And he did it: he shot the magnificent romantic comedy When Harry Met Sallyavailable in Spain on Movistar Plus+ and Filmin, with the same talent as the terrifying Miseryalso visible on the latter platform.
Stephen King He was quick to write a few words in memory of Rob Reiner and his wife: “I am horrified and devastated by the deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele. He was a wonderful friend, a political ally and a brilliant filmmaker (including two of my films). Rest in peace, Rob. I have always counted on you. This last sentence recalls the second feature film that Reiner adapted from King, count on me (Stay close to me in English), short novel version The body.
The scene Stephen King would have liked to write
In count on me There are no monsters, no vampires, no clowns stalking the unwary in the sewers. Only the terror of never being children again and of abandoning childhood. To truly lose her forever. Basal inspiration of Stranger Things and many other films about groups of children, count on me stars Will Wheaton, although it’s possible that of all the kids in the group, the one you remember is Phoenix River. Maybe because we never got more of him than his youth.
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of count on meRob Reiner gave an interview in which he revealed that the first viewer of his film was Stephen King at a private screening. The protagonist gang has its immediate antithesis (the other, the most devastating, will be time) in another, major one, led by Kiefer Sutherland. In the novel, Chris, the bravest of the boys and played by River Phoenix in the film, draws a weapon that the children brought for protection and scares away the bullies.
However, Rob Reiner decided that since Gordie (Will Wheaton) was telling the story, he should be the one to pull out the gun.. “When Stephen King saw this scene, he said, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?'”
At the end of count on mea mature Gordie, played by Richard Dreyfuss (he barely appears on screen for a minute and all he needs to do is demonstrate his talent), writes the last line of count on me while his children wait for him in the living room to eat. The sentence, perhaps the most moving in the entire film, does not appear in the novel either: “I never again had friends like the ones I had when I was 12.” My goodness, does anyone have any?
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