Scum. You should probably delete your account.

The movie ends, Rob stands up, and Frank braces himself for the double-barreled shotgun blast. Rob walks up, tears all over his face, and says, quietly, "It's the best film Castle Rock has ever released. Good work." And then he left.

Class. Fucking. Act.

Rob Reiner was a capital-M Mensch. #RIP

The day of the screening, Rob showed up to watch the film. It was just him in a room by himself, and Frank standing in the back, absolutely sick to his stomach with fear. Rob watched the whole thing without reacting at all. Silent. Frank just watched his back, sure it was a disaster.

A week later, Darabont had to show Reiner the first cut of SHAWSHANK, and he was terrified. He felt like there was no way it would end well. "All he's going to see is the film he could have made instead and everything I did wrong."

By the time they finished NORTH, everyone in town knew there were problems. I was at the first test screening of the film and it was a disaster. Legendary. A veritable waterfall of walkouts. It was catastrophic for Reiner as a director.