Billy Crystal is joined by stars of Rob Reiner's biggest films in touching Oscars tribute

Billy Crystal led honors for Rob Reiner onstage during the In Memoriam conception astatine the Academy Awards connected Sunday. He was joined onstage by actors from Reiner’s films, including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally...” and “A Few Good Men.” Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Jerry O’Connell, Wil Wheaton, Fred Savage, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Carol Kane, Meg Ryan, Kiefer Sutherland, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollak, Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga each took the signifier to observe his work.

“And for us, who had the privilege of moving with and knowing him and loving him, each we tin accidental is, ‘Buddy, what amusive we had storming the castle,’ ” Crystal said.

Crystal spoke astir the interaction of Reiner’s filmography connected the American public.

“My person Rob’s movies volition past for lifetimes due to the fact that they were astir what makes america laughter and outcry and what we aspire to beryllium — acold amended successful his eyes, acold kinder, acold funnier and acold much human,” Crystal said.

Crystal besides spoke astir Reiner’s wife, Michelle, and the activism campaigns the 2 led.

“A talented photographer, she not lone produced films with Rob, but it was her vigor that had them moving tirelessly to combat societal injustice successful the state that they some loved,” Crystal said. “Now, Rob and Michelle Reiner became the driving unit successful the landmark determination for matrimony equality crossed the United States.”

Reiner and his wife, Michelle, were killed successful their location successful Los Angeles connected Dec. 14. Their lad Nick, who was charged with 2 counts of archetypal grade murder, allegedly stabbed his parents aft an statement astatine Oscars big Conan O’Brien’s vacation party. Nick has pleaded not guilty.

After the deaths, Ryan took to Instagram to convey the precocious mates for having “faith successful the champion successful people.”

“I person to judge that their communicative volition not extremity with this intolerable tragedy, that immoderate bully whitethorn come, immoderate consciousness raised,” Ryan wrote. “I don’t know, but my conjecture is that they would privation that to beryllium hopeful and humane, to beryllium thing that brings america each to a greater knowing of 1 different and to immoderate peace.”

In a statement, Crystal, Larry David, Martin Short and the Reiners’ different friends said “there is nary different manager who has his range.”

“His comedic interaction was beyond compare, his emotion of getting the euphony of the dialog conscionable right, and his sharpening of the borderline of a play was simply elegant. For the actors, helium loved them. For the writers helium made them better,” the connection read. “His top acquisition was freedom. If you had an idea, helium listened, helium brought you into the process. They ever felt they were moving arsenic a team. To beryllium successful his hands arsenic a filmmaker was a privilege but that is lone portion of his legacy.”

Despite a sprawling career, Reiner received lone 1 Oscar nomination, for champion representation for 1992’s “A Few Good Men.”