SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) Breakdown | Hidden Details, Making Of, Things You Missed & Real History
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Receive a Unique Starter Pack, only available for the next 30 days! SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) Breakdown | Hidden Details, Making Of, Things You Missed And More. In this video, we look back at an all-time classic, Saving Private Ryan from Steven Spielberg. In this wartime epic, we follow Tom Hanks' Captain Miller on his search to find and return home safely Private Ryan played by Matt Damon. This stellar lineup of actors in what is a harrowing and brutal tale of the tragedies of war and the cost it brings. We look into the real story behind the movie, with the Niland Brothers, the Hidden Details, Making of Information and everything else you might have missed. Lots to get through so let's get right into it!
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Welcome to the heavy spoilers show, I'm your host Paul and this video we're breaking down Saving Private Ryan.
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Easily one of the best war movies of all time this was a film I argued was the greatest ever made on Amazons screen test back march 2021. I came out on top with that but it's a film I havent gone back to until now. Revisiting it has blown me away and there's so many details and things you might have missed. At it's core is a story about war and the cost that comes with it. On the show it was argued that so many of our heroes died for just Ryan and therefore it's not exactly a positive.
However I argued that that shows the reality of war and it highlights the sacrifice that so many give. Millions and millions died for just me and you and we should be like Ryan who appreciates what they did. The movie asks what is one mans life worth and we can tell Ryan has really tried to make his mean something. It's something I feel the movie really hammers home and please just give me minute of your time to shoutout our sponsors and then we'll get into it.
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At heavy spoilers I always thought Ryan was a metaphor for us the audience or for everyone someone's brother,father, son or daughter
Ryan's wife at the end always kills me... the way she reads the tombstone, the way she reacts to when she's asked, "Tell me I led a good life, tell me I'm a good man" and looks back at the tombstone... she built a life with Ryan, had kids, had grandkids... and in those 30 seconds, she shows that he never talked about any of that, even with her, in all those years. She never heard of Miller, had no idea that man had such an effect on her husband. The shortest but most critical performance.
yeah so good, incredible way to end it
@heavyspoilers Vin diesel is in this too. I didn't realize it until this recap
"Well Ryan, truth is: you sucked. "
Generally, the WWII vets didn't share their experiences with family. They'd join the VFW, or they'd stay in contact with their war buddies, but around family would only nod at each other while they smoked their cigarettes in the backyard. However, at my parent's 50th wedding anniversary, my dad's nephews (my first cousins) got him drunk enough to answer the question, 'what was it like?' "Harrowing and Sublime" Dad answered, but I expected that answer, since I'd spent a significant part of my life trying to figure out what happened to my parents in WWII. Now I'm the family historian (I'm old and retired and wanted to know who my orphaned paternal grandfather's family were), so I get to be the one who adds the service history to people in my trees and send messages to DNA matches. 'Did you know your grandfather played a crucial role during this famous battle?' or 'Our great grandfathers were in the same place in Ohio because Revolutionary War Vets from both Massachusetts and Virginia had served together in several battles?' I'd like to think that a story could move people to research their families (which helps all of us), but I'm including military service because it's crucial that everyone understands the moral hazards of war. Especially now, at the beginning of WWIII.
My favorite bit about that scene is that Matt Damon has actually turned into the actor that plays the older Ryan.
Tom Hanks character going off alone to cry alone always hits me, he has to break down but he’s professional enough that he doesn’t let his men see him show vulnerability.
Honestly that moment defines his entire character for me. It makes the few moments he actually loses his composure that much more genuine.
@@PodyTheCirate 100% agree
You have to show the team that you have it all together in the amidst of uncertainty. Heavy is the head who wears the crown.
"going off alone to cry alone"...
If you can't speak, don't
@@ashs_insights chill out
Nathan fillion built his career putting "i played private ryan in saving private ryan" on his resume 😂😂
the most proliferous voice actor Phil LaMarr, had his first gig as Marvin, who was told to STFU Samuel L Jackson and then just got shot in the face by John Travolta in the movie pulp fiction lol guy has a insane resume nowadays
@@drewinsur7321 he was mf excellent in mad tv too.
@@imgrindinMADTV was one of the best shows ever. And I'll never forget Phil playing that UPS driver.
I think I was 21 when I first saw this movie. The story Wade tells about pretending to sleep so he didn't have to talk to his Mom floored me. I had never felt so sympathetic to anything in my life than I did to his guilt. He wasn't being malicious or petty. He was just tired and wanted to get to sleep. But he regretted not giving his Mom that five minutes.
I'm pushing 50 now. I recently lost my Mom after she endured a prolonged illness. I wish I had given her those five minutes.
We're all busy. We all have jobs and responsibilities. It's easy to get caught up in our day to day routines or become embroiled in unexpected life events. We promise ourselves we'll catch up with our parents or other loved ones when we have the time. Unfortunately, it's also easy to keep kicking that promise down the road.
Give your parents that five minutes. Hell, give them 10 or 15. It's time well spent.
Much respect. That part got me as well
@@joeyfung-i Thanks, man.
❤ I just read your story. I relate. I am 62, and suffered alot growing up. It took along time to realise my mother at least tried, unlike my dad. . I always suffered severe PTSD, but it wasn't a thing in the eighties when I got into law enforcement. I wanted to tell her how thankfull I felt for her just trieing. But she came down with dementia-like state, and could no longer talk. The mind of a child. We live states apart. It breaks my heart. ❤
@@peterruiz6117 I know exactly what you mean. Dementia was a symptom of my Mom's illness and it got progressively worse during the last six months of her life. It takes its toll on the whole family. You become frustrated because of them, frustrated for them. You keep waiting for the person they were to show up. But those lucid moments become more and more rare. You said it. It's heartbreaking. All I can say is try your best to be there for her any way you can, even if she doesn't know you're there. At the very least it will give you some peace of mind.
And make sure you take care of yourself, too.
@@nathannewman3968 that quote is still resonating brother. Call my mom every day at age 38 and I’ll never stop. Life is just too short. Wish I had more positive people like yourself in my life. Thanks again for such a solid comment
18:00 There's another aspect to Wade's second shot of morphine, in that the squads usually only had 1 syrette per soldier, if not less, so the group agreeing to his second shot to ease the pain of his inevitable death meant that the surviving members of the squad knew there was the potential of them getting hit later, but not having morphine since they doubled Wade's. It's another example of the sacrifices these men made for their friends; to ease Wade's death was, more than likely, going to mean painful death of the survivors in later engagements due to not having enough morphine left, but they did it anyway. Heartbreaking, but clearly illustrated the love and devotion they had for their fellow soldiers, their brothers...
However wade being the medic may have had extra morphine in his medic bag
Well said, I didn't even think of that though I've seen this many times.
They had already lost 1 KIA to the Sniper, so they had an "extra" morphine styrette.
@@paladinsix9285 True - I didn't think of that at all. Well spotted.
@@paladinsix9285 Not after Wade treated the injured paratroopers and glider crew injuries. His supplies would have been extremely low after treating so many injured, that he hadn't planned on, as he seemed to be the first and only medic to find and treat the group.
So when I was in 6th grade we had to interview someone who was alive in ww2. Everyone interviewed their bad ass grandpa. But I didn't I interviewed my great grandma. She was the person who had to type up all the letters. It was so heart breaking and I was so grateful that I was able to help tell her story. People forget people like her. My grandfather said that in his entire life she never once spoke about it until I came along. That made me feel special and blessed. It really made realize how war effects Everyone. They don't make movies about the depressed emotionally destroyed lonely women constantly writing these. Worrying the next one could be her own son.
I’m retired from the Army and the first movie that I noticed that really focused, partially, on what was also happening at home was We Were Soldiers. Everyone else interviewed their bad ass grandfathers…but your interview with your bad ass grandmother is such an important part of the story of war. It’s not bad ass…it’s heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing, it truly moved me.
Ps. Your great grandma was a bad ass too.
Thank you for sharing this. I would love to hear more about her story if you feel like sharing it.
What's with your fascist profile picture?
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One of the details I noticed most is when they land, Cpt Miller starts out on dry land but when he comes out of his daze, he's back up to his waist in water. I think it's a nod towards how long the battle for Omaha actually took. 20 minutes in screen time but in reality it was more like 8 -12 hours. It shows that the tide had come in by the time he was able to figure out a plan.
Wow, that’s a helluva pickup. Thanks for sharing.
@cb5117 Thanks! I always assumed it was a continuity error but when I learned more about the landings it made sense that it was intentional - a lot of accounts from the soldiers that were there say they were using the rising tide for cover from the incoming fire to make progress up the beach because unlike in the film, in reality bullets lose momentum very quickly in water and it was the only protection they really had
Actually, that really was just an error. The battle across all 5 beaches lasted hours, but the first wave, at certain sectors, were able to gain control in an hour or so. The entire Battle of Normandy lasted about 12 weeks.
@ryannolfe9051 Apologies, I may have been a bit unclear in how I wrote it - yes the battle for Normandy was a months long one, I'm talking specifically about the landing on Omaha beach that's depicted in this film, that took almost all day from the first wave to capture the beach and the bluffs above.
@rockstarJDP I know what you mean. I'm saying in the movie where Tom Hank's character is wet, then not wet, really is just an editing error. The movie is full of them. The battle to control specifically the beaches ended in only an hour or so. It was the overall battle to establish a beachhead that took up to 12 hours.
Saving Private Ryan is one of those war films which is just timeless. An absolutely bleak, gritty, sorrow filled gem. I think films like this should be shown in schools. A typical school day is about 6 or 6 hours minus a couple of breaks, so two long films in one day.
Funny you say that I remember in high school I suggested to my history teacher we watch it in class. He was all for it. I think we watched it over a few days because of the run time, but I was so happy our class watched it because of just how raw and real it looked. The film doesn’t sugar cost how violent WW2 was in bathes it in blood. The film is a timeless classic.
Fun fact, at 18:33, he is not unloading them. He is disabling them by removing the trigger group.
Ahhh....a fellow garand fan
@@RP-ks6ly If it was a bolt action rifle (i.e., Lee Enfield .303, Springfield .308), the bolt assembly would be taken out.
As a audio engineer that has toured with Broadway musicals, I have to point out that it also won a Oscar for Best Sound Design! The audio in this film is amazing! Anyone that has not watched this film with a full surround sound system is missing out. The audio team did a amazing job!
You are of course correct. The sound design, the cinematography, the set dressing, the costumes, etc. are all top notch. They paid very careful attention to the uniforms, weapons and accoutrements of US soldiers, unit badges of the uniforms and helmets, how officers and NCO's were identified, etc. Those folks researched the hell out of this film and I can't think of another war movie in which soldiers are more accurately depicted. I'll forgive the ludicrous fake Tiger in the final scene because it isn't as though there are many of them about to just roll into a movie scene.
Tech moment here, screw 5.1 pro logic all that crap, take two identical speakers for the rear, run both negative together (or thru a 100 watt potentiometer for volume) then take both speakers plus up to your main amp to each plus (one for left one for right) any two Chanel audio can then be "decoded" with this linear matrix, providing your FOH amp can source current (most if not all decent ones can) congratulations you now have better surround sound than your neighbors
@@jeffreystroman2811 I think giving this type of advice without a Demo video is very dangerous. A novice could fry their amp.....
..Had the DVD playing thru a 360box to a still working 24yrs later logitech z-5500 thx-certified 5.1system, nearly forgot to Breath during most of the Battle Scenes, wasn't till the second time i watched it with the volume up (as it should be) The Neighbour found where the battle was coming from.
Had watched this film in a cinema in Arnhem, some vet's were in the audiance - some also left early & never returned.
As for context to the film Omaha's slaughter was in great part down to Grandcamp-Maisy, France, buried straight after capture & has an amazing story on being found & excavated in recent memory, From a old map in a German uniform pocket.
@@chuckschillingvideos There is only ONE SURVIVING, WORKING, Tiger tank, and it is owned by the Tank Museum at Bovington, Dorset. It was used in Fury.
18:00 - Morphine given to medic scene: I was a Navy Corpsman, a medic for the Marine Corps. Wade asking for even one dose of Morphine is a sign he thinks he's going to die, that's why they were even hesitant to give the 1st one. Typically you want a wounded combatant to feel pain, it's something they can focus on to stay conscious. Now, too much pain can make someone go into shock and pass out. Morphine is what's called a vasodiolator, it makes vessels open up, and when you lose blood you're blood pressure goes down, so opening up your vessels some will make it drop even further. In combat, pain killers are typically given to help a dying combatant, not for pain management but to ease their suffering when death is guaranteed
In the context of where the platoon was and what they were doing, basically any serious injury would would have resulted in a mission-ending outcome, so even if by some miracle there was a way to repair a punctured liver and severed spinal cord on the field in WWII, Wade's injury was necessarily fatal. Remember, they were out in a field behind enemy lines with absolutely no hope of evacuation, no available medical knowledge, equipment or treatment options.
When I think about it, more and more I think Spielberg took the easy way out here. Killing off Wade is much easier for Spielberg than to have him sustain a life-threatening, but not necessarily fatal wound (think of something like a perforated bowel or lung or something similar) which would become more and more debilitating over time and eventually result in Wade's death. What would Miller have done in that scenario? Would he abandon the mission to save one man in order to save a different man? Would he have just administered a double dose of morphine syrettes and gotten on with the mission? Would he just have left Wade to his own devices out of an inability to decide at all? Remember that even in WWII, even with the enhanced lethality of modern armaments compared to earlier conflicts, most wounds did not result in immediate death - roughly the ratio of wounded to fatal battle injuries is somewhere between 2 and 3 to one. Spielberg had the opportunity to explore this dreadful paradox that Miller might have faced and instead chose to have Wade quickly perish in order to move the plot along and save Miller from having to have to make a morally repugnant Hobson's choice.
@@chuckschillingvideos Very well put, I never thought that far into it, but you're exactly right
I'm in healthcare and I thought the same thing. He just wanted to go in a way least traumatizing to his team. He didn't want to give the team the task of trying to save him, especially if they aren't trained in it.
The "What if" is something that gets worse with time, because you always find a new way that person could have been saved.
I'm a opiate addict.(still am, but now I have to be for pain) I got into a horrible car accident and lost a limb. I almost bled out faster than normal because of heroin. But it probably saved me at the same time, because I was able to crawl out of fire without passing out from pain.
That pain still makes me quiver. Something about the burning feeling I can't let go. It's long deep throbbing pain with a burning feeling you can't imagine. And every heartbeat you feel weaker and weaker. You get cold, you start to forget your name, your life. Than you get very calm, almost happy. Then I woke up in a hospital in a body cast and one eye one arm and numb feet lol. Crazy. For the curious, my arm got ripped off at the shoulder by the other car going through the windshield. Luckily I was forced into the left side of the car by inertia. Basically the seat kept me there but my right arm was caught by th3 car and ripped off. I thought I had it when I crawled out. Shock is crazy. All I remember was crawling out.
Seeing this film in theaters was an incredibly moving experience. A packed theater and everyone sobbing at the end. You left the theater in absolute shock.
Wade’s death hit me harder than any of the other death scene’s. Him calling for his mama killed me and I couldn’t help but shed tears.
Thanks for diving into that one.
Agreed. That death also made me realize that A LOT of these soldiers were kids. I mean...18, 19, even 24 year olds!
I'm 40 and I'm certain even I would be yelling for my mom
I remember the first time I watched that scene. It was such an intense scene and at this point I was so involved with the character; I got physically sick when he was dying and calling for his Mama...
***scenes not scene’s, which makes it possessive
Your name is appropriate.
The "psychological" framing of having him be a Medic and so, aware of the extent and reality of his wounds, was a particularly effective touch.
Devastating death for the audience
Expertly performed, too
As a retired Army vet, this movie makes me cry every single time. Ryan asking his wife if the sacrifices for him were worth it is absolutely soul crushing. Great breakdown and I wasn’t expecting or prepared for you to do this movie. It will affect the rest of my night. But thank you for great work as always.
Such a burden to have for all those years…
You're okay with the U.S. military using it's own soldiers' as corpse mules to traffic drugs into America, too?
My Dad was a Vietnam Vet, and died of Brain cancer related to his exposure to Agent Orange. I will always feel like WE, all of us, are Private Ryan. It is our veterans who make the sacrifice for all of our freedom, we are all soldier who gets to be home because of their sacrifice. Thank you to all our vets, and everything you sacrificed at the altar of Freedom.
No doubt your father was a good man, my condolences.
My father died of colon cancer due to agent orange
My grandpa landed at Normandy (day 3 luckily for me) and fought across France into Germany as a radio operator for a AAA battalion.
I remember watcging this with him, and him saying the never-ending rain and trudging though muddy streets and hedgerows in France was extremely accurate, the feeling of being soaked head to toe, all the time.
Mine was a gunner on a tank, when this was on he told us to turn it off and left the room.
@@TheRealBatCave Mine didn't get emotional, though he did instantly list off the models of tanks and planes that were in the film, like it was yesterday for him.
I know he didn't have an easy time there, and lost people, and "eliminated enemies" (thanks algorithm) in combat, because that was the only part he refused to talk about when he told me stories.
When he talks about his mom, and pretending to sleep....HITS SO DAMN HARD
Genuinely think about that scene once a week
@@heavyspoilers Brings up those moments as a child when you tried to hurt the one that loves you the most....and for what reason, but to do it. I am glad you mentioned that, thanks for the Vid
@@SolidMikeP Yeah... I did the same thing as him. It was so stupid. It was a buried memory for about 10 years until I saw the movie when it came out and was like, "wtf was I thinking? Why?" I hated myself immediately. I actually told my mom about that (and the scene which reminded me) and she started crying, and then I started crying. Humans are amazing, terrible creatures...
@@furiousapplesack agree with everything, it brings out a feeling much deeper and more intense than Sadness”
@@furiousapplesackWe falling beings in a messed up world. We do things we shouldn't even though we know deep down they're wrong. And yeap, I did this same thing before.
I've seen Private Ryan lots of times and I've never noticed that water canteen shot filling with blood. Damn.
I watched it last week for the 100th time and noticed it, and it blew my mind.
I noticed that 20 years ago when I was a young lad
It got me too, incredible detail
How can a water canteen fill with blood? I don't get it.
@mcake1234 the bullet is supposed to have passed through him and then the canteen, he's bleeding into the canteen and the canteen is spilling out of the other side.
21:12 I always thought he started missing his shots because he stopped saying his prayer. Saying his prayer kept him calm and centered and when he stops saying it he loses his cool and misses his shots.
I have always assumed that Jackson was missing because A) they were the first targets which were running and actively dodging, and B) Jackson was under intense fire from multiple sides and could not take a steady, planned shot, and C) target overload. I don't think his accuracy was affected significantly by the change in scopes since they were all taken at very close and the point of impact from that short a distance would not have varied that greatly from scope to scope.
@@chuckschillingvideos I think it's definitely a combination of all those factors. Even the best snipers miss shots in this sort of situation. Good points/comments :)
"Is that Matt Damon?" I died.
19:13 lowkey had me dying too.
I'll add your names to the list of letters to send home.
Thumbs up for having a HUMAN narrator.
thoughty2, mr beat, and heavy spoilers have been my favorite historically accurate channels thus far.
Who is not human narator?
@@fiddlethresher6825a lot of people use ai or Robot voices is incredibly lazy and annoying
I can still vividly remember seeing this in the theater opening weekend as a kid and having a row of ww2 vets sitting in the theater sobbing at the end. Amazing film I can’t imagine seeing your history on screen
I remember when Saving Pvt Ryan came out in theaters and my college roommate went to see it. When he came back home he looked like he'd been to war himself. I asked what had happened and he only replied with three words. "Watch that movie"
When SPR came out I started to understand my father. When I saw the Great Raid with him in 05 I came to know him even better. The trauma never really goes away it just faded to his subconscious and was hidden.
Excellent film but I swear you had me rolling at “Is that…” insert cameo here. More cameos than the Oscars mate. Brilliant. Never expect to see Walter White in the military either.
lol I couldn’t believe when I seen Fillion. First time properly noticing him.
@@heavyspoilers I’ve seen it 4/5 times & he’s the ONLY one I missed out on as well. I’m usually the one going “insert DiCaprio OUATIH Meme” every time I see random actors before they got well known 😂
That wasn’t Walter White, that was Hal, the dad of Malcolm in the Middle. Who also moonlighted as Jerry Seinfeld’s dentist.
@@heavyspoilers I was hoping for a Leland Orser shout. Oh well you can´t win them all. He almost broke his arms keeping the glider steady for one general, one man.
Missed
Max Martini
The part where The medic cries for his mom really hits home with me. My mother seen me get shot in the gut by a man with a .357 mag from about 5 feet away. I remember as I was on the ground fading out and calling for my mom. I cant watch that part without breaking down in tears and a flashback.
Well your not my friend Bill Reilly because he's dead, but did survive the 357 to the gut and had a clostemy bag in high school. Both you and he pretty tough I imagine
"Mommy...Mommy...mom!" Wimp!
Wade’s cries for Mamma always gets me and it got me in your breakdown! His story is heartbreaking on a somewhat personal level as I don’t consider myself to be close to my own mother. I can barely talk to her so his story of ignoring her and regretting it hurts deep. And in the end all he wanted was her presence sends me right over the edge every time. Amazing film from start to finish.
Him crying for his mother and the guy being stabbed slowly kills me every single time. Even all these years later. Especially him crying for his mother. Makes me cry every time b
The slow stabbing was the part that was super disturbing for me. To be there with him, seeing it go from his advantage to him being on his back, seeing the blade coming towards him, then realizing it was really going to happen is just terrifying to me... It makes it so real and intimate vs the quick and brutal deaths normally seen in movies.
It really got past my emotional distance and brought me into the terror of that experience.
Hell, just writing this made me shudder, since i can replay it in my head so clearly.
Also... Love your username. I was watching that news broadcast here in SF when it first aired. I couldn't believe it and had to rewatch it multiple times
@@michaelwilliams5506 so wrong but so funny at the same time lol. Laughed so hard when that aired.
My grandad was a Royal Marine Commando and fought on D-Day. He let us into very little about his experiences, but the few stories he did tell were all horrendous. I cannot imagine going through this.
One of the best war movies of all-time.
Thank you Paul.
cross the "war" and itll be correct
It's not about one man's life." It's about a mother...a family...that sacrificed 3 soldiers being given the opportunity to salvage SOMETHING (Ryan).
The cost of that was great, for sure.
Wade’s death is made even more heartbreaking (and interesting IMO) because they made it very realistic. He goes through what’s know as the death diamond, formerly the lethal triad. As he’s bleeding more, he gets colder, which he says out loud how he’s cold. Then your body starts to realize that enough oxygen and co2 are not being moved through the body thanks to the lower volume of blood and so hyperventilation begins which we of course witness in his last few moments. The scene always hit me hard before but after going through Army medic school and having an instructor point out the medical science of the scene to us, I’ve never watched it the same.
My grandfather was on that beach. The only story he told me was him talking to a friend in a foxhole. They’d chat between mortar shelling. Then he realized his friend no longer had a face.
The fact that gore was actually in the movie made it real for me. Also knowing that battle lasted three weeks and my grandfather eventually had to scavenge corpses for ammunition. I’m awe of the horrors he faced and thankfully survived, but he came home a changed man, broken by seeing the worst of humanity
Great Breakdown! 9:03 As a war veteran myself (Gulf War 1991) Unfortunately, fake surrender happens in war in order for deceivers to get in closer range of the enemy. It was difficult as a 19 year old soldier to see and hear about these situations in real life in real time.
This was shown in my 6th grade history class. Made a huge impact on my life and I’ve never had more respect for a generation of men than I do that had to live through this hell.
A friend told me I had to see this movie in a local theater that had just upgraded its sound system. Doing so resulted in triggering my PTSD from incidents I had experienced while a Marine. One of the greatest movies ever made.
The moment where the doors go down on the landing craft and the guys standing in front get hit with the machine gun fire and get absolutely obliterated is still one of the most powerful moments I’ve ever seen in a movie. It was so jarring and unexpected.
Nathan Fillion was great as Private Ryan.
😂😂
At 13 yrs old wades death was so terrifying an humbling to me. The scene really shed a light on war an death as well as love an embracing family while you have the time I hadn’t fully realized at that age.
I forgot this movie came out in 1998. For some reason I remember it coming out in 2000 or 2001 then that's just me thinking of Band of Brothers series.
I love your take on one of my absolute favorite movies and I will be subscribing to this channel. As a veteran everything about this was top notch
Honestly, one of the greatest films in existence fullstop. I loved it as a kid because of the war scenes, I love it as an adult because of the emotional content.
And the war scenes.
Watched this with my pops when I was super young. Remember the stabbing scene really fucked me up for a while. I can still hear the noise of the knife cutting through his chest :(
One of the Greatest War movies ever... That's for sure. Great job.
I never got to see it in a theater... I wish I had.
Truly one of the greatest films of all time, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to see it in the theater with my dad when it came out. The film hit theaters in the U.S. on July 24th, 1998 (my dad's 49th birthday -- and I was 12 at the time, going on 13 with my birthday being in November). I remember literally being on the edge of my seat for the first 15 minutes of the movie, which showcased the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach. The attention to detail with the visuals and the sounds were absolutely captivating, and I can definitely understand why WWII veterans were so emotionally affected while watching this recreation of the life-altering experiences they endured -- and as kids of 18 to 20 years old, most of them... This film definitely impacted me as well, even in my youth, and it sparked a lifelong interest in World War II history, along with a tremendous appreciation for the sacrifices my grandfather and so many others of the 'greatest generation' made. Because 'Saving Private Ryan' was such a powerful movie, I pleaded with my dad to take me to see 'The Thin Red Line' later that year too. Although I didn't appreciate it as much at the time, as it's more of a cerebral take on the internal 'war' that each man has to fight within himself, it eventually became one of my favorite movies as well. Even beyond just being great war films, I consider both as two of the best films ever made.
Excellent episode about a great movie!
I was fortunate to take my dad to see “ Saving Private Ryan” a few years before he passed away.
Dad was a WWII veteran of the ETO with the 99th Infantry Division. The 99th did not participate on D-Day but landed at Le Harve, France in August of 1944. They were the first full division to unload at the port of Le Harve after the Allies had cleaned up the ships that the Germans had sunk in the harbor.
As we were watching the movie, Dad jumped at the sound of the German tanks coming to start their counter-attack at Ramelle. Dad was stationed in Losheimergraben, Belgium at the start of the Battle of the Bulge. He told me later that the film crew had captured perfectly the squeaking of the German armor in WWII. I think it brought back a feeling of fear to hear that noise again.
A side note about the Sullivan brothers. During the Vietnam War, the three Sage brothers from Niobrara, Ne. Requested that they be allowed to serve together on the USS Frank E. Evans, a destroyer. The Navy granted them permission to serve together, one of the first such times that brothers were allowed to serve on the same ship after the loss of the 5 Sullivan brothers in WWII.
In June of 1969, while on maneuvers, the Frank E. Evans was hit by the Australia aircraft carrier, HMAS Melbourne. The Evans was cut in two by the impact. 74 US sailors died because of the sinking. All three of the Sage brothers died.
There is a Nebraska State Historical Marker in Niobrara, located in Knox County, commemorating the Sage brothers.
Absolutely one of the best films ever made.
Great video Paul! One of the incredible details of this movie that I always loved is when after Miller and the troops take the machine gun nest before they capture Steam Boat Willy, you can hear the heavy machine gun "ticking" as the metal cools. Same noise your car makes shortly after you park it. It always sold the continuity of the scene and added to the realism.
You’re right. The sound design on this movie is as impressive as all the other incredible stuff in it, but often gets overlooked.
One inaccuracy/goof that everyone seems to overlook is the photograph of the four Ryans in uniform on their mother's hutch. That photograph is an impossibility. If you remember, in the scene where the youngest Ryan relays the story about the barn incident to Miller, at the conclusion of the story Ryan tells him that that night in the barn was the last night the brothers had all been together, which clearly was long before all of them had enlisted or been drafted and been through basic training. And the odds of them all being able to pose for a photograph during wartime when they were in different service branches in different theaters of war makes it that much more unbelievably improbable. This is one of several examples in the film of Spielberg succumbing to his recurring urge to make emotional points at the expense of historical accuracy to the extent that he concocted a completely impossible and internally contradictory event in his film.
That inconsistency was created by Matt Damon improvising the whole story of the last time he was with his brothers...Spielberg liked the story so much, he left it in, and made the picture an issue.👍
This movie is a damn masterpiece.
The real sets look amazing, I can't believe it
Disabling a weapon that has to be left behind (18:36) is standard practice in the field. The idea being to deny its use to the enemy. It was not specific to this particular soldier. He isn't unloading it, that has already been done, his is removing the trigger assembly to prevent it being used. At 18:55, not wearing a wedding ring was common for men of that period. From the depression to the late 40's, many men didn't wear wedding rings. The odd thing about Jackson in the bell tower is that none of the German infantry use suppressing fire of any type on his position. The confusion between the two different German soldiers can also been clarified when we see that the man who killed Malish has an SS rune on his collar and Willie has the standard German army collar insignia. Last bit of trivia, the Tiger tank is actually a wood mock up of a Tiger on top of a WW2 Soviet T-34 tank chassis.
Willie is actually alluded to in the film. When they're having the intense argument about to release him or not, one them says that if they do, he'll just fill in with the closest German unit he meets. This proves to be correct, that is the first friendly unit he finds.
Much respect for pointing out the hidden cameo of actors in the movie... Giamatti, Dom, Castle, Cheers guy...
I had to watch this in school and it was one of them where I didn't think I'd like it at all..... but I ended up loving it 👏🏾 let's get through this
I never saw it. But your breakdown makes it look so interesting. I remember when it was in theaters and all I kept hear about it was people leaving the cinema within the 1st 15 minutes. I assumed it was bad. But i'll definitely check it out now.
My wife rented out an entire theater and screened this movie for me, during the pandemic . I was too young when it came out in theaters. It was incredible, especially the sound design.
damn...
what a thoughtful gift.
your wife is solid gold, imo.
health, wealth and happiness to the both of you.
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Ive watched this movie dozens of times and i never noticed a lot of the things you pointed out. Awesome video
This video really helps me appreciate the UA-camrs that are brave enough to not censor their content
Paul, first off I love the channel and have been watching your videos for a long time. SPR is one of my favorite films so this was great to see a breakdown on. A couple technical mistakes though. At 9:48 you state the Hitler Youth knife taken off a dead German and given to Melish is the same knife he’s killed with during the final battle but if you look closely the German soldier who stabs Melish is using a rifle bayonet as evidenced by the barrel ring on the crossguard for attaching to the muzzle end of a service rifle. Also at 18:23 you state that Jackson tying his sling off to his bicep is a technique used for executions which is incorrect, it is a basic rifle marksmanship technique taught in boot camp for shooting a rifle more accurately utilizing a leather shooting sling to stabilize the rifle for more precision shots than regular offhand/unsupported shooting. Otherwise it was an excellent video! Keep up the great work.
I laughed a little bit when he mentioned that about the sling. We learn that at boot camp for rifle quals. But it’s definitely not something we do in the field of course. Nowadays it’s different because the slings are so different than the stuff we got in the early 2000’s even.
It’s a small detail the video got wrong, but when you’ve lived that life it’s easy to pick out little mistakes like that. 🤷🏻♂️
and ill add another small detail, he said he "unloads the M1 so it can't be used to shoot the group" but he doesn't unload it he removes the trigger and tosses it away so no one can use the weapon later
It was Melish's issued bayonet that was used against him. Brief moment in the film where you can see him reach into his waistline and produce the bayonet.
Came here to say the exact same about it being a Bayonet.
I first heard FUBAR in Tango & Cash (1989)
Great video, so many details; thank you for taking the time to find them all and share them with us all
Hands down the greatest war film of all time. You were correct in your defense of it on Amazon Screen Test. Thank you for taking the time to breakdown this exceptional work of art. I managed a cinema when it was released and despite the R rating, I never checked a single ID because I feel everyone should see this film. Cheers, Paul!
9:37 Mellish is killed with his own bayonet, not an HJ knife. You can tell its a bayonet for an M1 as it has the muzzle ring. The Mauser K98 bayonet was secured with a long rail and groove in the handle of the knife.
18:40 He's not unloading them to deprive specifically SBW from having a weapon, its a standard procedure for disabling an M1 Garand by pulling out the entire trigger group and magazine floorplate- as the rifles are being used as grave markers, you would disable the weapons to prevent their use by the enemy and to ensure that as a useless rifle they are left in place until graves registration could arrive and catalog the graves.
Also the rifle sling thing with Jackson- where do you come off saying that's specifically for execution? Its a way of bracing a rifle against the non-firing arm for making a shot in the kneeling or standing position. Jackson was doing that because he presumed he'd be taking a shot at SBW at long range after they let him wander off- he'd probably ditch the blindfold and make a break for the treeline- Jackson was getting ready with a marksmanship technique, not an executioner's technique. Executions are hardly made at long range.
21:28 His two scopes are a Weaver 330 and an Unertl 8x not "Ureti". No sniper would change scopes in the field without having to make adjustments- its an excellent point made- though moving targets and the adrenaline of the situation would contribute more to missing, as well as his scopes being zeroed for longer range and Jackson shooting at targets closing within 100m making the scope ill-suited. He's relying on "kentucky windage" with a crosshair devoid of stadia lines for reference. I'll speak from experience on this one as I was a designated marksman for a period in the 101st Airborne in 2012. Another thing that bugs me about his scopes- he starts adjusting the objective lens of his Unertl (for some reason) talking about "two clicks" as if that has something to do with a range of "450 yards"- his Weaver 330 would have been more than adequate in the first place as "450 yards" is well within the capabilities of the iron sights of any rifleman around him.
We can all agree this movie’s impact on society cannot be overstated, not to mention its entertainment value speaks for itself. However its historical accuracy is a real shortfall. It gets a total F, and it would take over an hour in a UA-cam video to explain all the historical and technical/tactical errors. American Hollywood has very little respect for historical accuracy.
When I was a child, I was really confused by the premise of the movie, but as an adult you realize it’s really the only way to show what WAR actually is. You’re not fighting for any other reason then the guy to the right and left of you, Your Brothers.
A video I didn’t know I needed. Thank you, sir, for your service and many, many others.
@5:15 the thing about garand thumb is you cannot get it if loading a full enbloc clip as your thumb would ride along the top of the topmost bullet missing getting pinched. The bolt slamming forward tends to be slower because of the force needed to extract the bullet from the top of the clip, this sliding also tends to sweep your thumb out of the way.
You get GT if you are stupid enough to push down on the follower with your thumb.
@18:22 lol using the sling as provided has zero to with execution but is part of early marksmanship training. It creates extra stabilizing force, now whether or not he would do it when they are about to shoot him is irrelevant especially that close.
How can Jackson get Garand Thumb when he is armed with the 1903 Springfield? The M1 Garand was a gas operated semi-automatic internal magazine fed rifle while the 1903 Springfield was bolt action with an internal 5 round magazine.
Thanks Paul, I am loving these classic/older revisits. Made me want to watch as it’s been a while.
I remember being a kid and telling adults Vin Diesel was in this movie, but none of them believed me. 😂
*Get's demonetized in Clockwork Orange*
"We don't want that to happen again"
*Shows the exact image that got it demonetized*
Absolute legend move
Ad Jackson and his scope: we can also see his sleeves getting caught on the scope and actually bumping it with quite some force, due to him being left-handed and the bolt situated on the other side of the rifle. So even if the scope had been correctly zeroed in it would have probably been off at that time anyway.
I really didn't think I'd be laughing so much to a Heavy Spoilers video about Saving Private Ryan xD Those - 'wait is that ...' moments are hilarious 🤣🤣
Bro, get out of my head. You keep doing these on movies I've watched in the last 48hrs and I have the same feeling about the wade scene in the church. I'd definitely have a beer with you lol
I was a paratrooper in the 82nd airborne, of course i watched this movie many times. This is the first time ive seen the movie analyzed. Great job on the small details.
"Earn this!" My main motivation in life since I first saw it. My Dad served in WWII, and knowing that had he been one of the half million GIs killed I wouldn't exist, just weighs on me every day. Imagine all the greatness that was not fulfilled because of all the great men that died during this war! I love Dad, even though he's been gone for 28 years. I've almost lived more of my live WITHOUT him, than with him. I wish I had learned more about what he did "over there" I knew he was never completely honest with what he did and saw. I guess he tried to spare us from the atrocities that he saw. How do you tell the kids you used to chase up and down the stairs to tickle once you catch them, that you used to kill other men? Dad had his problems, but I wouldn't trade him for anyone else. Thank you, Dad, and you're best friend, Mr. Forman. We wouldn't be here without you! FUBAR.
Couple things.
First, you mention Jackson has a thumb injury from “Garand Thumb”. His sniper rifle is a Springfield ‘03-A4 bolt action rifle fitted with scope rings. It is highly unlikely he had his thumb snapped in the action as it is manually operated, unless he had an M1 earlier in the film, which the only other time he does not have his sniper rifle is during the radar assault where Miller told Jackson to swap rifles with Upham. Further, Jackson is left handed so if he had an M1, he would loaded the rifle with his other hand. Riflemen were taught to load the M1 with the edge of the palm holding the bolt back in case it released early and to push down with their thumb parallel to the bolt to prevent the bolt closing with their thumb in the way.
Second, sniper scopes do not lose zero unless the dials are messed with or the scope was not properly secured to their mounts. There are likely a few factors to why Jackson was missing like being impatient and jerking the trigger or taking a breath during a shot, which can screw up
your point of aim.
Last, I want to mention Jackson managed to fire about 7 shots from what is typically a 5 shot rifle during his final scene. Even "barney" loading (extra round in the chamber with full magazine) you only get 6 and we do not see Jackson reloading between that.
1.) except for the fact that the scope shot is 100 % impossible in this movie. bullets don't travel in straight lines they travel in arches. there is no way, at that distance that he could shoot upwards and send a round Stright through a scope that was pointing down at him. also, the fact that he somehow removes the army sniper scope and replaces it with a marine sniper scope which also wouldn't be interchangeable, and even if they were the scope wouldn't have been zeroed.
2.) Miller didn't unload the rifles at the radar site he removed the trigger groups so they couldn't be used by the enemy.
3.) again, it would be impossible for Jackson to change scopes they are two completely different scope and mount systems. and he was missing the shots because he was panicking and trying to run the gun faster than he could shoot it, the rifle is set up for a right-handed shooter and he's shooting it left-handed.
4.) steamboat willy is a German army regular. the other soldier is waffen SS.
Tech wizard level achieved.
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Sniper Jackson is lefthanded, like me. I always wondered how that would work in a war. Reaching over the gun to reload
The most interesting thing about Jackson and his sniper weapon is that he fires it left handed. The actor was right handed, and had to be taught how to operate the weapon as if he were left handed just to remain true to the character in the script.
Why would that matter if he's a fictional character? I'm not doubting you, just wondering when it all gets a little too precious, you know?
iv been waiting for this breakdown loved it!
you should totally do Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and The Masters of the Air
I currently serve in the 101st and couldn't hold a candle to these guys. Absolutely legendary.
Jackson has Garand thumb but he uses a Springfield 1903 ( Garand thumb is your thumb getting caught in the bolt as the working parts move forward during loading) ,every one on "The Great Raid" got it during boot camp but not many had it later during filming. And yeah changing a scope will ruin the eyeline ,even using someone elses rifle it wont be accurate for you as to different eye relief and sight picture. Nice work buddy .
Excellent deep dive. Good work.
😊 Paul thank you for another great video 😊
Much appreciated mate, thanks for the love
Held off on the audio only version because this is one that I need the clips. Been looking forward to it!
This is so well done! I really appreciate you.
Fuck I cried just watching this video. This movie is one of the movies that just breaks me.
Yeah I teared up a bit making it haha. I’m sure you can hear my voice crack a fair bit at the end.
That's all of us.
This movie should’ve won best picture
I have spoken with many soldiers who fought in both theaters. They all have stated that it was not prudent to wear one's wedding ring. One fella insisted on wearing his and, during a retreat, that ring finger -- with a wedding band -- was shot off and it rolled down a hill they had just climbed.
Screaming for his buddies to save his ring, two guys slid back down the hill, toward the enemy, and retrieved the finger & ring. The soldier was not able to have the finger reattached, but was able to keep custody of his wedding band until he got back to the States.
I always wondered why Jackson didn't just snipe the machine gunner spot therefore saving wade. They had a sniper and didn't even use the element of surprise just rush. No Jackson should have crawled around the side and after the first shot than the men move up and finish the shocked rest of the soldiers but instead wayne gets hit in the liver smh 🤦
A moment in time when freedom was not taken for granted.
A moment in time when freedom was not actively being destroyed.
This Is one of my favourite war films ever second only to The Deer Hunter, while it is slow for the most part there’s a roulette scene which just breaks me every time, I bought a dvd copy from a market for 5 bucks and I’ll watch it again once every couple of years. Great breakdown for this one, thanks. 🙏
Still my top 5 fav movies of all time n ive watched it so many times, that watching this break down just makes me wanna watch it again...
Just to add, this sequence was so realistic that actual WW2 vets were having PTSD bouts watching this film. Its powerful.
Lol the way “wait is that!?” 💀
This movie makes me ugly cry. Wade dying is one of the most heartbreaking scenes I’ve ever watched. No actually it IS the most heartbreaking scene I’ve ever watched.
My father never talked about what he did in Vietnam but he was Air Force 1st Air Commandos so I know the kind of things he did but he dedicated his life to the Church and tried to do good by everyone he met. I miss him very much since he passed three years ago.
Cattle were not deliberately killed to deprive the allies of food etc. The reason you see random dead cattle, etc, is just random 'collateral damage' due to bombing, shelling and stray rounds while they were in the area. It's commonly seen in many photos of the period and battlefields
Garand thumb? That's a 1903 Springfield sniper rifle, I believe. My uncle landed two days after D-Day with his artillery battalion. My father served with the Army Air Corps in the Pacific.
Miller didn’t quote Emerson, it was Uppham. Miller said that was Emerson’s way of looking at things and that was the clue that gave it away
I've had Garand thumb and the bolt does not possess enough force to bust your thumb in the manner we see Jackson have.
Some of the mine barricades traps in the water are facing the wrong way.
There ere also no giant concrete bunkers in the real event.
The spare scope Jackson carries could never be attached to the real 1903A4 rifle he carries. The scope mounts cannot physically accept the larger 8x scope.
We also see Jackson firing his rifle with the safety flipped up, something the gun cannot do.
The ammo belts Upham carries don't have primers in them.
Also Steamboat Willy is a Wehrmacht soldier where as the man that kills Melish is in the SS. Coincidence that the actors look the same.
Overall the movie is great despite the dramatization.
Private Mellish’s death is one of the scariest scenes I’ve ever watched. 25 years later I still struggle with it.