The entire cast with the exception of Matt Damon had to do two weeks of army field training, and the first scene they shot was the scene where Matt Damon first met Tom Hanks and the rest. Spielberg wanted to capture the resentment in their eyes that he didn’t have to go through the field training.
1. Many WWII vets left the theaters because the D-Day battle scenes were so realistic. 2. The German Captain Miller was talked into letting go is the same one that killed him. Upham finally put him down. 3. The story Ryan tells Miller about the last time he saw his brothers was made up by Matt Damon. He was told to say something interesting, so he did, and it was kept in the movie. 4. There was a USS Sullivans(DD- 68) dedicated to the brothers lost on one ship. 5. I did 24 years in the US Navy. My favorite character is Private Jackson/sniper and my second favorite is Sargent Horvath. RIP Tom Sizemore😇 6. Sizemore also played Boxman in "Flight of the Intruder", a movie I'm in briefly.
@@charliemurphy7927 You're wrong "Steamboat Willie" kills Miller, but he is not the one who kills Mellish, that guy was in the SS, Steamboat Willie was in the Wehrmacht.
I get why people are mad about Upham, but there’s something you have to understand: Upham was a noncombatant. He was primarily trained to translate maps and documents for planning operations. His main job was never to go out on a patrol with a rifle in his hands to fight the enemy. By comparison, Miller and all his guys are members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion. These guys recieved training from the British Commandos in raiding and small unit tactics. They were given some of the most dangerous jobs during WWII. These guys, for the lack of better words, paved the way to the modern day special forces teams and tier 1 units we have today. Now, imagine taking someone with zero combat experience and telling them to go on a combat patrol with a bunch of special forces soldiers for an extended period of time behind enemy lines. You’ll probably see the horrors and chaos of war all too quickly at once and you just simply shut down. It happens. I read about something like this happening to a Marine Scout Sniper in the Pacific. This guy was a veteran of Guadalcanal and Tarawa, but on Saipan, he just snapped and couldn’t perform in combat. Sometimes the human mind can take anymore combat and it breaks down.
"The soldier above all others prays for peace. For he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." A quote from General Douglas MacArthur.
The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramelle. The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramelle. Spielberg researched small details, for instance, Pvt Jackson's right thumb has a black mark on it. That's actually a bruise that many U. S. riflemen had caused from getting their thumb caught in the loading mechanism from not locking the bolt back properly when loading/reloading the M1 Garand rifle. It was called "Garand thumb". The Hitler Youth Knife is more literary liberty than fact. That knife is a hiking knife given to members of the Hitler Youth Corps, which was much like the Boy Scouts in training while being indoctrinated with the ideology of National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi). The only other group they were issued to were members of the SA. This knife was never part of a soldier of the Wehrmacht. As for the reaction of Carparzo and Mellish, it is highly unlikely an average G.I. would have known what that knife was and its symbolism. The matter of Mellish crying is also not likely as the Allies didn't find out about the fate of Jews in Europe until the first concentration camp was liberated April 4, 1945. The war in Europe ended May 7, 1945. So, following the real timeline, Mellish dies before the Allies knew anything about concentration and death camps. But, after-all, it is Hollywood. Saving Private Ryan is not based on the Sullivan brothers. Fritz Niland became the basis for Private Ryan. He was dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day and spent five days in the French countryside, eventually earning a Bronze star in combat for taking a French. Robert Rodat first came up with the plot in 1994 when he saw a monument in a cemetery in Tonawanda, New York. The monument was to the Niland Brothers - 4 young American men who fought in the Second World War. When three of the Nilands were reported killed, the surviving brother - Fritz - was sent home. This inspired Rodat to write his movie. The average age of a U. S. troops armed forces personnel during WW II was 26 years old. Selective Service draft age range was 18 years of age to 45 years. The average age in Vietnam War was 22, not 19 as any think. There are 26 military cemeteries across Normandy, but the most famous and visited site is the poignant Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its half mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. In real life with the Nilands, it actually turned out later that another of the brothers was alive - he’d been held captive in a Burmese POW camp. Attempts to point out the "discrepancies" between the stories of Fritz Niland and James Ryan are often misguided, as Ryan is only based on Niland, and is not meant to be (or claimed to be) a completely accurate representation of him. The differences in the two stories seem to stem in part from the fact that the true story of Sergeant Niland and his brothers is often reported inaccurately. The character of Private James Ryan is a mixture of fact and fiction, with some of the fictional elements coming from the erroneous stories about the Niland brothers. The German credited as "Steamboat Willie" who was released by Capt. Miller is not the German who engaged and killed Pvt Stanley "Fish Mellish during hand-to-hand combat. "Steamboat Willie" was in the Heer (Army) of the Wehrmacht and the other was in the Waffen SS which was a paramilitary organization and not part of the Wehrmacht. Originally, the SS uniform differed from the Wehrmacht uniform-whereas the regular army wore field grey, the SS wore black, head to toe (although later the SS did adopt field grey and often wore camouflage pattern uniform. American troops were brown and they didn't wear jackboots. The lightning bolt SS insignia can be seen on the right collar lapel of the German as he passes Upham and reaches the bottom of the staircase. During the Battle at Ramelle, Upham became shell shocked and was unable to save a .30 cal team from a German soldier because he was too frozen with fear to do anything about it. He carried all the .30 caliber ammo at the battle of Ramelle, but was unable to do his job because he was always either pinned down or too afraid to move. He signified the loss of innocence in war and thought that soldiers could be civil, but he later succumbed to the evils of war and made up for his cowardice when he shot Steamboat Willie for killing Miller even after the latter had shown Willie mercy earlier. Not only did Upham represent the loss of innocence of war but he also symbolized the "Every-man". His illusion of neutrality faded when he finally had to pick and side and kill Steamboat Willie, his character revelation being how he finally understood the horrors of war. It became clear that Upham had turned into a hardened and true soldier because of the whole experience. Upham's rank was Tech 5 Corporal (E-5), that meant he was technician in a specialty area. His was maps and translator, he was not a combat infantryman and was never trained for front-line duty. Gunnery Sergent Hartman explained it this way in the movie Full Metal Jacket: "It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. "The way the next of kin was notified of their loved one was killed in action during WW II was by Western Union telegram delivered by a bicycle riding messenger. If you were being notified of multiple deaths as was the case in this film, notification was done in-person by a military officer, usually from the same branch of service as the deceased when possible. That's why the mother upon seeing the officer exit the car momentarily froze knowing that meant at least 2 of her boys were either KIA or MIA, as the priest exits the car, she staggers and completely collapsed. Unfortunately, you didn't include that in your video presentation. That is one of the most important scenes in the movie. The mother speaks no lines in the movie, yet her breakdown brought a flood of tears form movie goers in theaters across the nation. Another important scene is it is clear from the few lines Ryan's wife speaks that she has never heard the name of Capt. John Miller, this means John has never spoken to her about what happened that day in Ramelle. What many missed is listening to Ryan speaking at the Miller's grave of how he thought about what those 8 men did for him every day was not guilt, but commitment. There are units assigned to recover, bury and mark graves. Usually these were temporary battlefield cemeteries. As hostilities moved farther away, a more permanent site would be selected, at the family's request, whenever possible, the remains would be returned to the United States. At the Normandy Cemetery Visitors Center, you'll find the following inscription: IF EVER PROOF WERE NEEDED THAT WE FOUGHT FOR A CAUSE AND NOT FOR CONQUEST, IT COULD BE FOUND IN THESE CEMETERIES. HERE WAS OUR ONLY CONQUEST: ALL WE ASKED … WAS ENOUGH … SOIL IN WHICH TO BURY OUR GALLANT DEAD.General Mark W. ClarkChairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1969-1984 The blimps flying over the beach area were barrage balloons to prevent German planes from attacking the landing force. The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion was the only unit that stormed the beaches on D-Day that was made up entirely of Black Americans. They displayed unmatched bravery during the 48 hours it took to secure the beaches. Members of 320th, unlike the other units, had to remain on the beaches with no relief units, exposed to continuous enemy fire during the 2 days it took to secure the area. Because they were Black, the photographers never show them in the photos taken on the beaches that day. All shots showing the barrage balloons are taken at far away distances. Following the end of the war, like the Tuskegee Airman and the 761st Tank Battalion, their bravery under fire was intentionally kept from the public for decades.
Another incredible war movie with gripping realism is The Cross of Iron directed by Sam Peckenpah. Arguably James Coburn's (main character) best performance. You won't be disappointed.
This is a movie to cry Ralphie.. more than once. I too played CoD and even at first just to see the landing on the beach. Gives me chills to the bone every time. This movie is the closest scene to what really happened that day. Highest respect and gratitude to all those who went there
The sticky bomb was a real thing...sort of. The British made an anti tank grenade called the sticky bomb...officially titled "Grenade, Hand, Anti-Tank No. 74", but it was a produced item and not improvised. The improvised sticky bombs in this movie are reportedly in a relatively obscure US Army manual regarding improvised demolition devices that was for combat engineers, but I have never actually seen the manual online or in person. Matt Damon was kept separate from the group of actors that would be playing the team sent to find him. Spielberg did that intentionally to ensure that none of the actors would "bond" with Damon the way they did with each other. It was a "trick" borrowed from other directors...most notably Stanley Kubrick...so that there would be more realistic tension between the actors when they had to be antagonistic to each other as part of their roles.
Standard comment I post on most reactions to SPR that I come across...hope you don't mind a bit of copy/pasting. Saving Private Ryan is incredibly realistic in most every way, with a very few exceptions...such as bullets not being able to kill you more than a few inches underwater. One thing to know, pay no mind at all to that man who took off his helmet on the beach at 5:41 and then got shot in the head...that next shot would have killed him even if he had kept his helmet on. The helmets of WW2 would almost never stop a bullet, except under very very rare circumstances. The movie is not a true story, and it differs from the actual history of D-Day in many ways...but the basic plot is loosely based on the 4 Niland Brothers, one of whom served with the 101st Airborne Division. However, when 3 Nilands were reported dead, no mission was sent to get the last brother, and it turned out that one brother that had been thought dead had actually only been captured. There really was a Company C of the 2nd Rangers that landed on Omaha Beach, but they were commanded by Captain Ralph Goranson, and they did not land quite where it was shown in the film. Probably the most important historical thing that Spielberg got wrong is that he had the boats that carried the Rangers to the beach being driven by Americans...they were not. On D-Day, the boats that carried the US Rangers to the beach were driven by UK sailors of the Royal Navy. There are many other things in the film that are not accurate to the real history of D-Day, but that one really fails to honor some of the men that fought and died at Omaha Beach, so it is definitely the one most worth noting.
Baby Boomers were the children born after WW II and the Korean War. When the men returned home from military service, the got married or returned to their wives and went about trying to put the war behind them and return to "normal " life. As a result from 1950-1951, public schools and many parochial schools were seriously overcrowded. In many large cities it was normal to have 40 or more students in a class room. I know one school in Chicago that had as many as 64 in a couple of rooms. The students had to share desks. Several students had to stand up for a set period of time, then they would trade places with students who had been sitting. At one point, many schools in Chicago went to 2 shifts per day. One group went to school from 8:00 am--12:00 pm, the 2nd shift went fro 12:00 pm--4:00 pm. Parents protested and eventually new schools were built. The problem was they were rushed and the construction was shoddy, also within about 5 or 6 years after they were finally built the birth rate had been dropping and the new schools were now underused. That is why schools in major cities are closing. Chicago now has many high schools built to hold several thousand students, but only have anywhere from 250-700 students.
Ralphie - As a true believer, I find your constant repeating of "Jesus Christ" to be disturbing. It is written in the Book of Exodus chapter 20, verse 7, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Perhaps you were unaware of this commandment to those who believe. Often people say things not knowing those words offend others.Once a person knows better they should do better.
Great! This is one of my favorite movies! I would also really like to see your detailed reaction to the cult film Robocop 1987! Especially in the release of a new world game based on this movie in November. Do you have any plans to make a reaction to this film?🦾🔥
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “If a man has not found something worth dying for, he is not fit to live."
The entire cast with the exception of Matt Damon had to do two weeks of army field training, and the first scene they shot was the scene where Matt Damon first met Tom Hanks and the rest. Spielberg wanted to capture the resentment in their eyes that he didn’t have to go through the field training.
1. Many WWII vets left the theaters because the D-Day battle scenes were so realistic.
2. The German Captain Miller was talked into letting go is the same one that killed him. Upham finally put him down.
3. The story Ryan tells Miller about the last time he saw his brothers was made up by Matt Damon. He was told to say something interesting, so he did, and it was kept in the movie.
4. There was a USS Sullivans(DD- 68) dedicated to the brothers lost on one ship.
5. I did 24 years in the US Navy. My favorite character is Private Jackson/sniper and my second favorite is Sargent Horvath. RIP Tom Sizemore😇
6. Sizemore also played Boxman in "Flight of the Intruder", a movie I'm in briefly.
It was not the same German, they just looked similar
It's the same guy, because he knew Upham's name.@@charliemurphy7927
@@charliemurphy7927 You're wrong "Steamboat Willie" kills Miller, but he is not the one who kills Mellish, that guy was in the SS, Steamboat Willie was in the Wehrmacht.
I get why people are mad about Upham, but there’s something you have to understand: Upham was a noncombatant. He was primarily trained to translate maps and documents for planning operations. His main job was never to go out on a patrol with a rifle in his hands to fight the enemy.
By comparison, Miller and all his guys are members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion. These guys recieved training from the British Commandos in raiding and small unit tactics. They were given some of the most dangerous jobs during WWII. These guys, for the lack of better words, paved the way to the modern day special forces teams and tier 1 units we have today.
Now, imagine taking someone with zero combat experience and telling them to go on a combat patrol with a bunch of special forces soldiers for an extended period of time behind enemy lines. You’ll probably see the horrors and chaos of war all too quickly at once and you just simply shut down. It happens. I read about something like this happening to a Marine Scout Sniper in the Pacific. This guy was a veteran of Guadalcanal and Tarawa, but on Saipan, he just snapped and couldn’t perform in combat. Sometimes the human mind can take anymore combat and it breaks down.
"The soldier above all others prays for peace. For he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." A quote from General Douglas MacArthur.
The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramelle. The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramelle.
Spielberg researched small details, for instance, Pvt Jackson's right thumb has a black mark on it. That's actually a bruise that many U. S. riflemen had caused from getting their thumb caught in the loading mechanism from not locking the bolt back properly when loading/reloading the M1 Garand rifle. It was called "Garand thumb".
The Hitler Youth Knife is more literary liberty than fact. That knife is a hiking knife given to members of the Hitler Youth Corps, which was much like the Boy Scouts in training while being indoctrinated with the ideology of National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi). The only other group they were issued to were members of the SA. This knife was never part of a soldier of the Wehrmacht. As for the reaction of Carparzo and Mellish, it is highly unlikely an average G.I. would have known what that knife was and its symbolism. The matter of Mellish crying is also not likely as the Allies didn't find out about the fate of Jews in Europe until the first concentration camp was liberated April 4, 1945. The war in Europe ended May 7, 1945. So, following the real timeline, Mellish dies before the Allies knew anything about concentration and death camps. But, after-all, it is Hollywood.
Saving Private Ryan is not based on the Sullivan brothers. Fritz Niland became the basis for Private Ryan. He was dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day and spent five days in the French countryside, eventually earning a Bronze star in combat for taking a French. Robert Rodat first came up with the plot in 1994 when he saw a monument in a cemetery in Tonawanda, New York. The monument was to the Niland Brothers - 4 young American men who fought in the Second World War. When three of the Nilands were reported killed, the surviving brother - Fritz - was sent home. This inspired Rodat to write his movie. The average age of a U. S. troops armed forces personnel during WW II was 26 years old. Selective Service draft age range was 18 years of age to 45 years. The average age in Vietnam War was 22, not 19 as any think.
There are 26 military cemeteries across Normandy, but the most famous and visited site is the poignant Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its half mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. In real life with the Nilands, it actually turned out later that another of the brothers was alive - he’d been held captive in a Burmese POW camp. Attempts to point out the "discrepancies" between the stories of Fritz Niland and James Ryan are often misguided, as Ryan is only based on Niland, and is not meant to be (or claimed to be) a completely accurate representation of him. The differences in the two stories seem to stem in part from the fact that the true story of Sergeant Niland and his brothers is often reported inaccurately. The character of Private James Ryan is a mixture of fact and fiction, with some of the fictional elements coming from the erroneous stories about the Niland brothers.
The German credited as "Steamboat Willie" who was released by Capt. Miller is not the German who engaged and killed Pvt Stanley "Fish Mellish during hand-to-hand combat. "Steamboat Willie" was in the Heer (Army) of the Wehrmacht and the other was in the Waffen SS which was a paramilitary organization and not part of the Wehrmacht. Originally, the SS uniform differed from the Wehrmacht uniform-whereas the regular army wore field grey, the SS wore black, head to toe (although later the SS did adopt field grey and often wore camouflage pattern uniform. American troops were brown and they didn't wear jackboots. The lightning bolt SS insignia can be seen on the right collar lapel of the German as he passes Upham and reaches the bottom of the staircase. During the Battle at Ramelle, Upham became shell shocked and was unable to save a .30 cal team from a German soldier because he was too frozen with fear to do anything about it. He carried all the .30 caliber ammo at the battle of Ramelle, but was unable to do his job because he was always either pinned down or too afraid to move. He signified the loss of innocence in war and thought that soldiers could be civil, but he later succumbed to the evils of war and made up for his cowardice when he shot Steamboat Willie for killing Miller even after the latter had shown Willie mercy earlier.
Not only did Upham represent the loss of innocence of war but he also symbolized the "Every-man". His illusion of neutrality faded when he finally had to pick and side and kill Steamboat Willie, his character revelation being how he finally understood the horrors of war. It became clear that Upham had turned into a hardened and true soldier because of the whole experience. Upham's rank was Tech 5 Corporal (E-5), that meant he was technician in a specialty area. His was maps and translator, he was not a combat infantryman and was never trained for front-line duty. Gunnery Sergent Hartman explained it this way in the movie Full Metal Jacket: "It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill.
"The way the next of kin was notified of their loved one was killed in action during WW II was by Western Union telegram delivered by a bicycle riding messenger. If you were being notified of multiple deaths as was the case in this film, notification was done in-person by a military officer, usually from the same branch of service as the deceased when possible. That's why the mother upon seeing the officer exit the car momentarily froze knowing that meant at least 2 of her boys were either KIA or MIA, as the priest exits the car, she staggers and completely collapsed. Unfortunately, you didn't include that in your video presentation. That is one of the most important scenes in the movie. The mother speaks no lines in the movie, yet her breakdown brought a flood of tears form movie goers in theaters across the nation. Another important scene is it is clear from the few lines Ryan's wife speaks that she has never heard the name of Capt. John Miller, this means John has never spoken to her about what happened that day in Ramelle. What many missed is listening to Ryan speaking at the Miller's grave of how he thought about what those 8 men did for him every day was not guilt, but commitment.
There are units assigned to recover, bury and mark graves. Usually these were temporary battlefield cemeteries. As hostilities moved farther away, a more permanent site would be selected, at the family's request, whenever possible, the remains would be returned to the United States. At the Normandy Cemetery Visitors Center, you'll find the following inscription: IF EVER PROOF WERE NEEDED THAT WE FOUGHT FOR A CAUSE AND NOT FOR CONQUEST, IT COULD BE FOUND IN THESE CEMETERIES. HERE WAS OUR ONLY CONQUEST: ALL WE ASKED … WAS ENOUGH … SOIL IN WHICH TO BURY OUR GALLANT DEAD.General Mark W. ClarkChairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1969-1984
The blimps flying over the beach area were barrage balloons to prevent German planes from attacking the landing force. The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion was the only unit that stormed the beaches on D-Day that was made up entirely of Black Americans. They displayed unmatched bravery during the 48 hours it took to secure the beaches. Members of 320th, unlike the other units, had to remain on the beaches with no relief units, exposed to continuous enemy fire during the 2 days it took to secure the area. Because they were Black, the photographers never show them in the photos taken on the beaches that day. All shots showing the barrage balloons are taken at far away distances. Following the end of the war, like the Tuskegee Airman and the 761st Tank Battalion, their bravery under fire was intentionally kept from the public for decades.
Another incredible war movie with gripping realism is The Cross of Iron directed by Sam Peckenpah. Arguably James Coburn's (main character) best performance. You won't be disappointed.
This is a movie to cry Ralphie.. more than once. I too played CoD and even at first just to see the landing on the beach. Gives me chills to the bone every time. This movie is the closest scene to what really happened that day. Highest respect and gratitude to all those who went there
Every single reaction to this movie has their is that Vin Diesel moment. I love it.
The sticky bomb was a real thing...sort of. The British made an anti tank grenade called the sticky bomb...officially titled "Grenade, Hand, Anti-Tank No. 74", but it was a produced item and not improvised. The improvised sticky bombs in this movie are reportedly in a relatively obscure US Army manual regarding improvised demolition devices that was for combat engineers, but I have never actually seen the manual online or in person.
Matt Damon was kept separate from the group of actors that would be playing the team sent to find him. Spielberg did that intentionally to ensure that none of the actors would "bond" with Damon the way they did with each other. It was a "trick" borrowed from other directors...most notably Stanley Kubrick...so that there would be more realistic tension between the actors when they had to be antagonistic to each other as part of their roles.
Thats why u thank our military veterens and active military for their service. Im pretty sure the real was more intense.
Best war movie of all time!
If you want a good series to watch related to ww2, watch The Pacific series. It’s really good
You should watch "Band of Brothers". It's very good, well done, and is about a real WW2 company.
Why you should be proud to be American
You should watch Hacksaw Ridge with Andrew Garfield
Standard comment I post on most reactions to SPR that I come across...hope you don't mind a bit of copy/pasting.
Saving Private Ryan is incredibly realistic in most every way, with a very few exceptions...such as bullets not being able to kill you more than a few inches underwater. One thing to know, pay no mind at all to that man who took off his helmet on the beach at 5:41 and then got shot in the head...that next shot would have killed him even if he had kept his helmet on. The helmets of WW2 would almost never stop a bullet, except under very very rare circumstances.
The movie is not a true story, and it differs from the actual history of D-Day in many ways...but the basic plot is loosely based on the 4 Niland Brothers, one of whom served with the 101st Airborne Division. However, when 3 Nilands were reported dead, no mission was sent to get the last brother, and it turned out that one brother that had been thought dead had actually only been captured.
There really was a Company C of the 2nd Rangers that landed on Omaha Beach, but they were commanded by Captain Ralph Goranson, and they did not land quite where it was shown in the film. Probably the most important historical thing that Spielberg got wrong is that he had the boats that carried the Rangers to the beach being driven by Americans...they were not. On D-Day, the boats that carried the US Rangers to the beach were driven by UK sailors of the Royal Navy. There are many other things in the film that are not accurate to the real history of D-Day, but that one really fails to honor some of the men that fought and died at Omaha Beach, so it is definitely the one most worth noting.
The beach scene was true.
Sean Ryan Peter Ryan Daniel Ryan bothers. Three 101st. 4 bothers
If you are into games and stories, try Spec ops: the line. Game mechanics n stuff - meh, story - will blow your mind.
6 years old watching black hawk down? lol
lol didnt have cable growing up, so id just watch whatever VHS we'd get
Was that John Lennon quote on purpose haha
Lol no and yes. I was actually going to say a lot more until I said "imagine there were no countries" then it was a wrap for me.
all the people who criticized Boomers should watch this movie you know that's why they call us the greatest generation
You know boomers aren’t the great generation?💀 typical boomer moment
Boomers are the generation after WW2...They inherited one of the most prosperous times in world history. No one calls them the greatest generation.
Baby Boomers were the children born after WW II and the Korean War. When the men returned home from military service, the got married or returned to their wives and went about trying to put the war behind them and return to "normal " life. As a result from 1950-1951, public schools and many parochial schools were seriously overcrowded. In many large cities it was normal to have 40 or more students in a class room. I know one school in Chicago that had as many as 64 in a couple of rooms. The students had to share desks. Several students had to stand up for a set period of time, then they would trade places with students who had been sitting. At one point, many schools in Chicago went to 2 shifts per day. One group went to school from 8:00 am--12:00 pm, the 2nd shift went fro 12:00 pm--4:00 pm. Parents protested and eventually new schools were built. The problem was they were rushed and the construction was shoddy, also within about 5 or 6 years after they were finally built the birth rate had been dropping and the new schools were now underused. That is why schools in major cities are closing. Chicago now has many high schools built to hold several thousand students, but only have anywhere from 250-700 students.
Sorry no sisters there
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Ralphie, This is not a true story.
Ralphie - As a true believer, I find your constant repeating of "Jesus Christ" to be disturbing. It is written in the Book of Exodus chapter 20, verse 7, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Perhaps you were unaware of this commandment to those who believe. Often people say things not knowing those words offend others.Once a person knows better they should do better.
Great! This is one of my favorite movies! I would also really like to see your detailed reaction to the cult film Robocop 1987! Especially in the release of a new world game based on this movie in November. Do you have any plans to make a reaction to this film?🦾🔥