The most devastating ‘Saving Private Ryan’ scene wasn’t even in the script: “I made that up on the spot”

When Stephen J Dubner asked Spielberg in a 1999 interview how he devised the most heart-wrenching death in Saving Private Ryan, his answer was as simple as it was surprising. “I made that up on the ...
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The subtle genius of the ‘chess scene’ in ‘Saving Private Ryan’

In the middle of “Saving Private Ryan,” as tension among the squad reaches a boiling point, Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) does something unexpected. He reveals who he was before the war. “I’m a ...
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'Private Ryan' has best opening scene

The beach landing at the start of Saving Private Ryan is voted the best ever opening scene in a movie. The beach landing at the start of Saving Private Ryan has been voted as the "best ever opening ...

Forget 'Saving Private Ryan,' THIS Is the Most Influential War Movie — and It's Finally Available on Streaming

Full Metal Jacket is now available to stream on Paramount+, and it remains the most harrowing war movie ever put to screen.
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‘Saving Private Ryan’: How Steven Spielberg’s Handheld Techniques, Low Angles and Blood Splatters Changed Hollywood Action Sequences

For 23 minutes, Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” drops audiences into the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach. Handheld cameras and low angles follow Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squadron ...
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‘Saving Private Ryan’ didn’t make the Army’s list of most accurate movie portrayals

You may want to sit down before you read this. An Army historian has come out with a list of the top five movies that “accurately portray U.S. soldiers and combat operations at the time,” and there is ...
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The Actor Who Played the Older Private Ryan in the World War II Classic Has a History All His Own

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...