#BehindTheScenes
#SavingPrivateRyan (1998)
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

#StevenSpielberg checking scene before shooting

One of the most ruthless scenes in cinematic history!

#SavingPrivateRyan #WarMovies #ClassicCinema #author #writing

> ... three contradictions..[in] Hillbilly Elegy.. love for the solidarity of the working-class family and community and fear and anger at the multiple dysfunctions that pockmark them... visceral suspicion and disdain for elite culture with a grudging recognition that “they” live much better lives and “are beating us..”.. yearning for the patriotism of the #SavingPrivateRyan type.. and a realization that there is little in a #ContemporaryAmerica that is falling apart that can foster that nationalistic fire.

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Saving Private Ryan's 'Fake' German Vehicles

🌏 Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra ➼ https://nordvpn.com/markfelton It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ Saving Private Ryan remains an enormously popular war film, but how many of the German vehicles in it were real or fake? Find out the story behind the Tiger tanks, half-tracks and Marders, and the effort director Steven Spielberg underwent to ensure his film looked authentic. Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition

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Fwiw, my thoughts on the recent US election and on the meaning of Remembrance Day going forward. #Peace

Keepin’ It Classy…Composition #52/52: Fanfare For The Common Man by Aaron Copland (+) the Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #72/250: Hymn For The Fallen by John Williams from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film Saving Private Ryan https://tommacinneswriter.com/2024/11/15/keepin-it-classycomposition-52-52-fanfare-for-the-common-man-by-aaron-copland-the-stars-of-stage-and-screensong-72-250-hymn-for-the-fallen-by-john-williams-from-the/ #AaronCopland, #EugeneGoossens, #JohnWilliams, #KeepinItClassy, #RemembranceDay, #SavingPrivateRyan, #StarsOfStageAndScreen

Keepin’ It Classy…Composition #52/52: Fanfare For The Common Man by Aaron Copland (+) the Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #72/250: Hymn For The Fallen by John Williams from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film Saving Private Ryan

This past week I attended a Remembrance Day service in the town next to where I live. It was a well attended ceremony with several hundred in attendance. The service was suitably solemn. Heads were…

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POTUS In Crisis: George Stephanopoulos Takes ElectionLine Podcast Inside The Real Situation Room; Biden’s New Age Issue, D-Day Heroes Remembered
#News #Podcast #Politics #ABC #DDay #DeadlineElectionLinePodcast #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #GeorgeStephanopolous #JoeBiden #SavingPrivateRyan #TomHanks

https://deadline.com/2024/06/george-stephanopoulos-podcast-trump-biden-d-day-1235961366/

POTUS In Crisis: George Stephanopoulos Takes ElectionLine Podcast Inside The Real Situation Room; Biden’s New Age Issue, D-Day Heroes Remembered

Once upon a time, the ex-Clinton aide actually sat in the Situation Room. Now the GMA coanchor talks about the secrets he learned writing The Situation Book

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I just finished rewatching Saving Private Ryan for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. It still remains the best picture of 1998.

#SavingPrivateRyan #DDay #film #movies #WW2
https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2018/07/24/saving-private-ryan-20-years-later/

Saving Private Ryan: 20 Years Later - Solzy at the Movies

Steven Spielberg's war film, Saving Private Ryan, not only redefined the genre for war movies but the film holds up on the 20th anniversary.

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