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** According to Creator/MattDamon, he only got the role of Private Ryan because Creator/RobinWilliams took him to meet Spielberg when the filming of ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' was taking place in Boston at the same time as ''Film/GoodWillHunting''. Spielberg had recognized Damon from ''Film/CourageUnderFire'' and thought he was too skinny for ''Ryan'' because of his emaciated appearance in that film. It was only because of that meeting where Damon was at his natural weight that he changed his mind.
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* {{Blooper}}: Even though Parker says he's out of 30-caliber during the FinalBattle, the machine gun he's using clearly has a belt of ammunition attached to it.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: The Mellish character didn't exist in the script at the time of auditions, and was created specifically for Adam Goldberg after they cast him.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: The Mellish character didn't exist in the script at the time of auditions, and was created specifically for Adam Goldberg after they cast him. In the movie itself as a possible reference, Mellish was only picked for the mission when Miller is informed that a different soldier he selected had been killed.
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* UnderageCasting: 68-year-old Harrison Young played a character in the contemporary era who would have to be at least in his 70s, given that he served in [=WW2=]. At the time of the Normandy invasion in 1944, Young was only 14.
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* UnderageCasting: 68-year-old Harrison Young played a character in the contemporary era era, who being old to have served in [=WW2=] would have to be at least in his 70s, given that he served in [=WW2=].70s. At the time of the Normandy invasion in 1944, Young was only 14.
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* UnderageCasting: Harrison Young was 68 during production, playing a character in the contemporary era who would have to be at least in his 70s. At the time of the actual Normandy invasion in 1944, Young was only 14.
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* UnderageCasting: 68-year-old Harrison Young was 68 during production, playing played a character in the contemporary era who would have to be at least in his 70s. 70s, given that he served in [=WW2=]. At the time of the actual Normandy invasion in 1944, Young was only 14.
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* UnderageCasting: Harrison Young was 68 years old during production, playing a character in his 70s. During the actual Normandy invasion in 1944, Harrison was 14.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: To quote Creator/MattDamon, "When [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] says 'jump', bitches say 'how high?'"
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* AwesomeDearBoy: ActorInspiredElement: [[spoiler: Mellish]] was supposed to originally just get shot in the final battle. Dale Dye however noticed that [[spoiler: Adam Goldberg]] had been quite adept at using the bayonet in boot camp, and suggested the character die in hand-to-hand combat.
* ActorSharedBackground:
** Mellish is Jewish. His actor Adam Goldberg is half-Jewish on his father's side.
** Edward Burns is from New York, just like Reiben, although he's from Queens and Reiben from Brooklyn.
* AwesomeDearBoy:
** To quote Creator/MattDamon, "When [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] says 'jump', bitches say 'howhigh?'"high?'"
** Spielberg himself opted to direct because of his interest in World War II, and because he wanted to work with Tom Hanks.
* ActorSharedBackground:
** Mellish is Jewish. His actor Adam Goldberg is half-Jewish on his father's side.
** Edward Burns is from New York, just like Reiben, although he's from Queens and Reiben from Brooklyn.
* AwesomeDearBoy:
** To quote Creator/MattDamon, "When [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] says 'jump', bitches say 'how
** Spielberg himself opted to direct because of his interest in World War II, and because he wanted to work with Tom Hanks.
* CastTheRunnerUp: The Mellish character didn't exist in the script at the time of auditions, and was created specifically for Adam Goldberg after they cast him.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: The actors portraying the rest of the eponymous Ryan's platoon had to go through very realistic, difficult military training. The [[Creator/MattDamon eponymous Ryan]]… didn't. Which actually doubles this trope: Damon's exemption was planned to create resentment on the part of the rest of the cast, which mirrored their characters' feelings.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: EnforcedMethodActing:
** The actors portraying the rest of the eponymous Ryan's platoon had to go through very realistic, difficult military training. The [[Creator/MattDamon eponymous Ryan]]… didn't. Which actually doubles this trope: Damon's exemption was planned to create resentment on the part of the rest of the cast, which mirrored their characters'feelings.feelings.
** Spielberg also wanted to make sure the actors got "little rest" so as to believably look like they were in a strenuous combat situation. The film was also shot in chronological order, meaning the actors would leave after their characters died, and therefore adding to the sadness.
** The actors portraying the rest of the eponymous Ryan's platoon had to go through very realistic, difficult military training. The [[Creator/MattDamon eponymous Ryan]]… didn't. Which actually doubles this trope: Damon's exemption was planned to create resentment on the part of the rest of the cast, which mirrored their characters'
** Spielberg also wanted to make sure the actors got "little rest" so as to believably look like they were in a strenuous combat situation. The film was also shot in chronological order, meaning the actors would leave after their characters died, and therefore adding to the sadness.
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* ThrowItIn: Creator/MattDamon ad-libbed Ryan's entire monologue about spying on his brother in the farmhouse with the ugly girl (Tom Hanks even gives an AsideGlance to show his surprise). Although the improv was neither particularly funny nor interesting, filmmakers decided that was why it worked and chose to leave the whole thing in.
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* ThrowItIn: ThrowItIn:
** Halfway through shooting, Spielberg got the idea to start showing more scenes from Upham's perspective, feeling he was the AudienceSurrogate. Some scenes, such as [[spoiler: Upham freezing and being unable to help Mellish as he's killed]] were thought up on the day they were filmed.
** Creator/MattDamon ad-libbed Ryan's entire monologue about spying on his brother in the farmhouse with the ugly girl (Tom Hanks even gives an AsideGlance to show his surprise). Although the improv was neither particularly funny nor interesting, filmmakers decided that was why it worked and chose to leave the whole thing in.
** Halfway through shooting, Spielberg got the idea to start showing more scenes from Upham's perspective, feeling he was the AudienceSurrogate. Some scenes, such as [[spoiler: Upham freezing and being unable to help Mellish as he's killed]] were thought up on the day they were filmed.
** Creator/MattDamon ad-libbed Ryan's entire monologue about spying on his brother in the farmhouse with the ugly girl (Tom Hanks even gives an AsideGlance to show his surprise). Although the improv was neither particularly funny nor interesting, filmmakers decided that was why it worked and chose to leave the whole thing in.
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** Early ideas included having the film be DeliberatelyMonochrome, like ''Film/SchindlersList'', but they scrapped that out of fear it would make the movie seem "pretentious". They instead opted to emulate the coloured World War II footage from their research.
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* BannedInChina: Originally banned in Malaysia, though it was released in DVD afterwards.
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* BannedInChina: Originally banned in Malaysia, though it was released in on DVD afterwards.
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*ReferencedBy: [[Referencedby/SavingPrivateRyan Has its own page]].
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* CareerResurrection: This film resurrected Creator/TedDanson's career as ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' had been off the air for nearly a decade but he had been in a number of commercial and critical flops since then. his short cameo appearance proved he could do drama every bit as well as comedy and he's worked steadily ever since.
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* CareerResurrection: This film resurrected Creator/TedDanson's career as ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' had been off the air for nearly a decade but he had been in a number of commercial and critical flops since then. his His short cameo appearance proved he could do drama every bit as well as comedy and he's worked steadily ever since.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: To quote Creator/MattDamon, "When [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] says 'jump', bitches say 'how high?'"
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* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Thrills: #45
** AFIS100Years100Cheers: #10
** AFIS100Years100Movies10THAnniversaryEdition: #71
** AFIS10Top10: #8, Epic
* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Thrills: #45
** AFIS100Years100Cheers: #10
** AFIS100Years100Movies10THAnniversaryEdition: #71
** AFIS10Top10: #8, Epic
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Being eviscerated means being gutted or disemboweled. Dismemberment is the correct term for the loss of arms or legs.
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* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: In the opening scene, a soldier who had just had his legs blown off was played by an actor who had lost his legs years before. A number of the other soldiers on the beach are also played by amputees with prosthetic limbs to simulate having arms or legs eviscerated.blown off.
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* StuntCasting: The elderly Ryan's widow was played by Kathleen Byron - who had starred in a number of Powell and Pressberger films in the 40s and 50s (most notably ''Film/BlackNarcissus''). She was cast because Steven Spielberg was a fan of those films.
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* StuntCasting: The elderly Ryan's widow wife was played by Kathleen Byron - who had starred in a number of Powell and Pressberger films in the 40s and 50s (most notably ''Film/BlackNarcissus''). She was cast because Steven Spielberg was a fan of those films.
