Excellent video Jon. What struck me about this movie was the number of stunts that were part of the backdrop, if you will. Historically, someone being blown up of or set ablaze would always be framed front and centre. But so many of these gags are "incidental". For want of a better term. It underlines the sheer brutality of the events depicted. Very powerful stuff and a testament to the qualities of "old-school" film-making. Thank goodness for those brave souls eighty years ago.
Another remarkable video. This one in particular is fascinating in that the film in focus was recreating things that actually occurred. An absolutely monumental film.
Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece ... Hard to watch it over and over as Steven really puts you there... so its difficult to keep going back. But the way Steven usually works is he has the film entirely in storyboard (or sometimes in sample animation) for his disposal, so the work has already been created in blueprint. He'll only veer away from those visual guidelines if he happens to come up with something better on the spot. But he always has the created visuals to fall back on. Great way to film, as when we worked on Jurassic Park, a trip to the craft serves room would always provide you with an understanding of what we were shooting and what we had shot. All the day's storyboard images were posted on a wall and after every print, a PA would put a red X across a framed image letting everyone know where we were in the production. I can only imagine what they did for this film. Cheers.
I think it was Simon Crane who transferred from plane to plane in Cliffhanger. Stallone took a cut in wages to pay for it, At the time I could think of several incidents taken from The Magnificent Seven that were similar in Private Ryan, like the translator losing his nerve ( Robert Vaughan)..Vin Diesel shielding the kids ( Charles Bronson)...I think there were seven soldiers...The village being defended from villains ( Germans)..the risk involved in rescuing Matt Damon ( Brad Dexter)...and others..Loose I know.
Saying Private Ryan ruined war films for me. Not because it was bad but because it was so good, so real and so traumatic that I can't watch war films anymore.
The D Day landings were shot at Curracloe Beach in County Wexford ireland . I think the irish army may have been used as non injured soldiers in that abd other scenes shot here . Fair dues to them and the stunt team .
This is great stuff...it is really cool to hear more details about the behind the scenes of making SPR. But one thing that SPR is definitely NOT is a "biopic"...since the story is not a historically real one. It takes place during the Invasion of Normandy, but it does not let itself be tightly constrained by historical events. There is a difference between realism and historical accuracy...and while that opening scene is very realistic, it is not very accurate at all. The beach is wrong, the obstacles are wrong, the Vierville draw is wrong, the bunkers are wrong, the boats are wrong as well as the people operating them...and on and on. I get it that some of those things were beyond Spielberg's control, and the movie is amazing and terrific in many many other ways...but to hear anyone describe it as "historically accurate" or a "biopic" makes me want to speak up to say that, as wonderful as it is in so many ways, it is definitely not those things. Sorry for the quibbles...I love the movie regardless of it not being a real story, and it was great fun to watch your video.
@@behindthestunts I’ll watch it after the euros has finished 😂, who was Tom Hanks stunt double ? Was it his usual double Allen Robinson I think his name is
Excellent video Jon. What struck me about this movie was the number of stunts that were part of the backdrop, if you will. Historically, someone being blown up of or set ablaze would always be framed front and centre. But so many of these gags are "incidental". For want of a better term. It underlines the sheer brutality of the events depicted. Very powerful stuff and a testament to the qualities of "old-school" film-making.
Thank goodness for those brave souls eighty years ago.
I always learn so much about the amazing people in the stunt world from these videos that you do. I can't thank you enough.
Another remarkable video. This one in particular is fascinating in that the film in focus was recreating things that actually occurred. An absolutely monumental film.
Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece ... Hard to watch it over and over as Steven really puts you there... so its difficult to keep going back. But the way Steven usually works is he has the film entirely in storyboard (or sometimes in sample animation) for his disposal, so the work has already been created in blueprint. He'll only veer away from those visual guidelines if he happens to come up with something better on the spot. But he always has the created visuals to fall back on. Great way to film, as when we worked on Jurassic Park, a trip to the craft serves room would always provide you with an understanding of what we were shooting and what we had shot. All the day's storyboard images were posted on a wall and after every print, a PA would put a red X across a framed image letting everyone know where we were in the production. I can only imagine what they did for this film. Cheers.
I think it was Simon Crane who transferred from plane to plane in Cliffhanger. Stallone took a cut in wages to pay for it,
At the time I could think of several incidents taken from The Magnificent Seven that were similar in Private Ryan, like the translator losing his nerve ( Robert Vaughan)..Vin Diesel shielding the kids ( Charles Bronson)...I think there were seven soldiers...The village being defended from villains ( Germans)..the risk involved in rescuing Matt Damon ( Brad Dexter)...and others..Loose I know.
Well done!
Have you considered covering "the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?"
Saying Private Ryan ruined war films for me. Not because it was bad but because it was so good, so real and so traumatic that I can't watch war films anymore.
The D Day landings were shot at Curracloe Beach in County Wexford ireland . I think the irish army may have been used as non injured soldiers in that abd other scenes shot here . Fair dues to them and the stunt team .
This is great stuff...it is really cool to hear more details about the behind the scenes of making SPR.
But one thing that SPR is definitely NOT is a "biopic"...since the story is not a historically real one. It takes place during the Invasion of Normandy, but it does not let itself be tightly constrained by historical events. There is a difference between realism and historical accuracy...and while that opening scene is very realistic, it is not very accurate at all. The beach is wrong, the obstacles are wrong, the Vierville draw is wrong, the bunkers are wrong, the boats are wrong as well as the people operating them...and on and on. I get it that some of those things were beyond Spielberg's control, and the movie is amazing and terrific in many many other ways...but to hear anyone describe it as "historically accurate" or a "biopic" makes me want to speak up to say that, as wonderful as it is in so many ways, it is definitely not those things.
Sorry for the quibbles...I love the movie regardless of it not being a real story, and it was great fun to watch your video.
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I have to admit , I’ve never seen it 🤦♂️
Wow
@@behindthestunts I’ll watch it after the euros has finished 😂, who was Tom Hanks stunt double ? Was it his usual double Allen Robinson I think his name is