50 Unbelievable Facts About Saving Private Ryan.
Saving Private Ryan is largely considered the best war film of all time, and perhaps more importantly, amongst the best films ever made.
It's certainly one of Spielberg's most ambitious and awe-inspiring movies to date (which, in-and-of itself, is truly saying something).
The film's opening scene, which depicts the landing at Omaha beach, is said to be the most accurate portrayal of D-Day ever put to film.
If you enjoyed this movie, you will certainly enjoy these behind the scenes facts about Saving Private Ryan. There's more to this movie than many people know.
50. A dash of color, perhaps?
Although Steven Spielberg lowered the color saturation of the movie by 60% for artistic reasons, both major American satellite providers (DirecTV and Dish Newtork) and most cable TV providers turned up the chroma gain to re-enhance the color saturation when showing the movie.
Why? Because on the first day or two of the movie's broadcast run, their customer service centres were swamped with calls from upset viewers complaining that something was wrong with the color.
49. A tribute to dad.
Spielberg directed Saving Private Ryan as a tribute to his father, Arnold Spielberg, who served in the U.S. Army and Signal Corps and fought in Burma during World War II.
Arnold had helped a Steven direct his first movies as a teenager, both of which involved plots that took place during World War II.
Steven Spielberg with his father, Arnold.
48. Trauma on set.
One of the actors in the German-dubbed version of the movie was actually a German veteran from the invasion of Normandy. He had to drop out because of the emotional realism of the movie.
47. A little help from Robin Williams.
Robin Williams introduced Matt Damon to Steven Spielberg during rehearsals for the movie Good Will Hunting. Two weeks later, Spielberg contacted Damon about the part of Private Ryan.
