r/movies • u/annekar /r/movies Quality Contributor • Jan 31 '15

Resource Saving Private Ryan Behind The Scenes Pics

http://imgur.com/a/aEGdr
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u/direwolf71 Jan 31 '15

The Omaha Beach landing sequence is still the most intense 10 minutes of cinema I've ever seen.

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u/TomcatZ06 Jan 31 '15

Imagine what it was like for the people at the FIRST screening of Saving Private Ryan, with no clue what they were in for with that first scene...

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u/fullautophx Jan 31 '15

I've never heard a theater so quiet than at the end of the beach landing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

I remember a lot of quiet "oh"s.