Private Caparzo: Captain, the decent thing to do would be take her over to the next town.
Captain John Miller: We're not here to do the decent thing, we're here to follow f*cking orders!
In the Ryan farmhouse scene, the camera pans across the room. You see a telephone hanging on the wall. That type of phone did not appear until at least the 1950s. See more...
The movie was shot in chronological order, which is unusual for a film. Spielberg chose to shoot it that way so that the actors would feel like they were going through the experience in the same order as the characters they play, and they lose friends on the way. This helped create the resentment towards Ryan, who doesn't share the journey with them. See more...
Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Adam Goldberg, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel (add more)
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By the time in the second world war that Private Ryan portrays the German Air Force was mostly destroyed, Therefore most panzers were fitted with anti-aircraft guns on the commanders cupolas to provide some means of defence. These are clearly not present in the film. [As you say, "most" German tanks had anti-aircraft protection in the form of an MG42 mounted on top. I think it is fair to say that the tanks shown are simply those that did not. So it's not a mistake at all.]
In the scene at the beginning where 3 medics are trying to save a man's life, just before the medic starts screaming abuse at the Germans to give them a chance and Hanks takes him away, you see that the medic on the left as you look at them has a red liquid pouring from his water bottle which makes it look like there's lots of blood coming from the dying man. [If you watch closely, the medic is shot through the canteen. At first water pours out of the hole in the canteen, but then it turns into his blood. He then quickly inserts gauze into the wound.]
While Mellish and Henderson are fighting in the light blue room in Romell, a German Steilgrenate (hand grenade) flies through the hole and lands on the floor. When it lands, the black explosive tube is facing Mellish, however when he picks it up and throws it out, he's holding it by the end of the stick. Watch in slow-motion. [Watching the scene frame by frame shows his wrist turning (so the grenade faces the other direction) when throwing the grenade. ]
In the scene where Mellish is fighting with the German in the building, we see Mellish biting the German's chin and a lot of blood comes out. Later in the scene, the German is on top of Mellish and no blood drips out and his chin appears to be fine. [He bites his knuckle, not his chin.]
The scene where Capt. Miller asks Capt. Ted Danson, "do you have anything resembeling a Four Star Hotel in this town?" isn't right. The "Four Star" hotel designation is derived from the Mobil Travel Guide Service which began in 1958 and of course would not have been part of the American nomenclature of 1944. [The Michelin Guide was in operation before the Mobil Guide and was where the "star" concept originated.]
Matt Damons character is Private Ryan, well if he is a private then why does he have a lance-corporal stripe on the arm of his jacket? [Matt Damon is a Private (PFC) and in the US Army a Private First Class (PFC) wears one stripe on his arm.]
The older veteran Ryan seen in the opening and closing of the film is wearing a windbreaker with two pins on it. One pin is the insignia of the 101st Airborne (his unit). The other pin is the Presidential Unit Citation (blue bar with gold trim). This was awarded to the soldiers of the 101st after the Battle of Bastogne in December 1944, six months after Private Ryan was sent home. Many 101st vets wear this, but Ryan wouldn't have. [In fact, this award was given to the 101st for their work in Normandy. There's a scene about it in Episode 3 of "Band of Brothers" - take a look.]
When Caparzo is hit by the sniper he falls and drops his M1 right next to where he lands. Next time you see him the M1 is gone. [Caparzo is hit by the sniper and falls to the ground with his gun in his right hand. Before he is down on the ground the camera moves to the next shot. After 42 seconds you see Caparzo again, he has dropped his M1 near his left foot where it stays during the rest of the scene.]
When they show the big battle at the beginning, the insignia of the troops is clearly that of a unit that was an all black unit, yet there isn't a black actor in sight. [The insignia is the 29th Infantry, which was not a segregated black division.]
At the beginning of the scene in which Mellick is killed at knifepoint, we see Mellick and airborne soldier in the room shooting at Germans. The ammo runs low and they hear footsteps coming up the steps. They shoot into the wall, we hear a thud and blood streams on the floor into the room from the hallway. Next, the Germans (including the who kills Mellick) storm the room, but our heroes get one first; this German falls dead outside the room blocking the door. Now cut to the end of the scene: Mellick is dead and the German is now walking down the stairs. There should be at least two dead bodies at the top of the stairs, but they're gone. [If you watch the earlier scene where the three soldiers first setup in the room upstairs, you will notice that the staircase has a 90-degree turn in it. So, the area that the German soldier passes by the Corp. Upham, you are only seeing the first 2/3rds of the staircase. The dead soldiers would be around the corner.]
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