The soldier James Ryan by Steven Spielberg is still considered one of the best war films of the last 25 years. One intense scene in particular ended up being almost too realistic on the big screen. Because of her, steps had to be taken to provide telephone support to traumatized cinema guests who had experienced the war themselves.
Steven Spielberg awakened old traumas with his war film Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan was a huge success: The war film won five Oscars and grossed over $480 million worldwide on a budget of $70 million, according to Box Office Mojo. Especially those famous 24 minute opening sequence took an enormous amount of time, money and effort to bring the horror of the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach to life.
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In the 3-hour war epic, which is actually about the search by Captain John Miller’s (Tom Hanks) company for the eponymous soldier James Ryan (Matt Damon), the Extremely realistically staged arrival on the contested beach of Normandy to create for many viewers.
The accurate portrayal of the war even went so far that the US Department of Veterans Affairs (Office of Veterans Affairs). Hotline set up to help war veterans deal with the film. As the Deseret News reported at the time, therapists at medical facilities were hired at 1-800-827-1000 to “Veterans experiencing emotional trauma due to the film” to help. In the end, more than 100 calls were received, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Private James Ryan did not set up the first hotline for those traumatized by war
For the veterans facility, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan wasn’t the first film Flashback and PTSD reactions (post-traumatic stress disorder). For example, a similar hotline was previously available for… War film Platoon (1986).
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Saving Private Ryan: Omaha Beach
War veteran John Raaen, who fought D-Day survived, described his cinema experience to Time after Saving Private Ryan as follows:
The very good representation of Omaha Beach [ließ mich sprachlos zurück]. Everyone was dazed. I was too. I didn’t want to talk about it. It brought back so many memories from back then that flashed through my mind. All the things that had happened to me.
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