Join Adolfo and Mark on today’s adventure: Steven Spielberg’s SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) On this week’s show: Orange Fanta Criterion Collection discussions Organizing physical media TCM Wine Club Colorized newsreels The true story that inspired Saving Private Ryan The actors boot camp Late 90s young Hollywood The epic Omaha Beach sequence Helmets are useless Nazis are bad! Bryan Cranston! FUBAR The Statue of Liberty is kaput Are there “good” war movies? The biggest movie of 1998 The Academy Awards snub Spielberg’s populist movies How it should have ended? FILMS REFERENCED: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943) THE GUNFIGHTER (1950) DJANGO (1966) THE GREEN BERETS (1968) JAWS (1975) SHIVERS (1975) FRIDAY THE 13th (1980) THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980) PLATOON (1986) OPERA (1987) FULL METAL JACKET (1987) SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993) BRAVEHEART (1995) CRASH (1996) GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997) SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998) ARMAGEDDON (1998) DEEP IMPACT (1998) GODZILLA (1998) SMALL SOLDIERS (1998) THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (1998) A BUG’S LIFE (1998) DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1998) THE WATERBOY (1998) RUSH HOUR (1998) PATCH ADAMS (1998) MULAN (1998) LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1998) GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (1999) BAND OF BROTHERS (Mini-Series, 2001) THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002) CRASH (2005) BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) GREEN BOOK (2018) PARASITE (2019) MULAN (2020) LINKS: SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Adolfo_Acosta, @Sportsguy515 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheEssentialFilms