Playing Six Degrees of Bacon with "Saving Private Ryan"
My God, it's another month. June already? Hey, at least this year is going fast.
We all know what a new month means. Another round of Six Degrees of Bacon!!!!!
This month's poster is "Saving Private Ryan," the classic World War II drama, staring Tom Hanks and directed by Stephen Spielberg. It's the story of of a group of six Army Rangers led by Captain John Miller (Hanks) ordered to find paratrooper Private James Ryan, the last surviving brother of four serviceman.
The film begins with 22 minutes of the most realistic battle footage ever filmed. Ballinesker Beach in County Wexford, Ireland stood in for Omaha Beach in Normandy and 1500 extras were used to portray the action, including 20 to 30 amputees. That scene alone cost $12 million to film (about $26 million in today's dollars).
This film gave me fits as I tried to figure out who to use. Hanks was out of the running, as I used him back in January ("Apollo 13").
So I decided to go with the actor who played the title character, Private Ryan himself--Mat Dammon.
Who was in "Dogma" with Ben Affleck
Who was in "Argo" with Alan Arkin
Who was in "Catch-22" with Charles Grodin
Who was in "Midnight Run" with Robert De Niro
Who was in "Falling in Love" with Meryl Streep
Who was in "The River Wild" with KEVIN BACON!!!!!!!!!!
A bit longer than it could have been, but I figure I should get something for having sat through the really boring "Falling in Love" back in 1984. What can I say? My mother wanted to see it. She always was a hopeless romantic.
As always feel free to come up with your own connections.
Judy Nichols is the author of several mysteries available on Amazon.
We all know what a new month means. Another round of Six Degrees of Bacon!!!!!
This month's poster is "Saving Private Ryan," the classic World War II drama, staring Tom Hanks and directed by Stephen Spielberg. It's the story of of a group of six Army Rangers led by Captain John Miller (Hanks) ordered to find paratrooper Private James Ryan, the last surviving brother of four serviceman.
The film begins with 22 minutes of the most realistic battle footage ever filmed. Ballinesker Beach in County Wexford, Ireland stood in for Omaha Beach in Normandy and 1500 extras were used to portray the action, including 20 to 30 amputees. That scene alone cost $12 million to film (about $26 million in today's dollars).
This film gave me fits as I tried to figure out who to use. Hanks was out of the running, as I used him back in January ("Apollo 13").
So I decided to go with the actor who played the title character, Private Ryan himself--Mat Dammon.
Who was in "Dogma" with Ben Affleck
Who was in "Argo" with Alan Arkin
Who was in "Catch-22" with Charles Grodin
Who was in "Midnight Run" with Robert De Niro
Who was in "Falling in Love" with Meryl Streep
Who was in "The River Wild" with KEVIN BACON!!!!!!!!!!
A bit longer than it could have been, but I figure I should get something for having sat through the really boring "Falling in Love" back in 1984. What can I say? My mother wanted to see it. She always was a hopeless romantic.
As always feel free to come up with your own connections.
Judy Nichols is the author of several mysteries available on Amazon.
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