As the rain poured down from the air, eight American GIs carefully hid behind a dilapidated house with their weapons in their hands, and the captain among them moved to the gate of the garden and looked out through the crack in the door, as if observing the enemy situation outside.

Just behind them, three photographers wearing special ponchos, holding hand-held cameras, chose a pre-set angle, and carefully captured the real reaction of each soldier.

On the periphery of the rain, Duke also wore a poncho and stood on a viewing platform from the commanding heights that had been set up in advance, overlooking the shape of the entire battlefield.

Although Ireland in late February has passed the coldest season, the temperature is still relatively low, so the crew naturally can't really use cold water to shoot, but to create artificial rain with a suitable temperature.

Rain can always bring a lot of trouble, and if you count the rehearsals, this scene is already the seventh in three days, but fortunately, according to Duke's observations, the actors are getting better and better, and there is no problem until now.

This may have something to do with the fact that filming is coming to an end, as long as the scene is over, the crew can leave the cold Ireland and go to France to feel the warm sunshine.

Another force rushed through behind the door, Tom? The captain, played by Hanks, shouts, "Thunder! ”

A response immediately rang out from the other side, "Lightning! ”

Looking at the past from Duke's point of view, Tom? Hanks is assigning tasks, skilled, and composed like a truly battle-tested officer, and he and his team cover for them. A squad swooped forward and soon joined up with a squad of American troops.

At the same time, a German ...... sounded on the opposite side

John? Schwartzman followed with the camera himself. As Duke instructs, his camera always follows Tom? Hanks.

Waiting for Tom? Hanks shifted, John? Schwartzman stepped back at the right time and hid in the reserved camera booth next to him. Watts temporarily became the main cameraman, using the camera in Guò's hands to catch Capazzo, played by De Milford. The soldier complained as he picked up a few edible fruits from the rotten fruit on the ground......

Gunshots, shouts, howls. All of a sudden, it rings again, even if it's a poncho, John? Schwartzman was already soaking wet, and he hid in a place where the warm water couldn't get him. Instead, I felt a chill.

“cut！”

Finally, at the commanding heights of the battlefield, a familiar shout came from the stop, "Get here first!" ”

The U.S. soldiers who were on nervous alert dispersed in a hurry and walked towards the shower that had been prepared long ago.

Back in the tent where the director's monitor was located, Duke took the towel from Sophia. After wiping his face casually, he sat behind the monitor and reviewed the footage he had just taken. The shots taken from all angles were scattered, but in Duke's eyes, they corroborated the images in his mind, and they were generally quite satisfied.

This is the best set of shots shot in three days.

"Inform the crew," Duke turned to an assistant director, "and move on to Scene 14!" ”

Field 14 has already been built. The crew moved over and began to make final preparations. At the same time, give some rest time to the actors who have just been hit by the rain.

When the actors changed their costumes and entered the set, Duke gathered both the American and German troops together for a final explanation.

"It's an encounter!" Duke stood by the wall that would collapse as soon as he pushed it, "You are facing the enemy in unexpected situations, I want you to show your hysterical side and shout hard!" ”

Everyone was nodding, and Duke deliberately called John, who played Urban? Spencer.

"John, not including you!" "Remember," he admonished, "even in this case, if you are still reluctant to take up arms, I will give you a close-up!" Remember to use German. ”

"I understand."

This actor looks thin and young, but he is actually in his thirties, and he has worked hard in Hollywood for many years, and he is a typical actor whose acting skills are good but his luck is not good.

Of course, there are too many such actors in Hollywood.

Ten minutes later, the departments were ready, and Duke asked the assistant director to call the start.

A group of American GIs walked in the ruins of the street, and the officer who led the team saw that the surroundings seemed to be safe, and sat on top of the ruins, ready to pour out the sand and gravel in his shoes, but he did not expect to touch a crooked wooden pillar, and the wooden pillar smashed on the wall behind it.

At the same time, the people inside also looked outside, and the German and American troops met at a very close distance, and both sides raised their weapons at the same time, roaring hoarsely for the other to lay down their weapons.

Root? Watts immediately walked at an angle of sixty degrees and captured the shot from the side of Urban's weapon in hand, shouting in German.

Suddenly the gunshots rang out, and the German soldiers in the ruins fell to the ground one after another, blood spilled like rain......

After the American GIs entered the ruins to inspect it, Duke directly shouted to stop, and he could clearly hear the sound of relaxed exhalation coming from the left and right, although the crew still had to go to France to shoot in the Allied cemetery, but they could finally leave the cold Ireland.

And there are only a few shots in France, and when it's over, you can return to California and enjoy the bright sunshine and warm air again.

"Sophia,"

When the crew was cleaning up the venue, Duke called Sophia? Coppola, asked, "Hudson?" Did Yang and the other extras arrive? ”

Hudson? Yang is the crew who was hired by the crew to play the elderly James? Ryan's actor.

"They arrived in Caen, France, the day before yesterday." Sophia flipped through the work log, "We have someone over there to receive them." ”

"What about the cemetery?" Duke asked again.

"We've been contacted!"

The two didn't say a few words, Tom after changing clothes? Hanks walked over, "It's time to say goodbye, Duke." ”

Without waiting for Duke to react, he came over and hugged Duke and said with a smile, "This is a pleasant cooperation, I hope we have a chance to continue working together." ”

"yes, I hope so."

Duke is not saying polite words, actors with excellent acting skills can often make the director a lot easier, especially Tom? Hanks is the type of actor, he shook Hanks' hand again, and then cocked his thumb and said to him, "Tom, come on!" Won the Oscar for Best Actor! ”

"Lend your good words!"

Tom? After Hanks left, actors came over to say goodbye to Duke, and these people knew very well that there was no harm in having a good relationship with a director like Duke.

"Are you interested in going back to Los Angeles to join the pie duì I have called?"

Leonardo who came last to come? After a few words of greeting, DiCaprio suddenly lowered his voice and said to Duke, "Blonde! Long legs! Mannequin! ”

"Leo......" Duke smiled at him and slapped him the shoulder, "it seems that we can find a common language in this." ”

In Sophia's rolled eyes, the two laughed at the same time, and they still had something in common in this regard.

In the afternoon, most of the cast evacuated the set, most of them flew back to their cities, and the next day, Duke left an executive producer and a few other assistants to deal with the aftermath of the crew, and he led the team directly to Caen in the greater Normandy region of France.

The crew's destination was the Normandy U.S. Army Cemetery on the heights of Omaha Beach, which covers an area of about 70 hectares and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean, across which is the homeland of the "fallen soldiers" of the United States.

It is a well-tended green lawn, surrounded by pines, shrubs and roses, and white marble crosses are arranged intersecting on the lawn, holy and majestic, with no end in sight, in this land where nearly 10,000 souls rest, the overall architectural design of the cemetery is divided into two columns, the area is divided by letters, and there are two female statues on the west side of the cemetery, and on the hilt of the sword stand the bald eagle and the Gallic rooster, which symbolize the United States and France.

In 1956, the cemetery was officially opened to the public, and in 1979, the French government gifted it to the United States as a permanent territory, thus turning the American military cemetery in Normandy into a magical "national China".

Each cross monument in the cemetery is engraved with the soldier's name, rank, unit number, hometown, and date of death, and according to the information collected by Duke, it is said that the prototype of the soldier who saved the 101st Airborne Division is buried here, although the cemetery management did not deliberately mark the location of their tombstones, because all the victims were treated equally.

Because of the relationship that had been coordinated with the management for a long time, after Duke and the crew arrived, the cemetery temporarily closed an area as a location for filming, although it was only half a day, but it was enough for Duke.

There was almost no difficulty in shooting here, and I tried to shoot a few times as a run-in, and most of the shots passed a few times, and the shooting quickly came to the very end.

Aged James? Ryan standing in John? In front of Captain Miller's grave, looking at his wife.

"Sue me, I haven't lived in vain in my life!"

"What?" The wife was puzzled.

"Sue sù I'm a good person!"

The wife realized something, looked at the white cross, and said very seriously, "You are, James!" ”

She turned and walked back, James? Ryan held his head high, stood tall, and then gave a standard American military salute to the white cross!

As the camera circled 180 degrees, Duke took off the headset he used to listen to the live footage and shouted, "It's over!" ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but there was no shout of excitement or celebratory applause, and everyone remained silent tacitly, which is the most basic etiquette in the cemetery.

Without too much stop, the crew packed up the equipment as quickly as possible, evacuated the US military cemetery, Duke and others flew to Los Angeles by plane that night, sealed the film in duplicate in different bank vaults, and temporarily entered a state of vacation. (To be continued)

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