Hollywood comes to town—and the pub
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tephen Spielberg has turned his attention to the historic 0-Day landings in his latest film, Saving Private Ryan. This .460m epic has just finished three weeks' location shooting in the seaside village of Curracloe in the Irish Republic. Fuel suppliers were among the locals who reaped the rewards by keeping a sizeable fleet of location vehicles on the road. Farmers who rented land and lent out tractors and equipment to the film also benefited. Ballinesker Strand in Curracloe was transformed into a replica of Omaha beach and after the crew had left it resembled a battlefield: local sea scouts were duly employed to scan the beach with metal detectors. Pal Furlong, proprietor of Furlong's remarks: "The pub was packed every night and drink flew out of our off-' licence." Now that's what 1 call magic.