Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Starring:
- Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, (more)
- Director(s):
- Steven Spielberg
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- War
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Steven Spielberg directed this powerful, realistic re-creation of WWII's D-day invasion and the immediate aftermath. The story opens with a prologue in which a veteran brings his family to the American cemetery at Normandy, and a flashback then joins Capt. John Miller (Tom Hanks) and GIs in a landing craft making the June 6, 1944, approach to Omaha Beach to face devastating German artillery fire. This mass slaughter of American soldiers is depicted in a compelling, unforgettable 24-minute sequence. Miller's men slowly move forward to finally take a concrete pillbox. On the beach littered with bodies is one with the name "Ryan" stenciled on his backpack. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall (Harve Presnell), learning that three Ryan brothers from the same family have all been killed in a single week, requests that the surviving brother, Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon), be located and brought back to the United States. Capt. Miller gets the assignment, and he chooses a translator, Cpl. Upham (Jeremy Davis), skilled in language but not in combat, to join his squad of right-hand man Sgt. Horvath (Tom Sizemore), plus privates Mellish (Adam Goldberg), Medic Wade (Giovanni Ribisi), cynical Reiben (Edward Burns) from Brooklyn, Italian-American Caparzo (Vin Diesel), and religious Southerner Jackson (Barry Pepper), an ace sharpshooter who calls on the Lord while taking aim. Having previously experienced action in Italy and North Africa, the close-knit squad sets out through areas still thick with Nazis. After they lose one man in a skirmish at a bombed village, some in the group begin to question the logic of losing more lives to save a single soldier. The film's historical consultant is Stephen E. Ambrose, and the incident is based on a true occurance in Ambrose's 1994 bestseller D-Day: June 6, 1944. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 169 mins
Complete Cast:
- Tom Hanks - Capt. John Miller
- Tom Sizemore - Sgt. Horvath
- Vin Diesel - Pvt. Caparzo
- Barry Pepper - Pvt. Jackson
- Matt Damon - Pvt. James Ryan
- Ted Danson - Capt. Hamill
- Dale Dye - War Dept. Colonel
- David Wohl - War Dept. Captain
- Ryan Hurst - Paratrooper Michaelson
- Max Martini - Corporal Henderson
- Edward Burns - Private Richard Reiben
- Jeremy Davies - Cpl. Upham
- Adam Goldberg - Pvt. Mellish
- Giovanni Ribisi - T/4 Medic Wade
- Dennis Farina - Lt. Col. Anderson
- Harve Presnell - Gen. George Marshall
- Bryan Cranston - War Dept. Colonel
- Paul Giamatti - Sergeant Hill
- Harrison Young - Ryan as Old Man
- Dylan Bruno - Private Alan Toynbe
- Director(s):
- Steven Spielberg
- Writer(s):
- Robert Rodat
- Producer(s):
- Ian Bryce, Steven Spielberg, Mark Gordon
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Not For Children, Watch With Your Teen, Graphic Violence, War Violence)
- Categories:
- War
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- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Picture
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Director
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Score
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Picture
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Directors Guild of America - Best Director
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Drama
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Picture - Drama
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Director
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Cinematography
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Picture
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Director
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - National Society of Film Critics - Best Picture (Runner-up)
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - National Society of Film Critics - Best Picture (Runner-up)
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Picture
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Picture
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Director
- 1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Actor - Runner-up
