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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

 -  Action | Drama | War  -  24 July 1998 (USA)
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Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother... Written by J.Zelman

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normandy | invasion | general | army | soldier | See more »

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There was only one man left in the family, and the mission was to save him. See more »

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Action | Drama | War

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Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language | See all certifications »

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24 July 1998 (USA)  »

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Rescatando al soldado Ryan  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$70,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$63,500,000 (Non-US) (2 October 1998)

Gross:

$216,119,491 (USA) (21 May 1999)
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Trivia

The Omaha Beach scene cost $11 million to shoot and involved up to 1000 extras, some of whom were members of the Irish Army Reserve. Of those extras, 20-30 of them were amputees issued with prosthetic limbs to simulate soldiers having their limbs blown off. See more »

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In the advertisement for "Suze: L'âme de l'estomach, " the last word is a combination of the English "stomach" with the correct French "estomac." See more »

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[first lines]
Ryan's son: [running to comfort his father] Dad?
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LCVP pilot: Clear the ramp! Thirty seconds. God be with ya!
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Referenced in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) See more »

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"Solitude"
(1934)
Music by Duke Ellington
Lyrics by Irving Mills & Edgar De Lange (as Eddie DeLange)
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The Greatest War Movie Ever Made
29 July 1998 | by (Riverside CA) – See all my reviews

It gives a million reason why no one should go to war and one very powerful reason to go to war. It is a soul numbing realistic depiction of what our grandfathers, fathers, uncles, brothers and sons have faced in humanities darkest moments. Not just in WWII but in any war. No one can see this movies without being altered in some way. No one should miss it with the EXCEPTION of those war veterans that have already been there. The surround sound puts the audience in the middle of the battle.

Steven Spielberg has out done himself and effectively held up a mirror to civilization for events to which we should all be ashamed of, rather than appalled at the movie for its real life depictions. I suggest that this movie be made standard view for congress as well as the President each and every time the question of war comes up. This movie would not stop future wars but I would hope the objectives would be much more clearly defined. I say this as a US Marine.


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