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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Robert Rodat (written by)
Release Date:
24 July 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Danger for Eight Men was Saving... One. more
Plot:
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars.
Another 52 wins
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53 nominations
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NewsDesk:
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Hanks | ... | Capt. John H. Miller |
 | Tom Sizemore | ... | Sgt. Mike Horvath |
 | Edward Burns | ... | Pvt. Richard Reiben |
 | Barry Pepper | ... | Pvt. Daniel Jackson |
 | Adam Goldberg | ... | Pvt. Stanley Mellish |
 | Vin Diesel | ... | Pvt. Adrian Caparzo |
 | Giovanni Ribisi | ... | T-5 Medic Irwin Wade |
 | Jeremy Davies | ... | Cpl. Timothy P. Upham |
 | Matt Damon | ... | Pvt. James Francis Ryan |
 | Ted Danson | ... | Capt. Fred Hamill |
 | Paul Giamatti | ... | Sgt. Hill |
 | Dennis Farina | ... | Lt. Col. Anderson |
 | Joerg Stadler | ... | Steamboat Willie |
 | Max Martini | ... | Cpl. Henderson (as Maximilian Martini) |
 | Dylan Bruno | ... | Toynbe |
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language.
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Runtime:
170 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #35942) |
Taiwan:GP |
Malaysia:18SG (DVD release) |
Malaysia:(Banned) (theatrical) |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Brazil:14 |
USA:TV-MA (TV rating) |
India:A |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA (re-rating on appeal) |
Australia:R (original rating) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/Ontario) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:18A (British Columbia) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Chile:14 |
Denmark:15 |
Finland:K-14 (re-rating) |
Finland:K-16 (original rating) |
France:U |
Germany:16 (bw) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Iceland:16 |
Ireland:15 |
Israel:PG |
Italy:VM14 |
Mexico:B |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R15 |
Norway:18 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating on appeal) |
Singapore:R(A) (original rating) |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
Singapore:M18 (DVD rating)
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Real amputees were used for the shots of people with limbs missing.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When the soldiers are about to search through the Airborne's dog tags they head towards a single crate, meaning to use it as a table. When they reach the crate an ammo box has appeared, stacked on top. Jackson knocks the top box off.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Ryan's son: [running to comfort his father] Dad?
[flashback to D-Day]
LCVP pilot: Clear the ramp! Thirty seconds. God be with ya!
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Ryan's son: [running to comfort his father] Dad?
[flashback to D-Day]
LCVP pilot: Clear the ramp! Thirty seconds. God be with ya!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Tropic Thunder (2008)
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Soundtrack:
Solitude
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FAQ
Are the Germans portrayed unfairly?What was the name of the beach on which they landed at the beginning of the movie?
Why does Horvath say "Your mother would be very upset if she saw you do that!" to Miller?
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It's been over a year since first seeing Saving Private Ryan -- it's a worthy effort by Speilberg--his best since Shindler's List by far. You've probably heard about the amount of violence, blood, and gore and that's all true--it's got the Viet Nam movie style violence (and then some) but it's not gratuitous. Were it sanitized like early WWII movies, modern audiences probably wouldn't take it as seriously.
The movie has that trademark Speilberg style--the structure is all tied up and unified from beginning to end, the emotional symbols abound, the music swelling when he's working at your emotions, the hand held camera that worked so well in Shindler's List to give you a feeling of participation, camera angles and periods of silence to disorient you (like Shindler), suspense techniques learned from Hitch... It's a movie that stays with you for a period afterwards.
Hanks will be the early front runner for Oscar after this flick--Academy members like him AND it IS his best acting job ever. While Speilberg will likely be criticized for attempting to manipulate the audience's emotions while keeping a distance from the inner core of his characters, Tom Hanks reveals a really complex military leader in this story, and does so without overacting--somehow it comes from within. While you may not empathize deeply with many of the platoon, you will still feel something because of the relationship that is formed with Hanks.
After the initial set-up, you will have the opportunity to participate in the D-Day operation and experience the horror of it. Those who have been in a real war can comment about how realistic or not Speilberg captures its chaotic horror in this scene.
In my case I again feel very lucky that my draft number was high, so I never had to face Nam like many of my classmates. Speilberg reminds us brutally in "Saving Private Ryan" that we All have a debt to pay to the brave souls who have sacrificed so much for us. What Tom Hanks does with his performance is to remind us of this debt in a very personal way.