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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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User Rating: 8.5/10 (196,381 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Steven Spielberg
Writer (WGA):
Robert Rodat (written by)
Release Date:
24 July 1998 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Action | Drama | War more
Tagline:
In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Danger for Eight Men was Saving... One. more
Plot:
Based on a World War II drama. US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 53 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(169 articles)
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User Comments:
Breathtaking more

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language.
Runtime:
170 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #35942) | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Philippines:PG-13 | Malaysia:18SG (DVD release) | Malaysia:(Banned) (theatrical) | Taiwan:GP | Brazil:14 | 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)
Filming Locations:
Calvados, France more
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Trivia:
Two of the landing craft used in the Omaha Beach scenes were actually in use in World War II. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the final battle scenes the P-51's are supposed to be tank busters but none of them have any rockets, bombs or even bomb racks attached to their wings. more
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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Into the Breach: 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Fanfare for the Common Man more

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140 out of 178 people found the following comment useful:-
Breathtaking, 17 November 1999
10/10
Author: weiz_one from Strongsville, Ohio

I have never been affected by a movie the way Saving Private Ryan affected me. That movie really took me out of my seat in the movie theater and practically had me believing I was really in the battle with John Miller. When somebody was dying in that movie, it felt as if you could almost feel their pain. Speilberg did an unbelievable job of putting realism into this movie with the camera-work and everything else. Simply amazing. An all time great.

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