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Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.6
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8.6/10 from 496,430 users
Metascore: 90/100
Reviews: 2,154 user | 197 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Steven SpielbergWriter:Robert Rodat |
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Cast
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| Tom Sizemore | ... | ||
| Edward Burns | ... | ||
| Barry Pepper | ... | ||
| Adam Goldberg | ... | ||
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| Giovanni Ribisi | ... | ||
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Joerg Stadler | ... | |
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Corporal Henderson
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Storyline
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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The mission is a man. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
24 July 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rescatando al soldado Ryan See more »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)Company Credits
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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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(1941)
Written by Édith Piaf & Marguerite Monnot
Performed by Édith Piaf
Courtesy of Mercury Records, France
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
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Goofs
When Reiben retuns after luring the Germans down the main street all the soldiers in the foxhole have their guns up at the ready. A few scenes later, Reiben and Ryan look at each other and nod but their guns are resting easy. Immediately in the next shot, Ryan has his rifle at the ready again. See 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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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits after the title is shown. See more »Soundtracks
"Tu Es Partout"(1941)
Written by Édith Piaf & Marguerite Monnot
Performed by Édith Piaf
Courtesy of Mercury Records, France
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
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To think that this movie did not win Best Picture is a crime. Director Steven Spielberg uses all of his talent and resources to give to the world the greatest war film ever made.
Though it's true that this is not the type of movie you want to sit down with the family and eat popcorn, the emotional drive of the picture, the story's poignant messages, and the fantastic acting of the cast draws you into a world that is both dangerous and unpredictable.
Spielberg is able to take you into action and make you feel as if you are a participant in the movie and not just a viewer. This is Tom Hanks' best movie he ever did. Forget his performances in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump (though they were also good); he should have received another Oscar for the role of Capt. John Miller, a leader who must act strong in front of his men, but must also hide his emotions from them. It would have been well-deserved if he won again.
I give this movie my highest recommendation. Saving Private Ryan is a movie that makes you realize how life is precious and how honor and duty, though they are deep philosophical concepts that are praised in war, can put you in jeopardy of losing your life for something you may not believe in.