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Saving Private Ryan

  • 1998
  • R
  • 2h 49m
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
1.6M
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Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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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.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.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 Spielberg
  • Writer
    • Robert Rodat
  • Stars
    • Tom Hanks
    • Matt Damon
    • Tom Sizemore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.6/10
    1.6M
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    286
    64
    • Director
      • Steven Spielberg
    • Writer
      • Robert Rodat
    • Stars
      • Tom Hanks
      • Matt Damon
      • Tom Sizemore
    • 3KUser reviews
    • 162Critic reviews
    • 91Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #24
    • Won 5 Oscars
      • 79 wins & 75 nominations total

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    Tom Hanks
    Tom Hanks
    • Captain Miller
    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Private Ryan
    Tom Sizemore
    Tom Sizemore
    • Sergeant Horvath
    Edward Burns
    Edward Burns
    • Private Reiben
    Barry Pepper
    Barry Pepper
    • Private Jackson
    Adam Goldberg
    Adam Goldberg
    • Private Mellish
    Vin Diesel
    Vin Diesel
    • Private Caparzo
    Giovanni Ribisi
    Giovanni Ribisi
    • T…
    Jeremy Davies
    Jeremy Davies
    • Corporal Upham
    Ted Danson
    Ted Danson
    • Captain Hamill
    Paul Giamatti
    Paul Giamatti
    • Sergeant Hill
    Dennis Farina
    Dennis Farina
    • Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
    Joerg Stadler
    • Steamboat Willie
    Max Martini
    Max Martini
    • Corporal Henderson
    • (as Maximilian Martini)
    Dylan Bruno
    Dylan Bruno
    • Toynbe
    Daniel Cerqueira
    • Weller
    Demetri Goritsas
    Demetri Goritsas
    • Parker
    Ian Porter
    Ian Porter
    • Trask
    • Director
      • Steven Spielberg
    • Writer
      • Robert Rodat
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The Omaha Beach scene cost $11 million to shoot, and involved up to 1,000 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 play soldiers who had their limbs blown off.
    • Goofs
      The driver's viewport on a Tiger I featured 6 layers of armored glass, as well as another sheet just behind them. These systems would have prevented Captain Miller from simply sticking his submachine gun up to the port and spraying the inside of the driver's compartment with bullets.
    • Quotes

      [weakly mutters something after being mortally wounded]

      Private Ryan: [leans in closer] What, sir?

      Captain Miller: James, earn this... earn it.

    • Crazy credits
      There are no opening credits after the title is shown.
    • Alternate versions
      In the German-dubbed version of the movie, they were unsure how to distinguish dialog between the German and the American soldiers, since they would all be speaking German. In the end, they decided to address all the American soldiers by their English titles, such as "Sergeant" and "Captain".
    • Connections
      Edited into Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Solitude
      Music by Duke Ellington

      Lyrics by Irving Mills and Edgar De Lange

    User reviews3K

    Featured review
    10/10

    Hard to Rate ... been there

    The first 23 minutes of this film is rated at a 12.

    My good friend and I took our sons, 17 at the time, to see this in a theater. I am a senior military officer who experienced combat in 1967 - 68 - 69. We wanted the boys to see the horror of war, the slaughter.

    I have had to pack up the personal effects of my comrade to send back to his mother after he was killed in the Viet Nam war. Those of you who have not done this cannot even comprehend.

    After the opening combat scenes the film was an 8. Well done.

    War is hell and to those of us who have been there ... well I don't know what to say.

    Neither of our sons joined the military ... thank God.
    • j-a-julian
    • Dec 30, 2019
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    FAQ82

    • How long is Saving Private Ryan?Powered by Alexa
    • What are the ages of all the squad (Miller, Horvath, Reiben, Caparzo, Jackson, Mellish, Wade, Upham)?
    • At the rally point Wade asks Reiben to smell a wounded soldier's leg to find out if it's "South of Cheese", what does that mean?
    • During the Omaha beach battle, what language was the soldier praying in?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 24, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • Rescatando al soldado Ryan
    • Filming locations
      • Curracloe Beach, Ballinesker, County Wexford, Ireland(Omaha Beach)
    • Production companies
      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Amblin Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $70,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $217,049,603
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $30,576,104
      • Jul 26, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $482,352,390
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital EX
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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