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As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Theatrical
Jul 24, 1998
Box Office
$481.8M
Budget
$70.0M
Return
6.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 29, 1999
Theaters
4
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Mutual Film Company
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* Dean, Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach Community College, in a movie review entitled published in ]. (Fall, 1998)
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The Reality of Combat in Saving Private Ryan
Quotes about Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg's summer 1998 "blockbuster," is noteworthy its recreation of the experience of combat . . . . udiences will surely remember attention to the realities of battle . . . . Private Ryan is not anti-war; rather, it is a bloody memorial to the veterans of the crusade against Hitler. . . . We may leave the film with the conviction that war is hell, but not the belief that this war was unworthy of sacrifice. . . . The scene in which Private Ryan's mother sees the priest emerge from the car and she realizes that someone has been killed (she does not yet know that three of her sons are dead) is as powerful as any of the action scenes: She steps out onto the porch and in silent agony slowly sits down to await the news . . . . takes the history of combat seriously military historians, at least, owe Spielberg a debt. And for those who never saw a battle, Spielberg has enriched the imagination.
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Cast
Full credits →T
Tom Hanks
Captain Miller
T
Tom Sizemore
Sergeant Horvath
E
Edward Burns
Private Reiben
B
Barry Pepper
Private Jackson
A
Adam Goldberg
Private Mellish
V
Vin Diesel
Private Caparzo
G
Giovanni Ribisi
T/4 Medic Wade
J
Jeremy Davies
Corporal Upham
M
Matt Damon
Private Ryan
T
Ted Danson
Captain Hamill
P
Paul Giamatti
Sergeant Hill
D
Dennis Farina
Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
J
Joerg Stadler
Steamboat Willie
M
Max Martini
Corporal Henderson
D
Dylan Bruno
Toynbe
D
Daniel Cerqueira
Weller
D
Demetri Goritsas
Parker
I
Ian Porter
Trask
G
Gary Sefton
Rice
J
Julian Spencer
Garrity
