Director:
Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks
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Category Keywords: Battles Essential Cinema France Military (Usa) Soldiers Theatrical Release War World War II
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| Internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable film achievement that has profound and lasting impact throughout the world. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Director, the film also captured Oscars for Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound and Sound Effects Editing. More than 70 critics (including those at Time magazine, USA Today, The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly) and critics' groups in New York, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth and Great Britain named the film Best Picture of the Year, while the Los Angeles, Toronto and Broadcast Film Critics honored it with both Best Picture and Best Director awards. In addition, Spielberg received his third Directors Guild of America Award, the American Legion "The Spirit of Normandy" Award, a USO Merit Award from the USO of Metropolitan Washington, as well as the highest civilian public service award from the Department of the Army. Selected for more than 160 Top Ten lists, Saving Private Ryan's other honors include Golden Globes for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, the Producers Guild of America Award and ten nominations from the British Academy Film Awards. Saving Private Ryan was the top-grossing motion picture of 1998.
Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with World War II's historic D-day invasion, then moves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission. Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer--and strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency, and courage. Includes a second tape with a special message by Steven Spielberg about D-Day and the National D-Day Museum, the behind the scenes featurette "Into The Beach", and interviews with the cast and crew. |
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Editor's Note
Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in America, where she is grieving the unimaginable loss of her three other sons to the war. The first unforgettable 20 minutes of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN realistically and horrifically depicts the Normandy invasion as Miller. his second-in-command, Sergeant Horvath (Tom Sizemore), and the others in the unit land at Omaha Beach. Before the film began shooting, Hanks and the actors in his squad went through a one-week boot camp in the woods. All the actors, except Hanks, wanted to quit, but Hanks rallied their spirits by reminding them of the incredible tribulations endured by the real veterans of World War II. Production designer Tom Sanders found a beach in Ireland that perfectly matched the landscape of Normandy's. Spielberg gave great credit to the Irish army who helped re-create the Omaha Beach scenes.
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Cast & Crew
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Adam Goldberg |
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Dennis Farina |
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Barry Pepper |
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Matt Damon |
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Jeremy Davies |
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Harve Presnell |
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Tom Hanks |
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Bryan Cranston |
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Vin Diesel |
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Ted Danson |
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Tom Sizemore |
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Paul Giamatti |
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Edward Burns |
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Giovanni Ribisi |
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Janusz Kaminski - Director of Photography |
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Michael Kahn - Editor |
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Mark Gordon - Producer |
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Thomas Sanders - Production Designer |
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Robert Rodat - Screenwriter |
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John Williams - Composer |
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Steven Spielberg - Producer |
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Ian Bryce - Producer |
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Gary Levinsohn - Producer |
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Steven Spielberg - Director |
Plot Summary
Steven Spielberg's award-winning film is a brutal look at the devastation that war leaves behind, both physically and emotionally. Standouts in the film include Tom Hanks as the seemingly hardened leader, Ed Burns as the cocky New Yorker, and Jeremy Davies as the wanna-be writer who'd rather be carrying a typewriter than a gun. A closing battle nearly matches the opening scene's in impact, and Spielberg concludes matters with a present-tense bookend, as in SCHINDLER'S LIST, that drills the point home.
Awards
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Oscar (1999) |
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Steven Spielberg, Winner, Best Director |
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Tom Hanks, Nominee, Best Actor |
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Steven Spielberg, et al., Nominee, Best Picture |
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Golden Globe (1999) |
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Steven Spielberg, Winner, Best Director |
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Tom Hanks, Nominee, Best Actor |
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