Saving Private Ryan 1998

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 169 min

genre: action

theme: epic

director: Steven Spielberg

Score: 9 / 10

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, the film is known for its graphic portrayal of war and for the intensity of its second scene of 23 minutes, a depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings. The film follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squad (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) as they search for a paratrooper, Private First Class James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), the last surviving brother of a family of four, with his three other brothers having been killed in action. The film was a co-production between DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and Mutual Film Company, with DreamWorks distributing the film in North America while Paramount released the film internationally.

Plot

In the present day, an elderly man visits the Normandy Cemetery with his family. At a tombstone, he falls to his knees in anguish.

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author	Robert Rodat
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Film Registry
contentLocation	France Normandy
director	Steven Spielberg
editor	Michael Kahn
events	Invasion of Normandy Omaha Beach Operation Overlord World War II
genre	action drama
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musicBy	John Williams
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
producer	Gary Levinsohn Ian Bryce Mark Gordon
productionCompany	Amblin Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures Mutual Film Company Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	Calvados County Wexford Curracloe Hatfield Ireland Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Thame
theme	epic high school war