Saving Private Ryan

1998
R
2h 49m

IMDb RATING

8.6/10

1.5M

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Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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Epic Period Drama War Epic Drama War

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.

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IMDb RATING

8.6/10

1.5M

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

353

See production info at IMDbPro

Top rated movie #24

Won 5 Oscars
- 79 wins & 75 nominations total

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

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10/10

The Greatest War Movie Ever Made

It gives a million reason why no one should go to war and one very powerful reason to go to war. It is a soul numbing realistic depiction of what our grandfathers, fathers, uncles, brothers and sons have faced in humanities darkest moments. Not just in WWII but in any war. No one can see this movies without being altered in some way. No one should miss it with the EXCEPTION of those war veterans that have already been there. The surround sound puts the audience in the middle of the battle.

Steven Spielberg has out done himself and effectively held up a mirror to civilization for events to which we should all be ashamed of, rather than appalled at the movie for its real life depictions. I suggest that this movie be made standard view for congress as well as the President each and every time the question of war comes up. This movie would not stop future wars but I would hope the objectives would be much more clearly defined. I say this as a US Marine.