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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
8.5
Ratings: 8.5/10 from 396,022 users
Metascore:
90/100
Reviews: 2,136 user | 182 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. Director:Steven SpielbergWriter:Robert Rodat |
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| Tom Hanks | ... | ||
| Tom Sizemore | ... | ||
| Edward Burns | ... | ||
| Barry Pepper | ... | ||
| Adam Goldberg | ... | ||
| Vin Diesel | ... | ||
| Giovanni Ribisi | ... | ||
| Jeremy Davies | ... | ||
| Matt Damon | ... | ||
| Ted Danson | ... | ||
| Paul Giamatti | ... | ||
| Dennis Farina | ... | ||
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Joerg Stadler | ... | |
| Max Martini | ... |
Cpl. Henderson
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| Dylan Bruno | ... | ||
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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother... Written by J.Zelman
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There was only one man left in the family, and the mission was to save him. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Rescatando al soldado Ryan See more »Box Office
Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$30,576,104 (USA) (26 July 1998) (2463 Screens)Gross:
$224,700,000 (Worldwide) (20 December 1998) (except USA)Company Credits
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Ryan's son: [running to comfort his father] Dad?
[flashback to D-Day]
LCVP pilot: Clear the ramp! Thirty seconds. God be with ya!
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Written by Henri Contet & Jean Jal
Performed by Édith Piaf
Courtesy of Mercury Records, France
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing See more »
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Director Steven Spielberg considered casting Matt Damon after viewing his performance in Courage Under Fire, but thought he was too skinny. Robin Williams introduced Damon to Spielberg on the set of Good Will Hunting, and Spielberg changed his mind. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When the man is explaining the situation of the four brothers to the General, he says that the brothers had been together but were separated when the Sullivan brothers died. Later, when Matt Damon is improvising Ryan's memory to Miller, he says that night was the last he and his brothers were together. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Ryan's son: [running to comfort his father] Dad?
[flashback to D-Day]
LCVP pilot: Clear the ramp! Thirty seconds. God be with ya!
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There are no opening credits after the title is shown. See more »Soundtracks
"C'Était Une Histoire D'Amour"Written by Henri Contet & Jean Jal
Performed by Édith Piaf
Courtesy of Mercury Records, France
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing See more »
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