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Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.6
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8.6/10 from 503,154 users
Metascore: 90/100
Reviews: 2,155 user | 198 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Steven SpielbergWriter:Robert Rodat |
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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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Country:
USARelease Date:
24 July 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rescatando al soldado Ryan See more »Box Office
Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$63,500,000 (Non-US) (2 October 1998)Gross:
$216,119,491 (USA) (21 May 1999)Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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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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(1942)
Written by Henri Contet & Jean Jal
Performed by Édith Piaf
Courtesy of Mercury Records, France
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Many veterans of D-Day have congratulated director Steven Spielberg for the film's authenticity, including actor James Doohan, best known as Scotty from Star Trek. Doohan lost the middle finger of his right hand and was wounded in the leg during the war. Also, he participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, at Juno Beach, where the 3rd Canadian infantry division led the attack. He commended Spielberg for not leaving out any gory details. See more »Goofs
Several times when Corporal Upham is seen carrying .30 caliber ammunition belts just prior to and during the holding of the bridge scene, it appears that primers are missing. A closeup of Upham after he crosses the street to go up the stairs shows many of the cartridges on his right shoulder to have empty primer pockets. The shiny brass bottoms of the empty pockets are clearly visible on eight of them in a row. Most of the rest of the cartridges appear to have a white substance filling or covering the pockets. 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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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits after the title is shown. See more »Soundtracks
"C'Était Une Histoire D'Amour"(1942)
Written by Henri Contet & Jean Jal
Performed by Édith Piaf
Courtesy of Mercury Records, France
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
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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.