1998 USA 170 minutes Color
In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Challenge for Eight Men was Saving... One.
The
film opens with the pivotal D-Day assault on Normandy, a technologically
brilliant restaging of the tide-turning battle that's as horrifying
for its immediacy as its unflinching depiction of the graphic carnage.
The
plot concerns an Army mission to rescue Private Ryan, the last of a
group of brothers who have all been killed in the war. Eight men are
chosen to perform this duty. During the course of the film we get to
know each of them intimately. Death and general mayhem is graphically
portrayed throughout the film. It is done so well that you are forced
to believe all other visions of war you have been shown, are vague shadows
of the true horror.Spielberg has captured the horror and confusion of
battle as few other directors have ever envisioned.
Facts
Trivia
Release date: 24 July 1998
Oscar:
Best Director -> Steven Spielberg
Best Cinematography
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Best Film Editing
Best Sound
Oscar nominations:
Best Actor in a Leading Role ->Tom Hanks
Best Picture -> Steven Spielberg
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score ->John Williams
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Makeup
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The Irish Defence forces provided the huge numbers of soldiers to act as extras in the film. They supplied 250 men drawn from a mix of units of the FCA (Army) and Slua Muiri (Navy) reserves. They spent four weeks in the surf on the beaches while filming the landing scenes.
Real amputees were used for the shots of people with limbs missing.
Spielberg and Hanks received the Public Service Award. The Public Service Award is the highest honor the U.S. military can confer on a civilian.
Saving private Ryan ranks number 106 in the American box-office rankings.
Grossing adjusted for inflation -> $258.4 m
Source: www.boxofficemojo.com
Cast
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Tom Hanks |
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Captain
John H. Miller |
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Tom Sizemore |
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Sergeant
Michael Horvath |
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Edward Burns |
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Private
Richard Reiben |
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Barry Pepper |
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Private
Jackson |
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Adam Goldberg |
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Private
Mellish |
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Vin Diesel |
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Private
Adrian Caparzo |
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Giovanni Ribisi |
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T/4
Medic Irwin Wade |
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Jeremy Davies |
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Corporal
Timothy E. Upham |
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Matt Damon |
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Private
James Francis Ryan |
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Ted Danson |
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Captain
Fred Hamill |
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Paul Giamatti |
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Sergeant
Hill |
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Dennis Farina |
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Lieutenant
Colonel Anderson |
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Joerg Stadler |
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Steamboat
Willie |
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Max Martini |
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Corporal Henderson |
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Dylan Bruno |
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Toynbe |
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