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SavingPrivateRyan
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SavingPrivateRyanisa1998Americanepicwar
dramafilmsetduringtheInvasionofNormandyin
WorldWarII.DirectedbyStevenSpielbergandwritten
byRobertRodat,thefilmisnotableforitsgraphicand
realisticportrayalofwar,andfortheintensityofits
opening27minutes,whichincludesadepictionofthe
OmahaBeachassaultofJune6,1944.ItfollowsUnited
StatesArmyRangersCaptainJohnH.Miller(Tom
Hanks)andasquad(TomSizemore,EdwardBurns,
BarryPepper,VinDiesel,GiovanniRibisi,Adam
Goldberg,andJeremyDavies)astheysearchfora
paratrooper,PrivatefirstclassJamesFrancisRyan
(MattDamon),whoisthelastsurvivingbrotheroffour
servicemen.
SavingPrivateRyanreceiveduniversalcriticalacclaim,
winningseveralawardsforfilm,cast,andcrew,aswell
asearningsignificantreturnsattheboxoffice.Thefilm
grossedUS$481.8millionworldwide,makingitthe
secondhighestgrossingfilmoftheyear.TheAcademy
ofMotionPictureArtsandSciencesnominatedthefilm
for11AcademyAwardsSpielberg'sdirectionwonhim
asecondAcademyAwardforBestDirector,withfour
moreawardsgoingtothefilm.SavingPrivateRyanwas
releasedonhomevideoinMay1999,earninganother
$44millionfromsales.In2014,SavingPrivateRyan
wasselectedforpreservationintheNationalFilm
Registryasitwasdeemed"culturally,historically,or
aestheticallysignificant."[3]
Contents
SavingPrivateRyan
Theatricalreleaseposter
Directedby
Producedby
Writtenby
Starring
StevenSpielberg
IanBryce
MarkGordon
GaryLevinsohn
StevenSpielberg
RobertRodat
TomHanks
EdwardBurns
MattDamon
TomSizemore
Musicby
JohnWilliams
Cinematography
JanuszKamiski
1 Plot
Editedby
MichaelKahn
2 Cast
Production
company
AmblinEntertainment
MutualFilmCompany
3 Production
Distributedby
DreamWorksPictures
(UnitedStates)
ParamountPictures
3.1 Development
3.2 Preproduction
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(International)
Releasedates
July24,1998
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