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SavingPrivateRyanWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

SavingPrivateRyan
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan

(International)

Releasedates

July24,1998
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