A World War II captain (Tom Hanks) and his squad (Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore) risk all to locate and send... (Learn more)
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Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Ed Burns
Steven Spielberg directed this powerful, realistic re-creation of WWII's D-day invasion and the immediate aftermath. The story opens with a prologue in which a veteran brings his family to the American cemetery at Normandy, and a flashback then joins Capt. John Miller (Tom Hanks) and GIs in a landing craft making the June 6, 1944, approach to Omaha Beach to face devastating German artillery fire. This mass slaughter of American soldiers is depicted in a compelling, unforgettable 24-minute sequence. Miller's men slowly move forward to finally take a concrete pillbox. On the beach littered with bodies is one with the name "Ryan" stenciled on his backpack. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall (Harve Presnell), learning that three Ryan brothers from the same family have all been killed in a single week, requests that the surviving brother, Pvt. James Ryan (Matt Damon), be located and brought back to the United States. Capt. Miller gets the assignment, and he chooses a translator, Cpl. Upham (Jeremy Davis), skilled in language but not in combat, to join his squad of right-hand man Sgt. Horvath (Tom Sizemore), plus privates Mellish (Adam Goldberg), Medic Wade (Giovanni Ribisi), cynical Reiben (Edward Burns) from Brooklyn, Italian-American Caparzo (Vin Diesel), and religious Southerner Jackson (Barry Pepper), an ace sharpshooter who calls on the Lord while taking aim. Having previously experienced action in Italy and North Africa, the close-knit squad sets out through areas still thick with Nazis. After they lose one man in a skirmish at a bombed village, some in the group begin to question the logic of losing more lives to save a single soldier. The film's historical consultant is Stephen E. Ambrose, and the incident is based on a true occurance in Ambrose's 1994 bestseller D-Day: June 6, 1944. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
7/24/98
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
170 mins.
Locations
- County Wexford, Ireland
- Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$216,119,491
Awards
- Winner of the Best Actor - Runner-up award at the 1998 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Drama award at the 1998 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1998 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Ensemble Acting award at the 1998 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Makeup award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1998 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1998 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture (Runner-up) award at the 1998 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1998 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1998 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 1998 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1998 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1998 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Dramatic Score award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film award at the 1998 French Academy of Cinema [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1998 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1998 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Sound Effects Editing award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1998 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Score award at the 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1998 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Sound award at the 1998 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- DreamWorks
- DreamWorks Home Entertainment
- Paramount
