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Into the Breach: 'Saving Private Ryan' (S)

Original title: Saving Private Ryan
Year: 1998
Running time: 170 min.
Country: United States
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Robert Rodat
Music: John Williams
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, Max Martini, Dennis Farina, Harrison Young, Kathleen Byron, Harve Presnell, Dale Dye, Leland Orser, Bryan Cranston, Nathan Fillion, Ryan Hurst, Corey Johnson, Andrew Scott, Joerg Stadler, Dylan Bruno, Rolf Saxon, Demetri Goritsas, Daniel CerqueiraSee 15 More
Producer: DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Genre: War | II World War
Synopsis: James Ryan (Matt Damon), who has parachuted into France during the Allied invasion of Europe, has just lost three brothers in combat. Government policy dictates that he should return home lest his family be deprived of all its male offspring. A team of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and fresh from the beaches of Normandy, is assembled to find and save Private Ryan.

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#24 Best War Movies/War Film
#30 Best Movies and TV Series about the Second World War

Awards: 1998: 5 Academy Awards: Director, Cinemat., Editing, Sound, Sound Edit. 11 Nom.

1998: 2 Golden Globes: Best Movie: Drama, Director. 5 Nominations

1998: 2 BAFTA Awards: Best Visual Effects and Sound. 10 Nominations

1998: Nominated for Cesar: Best Foreign Language Picture

1998: Film Critics Circle of New York: Best Film. 2 Nominations

1998: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Film, Director & Cinematography

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1998: 3 Critics' Choice Awards: Best Picture, Director and Score

1998: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Picture. 4 Nominations

1998: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Cinematography. 2 Nominations

1998: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Best Film

1998: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director

1998: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay

1998: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Performance by a Cast & Actor (Hanks)

Critics' reviews

"'Saving Private Ryan' is a masterpiece. It cements Steven Spielberg's reputation as one of the seminal filmmakers of the era"

Rex Reed: The New York Observer
"Searing, heartbreaking, so intense it turns your body into a single tube of clenched muscle, this is simply the greatest war movie ever made"

Stephen Hunter: The Washington Post
"The great Hollywood battle films have told us repeatedly that war is hell. Saving Private Ryan, more than any other, is the one that shows it"

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"No further commentary is needed when the raw brutality of combat is presented as indelibly as it is here"

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"The movie's opening sequence is as graphic as any war footage I've ever seen (...) A powerful experience (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Soberly magnificent (...) This film simply looks at war as if war had not been looked at before (...) The finest war movie of our time."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"The visual masterwork finds Spielberg atop his craft (...) There are moments that come awfully close to perfection"

Michael Rechtshaffen: The Hollywood Reporter
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