saving private ryan (1998)
Tom Hanks stars as Captain John Miller in Steven Spielberg's 1998 WWII film. Saving Private Ryan tells the story of Miller's command of a company of soldiers who risk their lives in an attempt to extricate Private James Ryan from the fighting in Europe, in order to spare his family from losing all of their sons after Ryan's brothers are killed in the war. Matt Damon, Edward Burns, and Tom Sizemore also star.
Saving Private Ryan
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Release Date
- July 24, 1998
- Studio(s)
- DreamWorks Distribution
- Distributor(s)
- DreamWorks Distribution , Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Tom Sizemore , Adam Goldberg , Vin Diesel , Tom Hanks , Edward Burns , Matt Damon
- Writers
- Robert Rodat
- Runtime
- 169 minutes
- Budget
- $70 million
Summary
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
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