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Steven Spielberg's damning indictment of the horrors of war, following the efforts of 8 US soldiers sent into the front lines to find a young soldier and return him home during World War II after surviving the D-Day landings themselves.

Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) struggles to understand the horrors around him as he and his small group of men traverse the battlegrounds of France in search of one soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon) to send home after he gets released due to the family losing all his brothers during the battle.

This spectacular epic won 5 Academy Awards.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, War, Historical, History, Based-on-True-Story, Classic, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, Oscar Best Actor Nominee, World War 2

Additional Information:

(1998) (USA) (5 Star)

Cast:

Tom Hanks	.... Captain John H. Miller
Tom Sizemore	.... Sergeant Mike Horvath
Edward Burns	.... Pvt. Richard Reiben
Barry Pepper	.... Pvt. Daniel Jackson
Adam Goldberg	.... Pvt. Stanley Mellish
Vin Diesel	.... Private Adrian Caparzo

Supporting Cast:

Giovanni Ribisi	.... T-4 Medic Irwin Wade
Jeremy Davies	.... Cpl. Timothy P. Upham
Matt Damon	.... Private James Francis Ryan
Ted Danson	.... Captain Fred Hamill
Paul Giamatti	.... Sergeant Hill
Dennis Farina	.... Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
Joerg Stadler	.... Steamboat Willie
Max Martini	.... Corporal Henderson
Dylan Bruno	.... Toynbe
Daniel Cerqueira	.... Weller
Demetri Goritsas	.... Parker
Ian Porter	.... Trask
Gary Sefton	.... Rice
Julian Spencer	.... Garrity

Directors:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Robert Rodat

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 Black Hawk Down [Film, 2001]

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