Film · War
Saving Private Ryan
“The mission is a man.”
19982h 49mDir Steven Spielberg8.2TMDB
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Top Cast
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Tom Hanks
as Captain Miller
Tom Sizemore
as Sergeant Horvath
Edward Burns
as Private Reiben
Barry Pepper
as Private Jackson
Adam Goldberg
as Private Mellish
Vin Diesel
as Private Caparzo
Giovanni Ribisi
as T/4 Medic Wade
Jeremy Davies
as Corporal Upham
The scene we cut
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Fifty years later an old man stands at a grave and asks his wife if he was a good man.
The old Ryan is Harrison Young, a bit-part actor. Spielberg cast him after seeing him in a single television episode.
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