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Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (), on a mission to locate Private James Francis Ryan and bring him home safely after his three brothers have been killed in action.
He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the latter and the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan (1998). Spielberg has since directed the science fiction films A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Minority Report (2002), and War of the Worlds (2005); the historical dramas Amistad (1997), Munich (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012 ...
Spielberg cemented his status as a serious filmmaker with the holocaust drama Schindler's List (1993), and the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan (1998). Spielberg continued in the 2000s with science fiction, including A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Minority Report (2002) and War of the Worlds (2005).
In January 1999, the Critics Choice Awards presented “Saving Private Ryan” with its top prize of best picture. The film’s director, Steven Spielberg, took the stage and proclaimed of the ...
'Saving Private Ryan' (1998) Spielberg scored a best picture nomination and a best director win for this military epic. He also dedicated the film to his late father, who was a World War II veteran.
We say yes: Saving Private Ryan also contains Tom Hanks' most underappreciated and restrained performance as a hardnosed Army captain leading his troops on a seemingly ridiculous mission to rescue ...
Saving Private Ryan was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $194.2 million in domestic box office receipts. The film was followed by Shakespeare in Love ($36.5 million), The Thin Red Line ($30.6 million), Elizabeth ($21.5 million), and finally Life is Beautiful ($18.4 million).
In terms of Oscar accolades, Spielberg has won three statuettes: one for 1998’s “Saving Private Ryan” (directing) and two for 1993’s “Schindler’s List” (directing, best picture).