Internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable film achievement that has had profound and lasting impact throughout the world.
Winner
of five Academy Awards® including Best Director, the film also captured
Oscars® for Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound and Sound Effects
Editing. More than 70 critics and critics' groups in New York, Chicago,
Dallas Ft-Worth and Great Britain named the film Best Picture of the
Year, while the Los Angeles, Toronto and Broadcast Film Critics honored
it with both Best Picture and Best Director awards. In addition,
Spielberg received his third Directors Guild of America Award, the
American Legion "The Spirit of Normandy" Award, a USO Merit Award from
the USO of Metropolitan Washington, as well as the highest civilian
public service award from the Department of the Army. Selected for more
than 160 Top Ten lists, Saving Private Ryan's other honors
include Golden Globes for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, the
Producers Guild of America Award and ten nominations from the British
Academy Film Awards. Saving Private Ryan was the top-grossing motion picture of 1998.
Seen
through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with
World War II's historic D-Day invasion, then moves beyond the beach as
the men embark on a dangerous special mission. Captain John Miller (Tom
Hanks) must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan,
whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible
odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their
lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each
man searches for his own answer - and the strength to triumph over an
uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.