During World War II, Captain John H. Miller has been given a mission to take a platoon of soldiers and retrieve Private Ryan from the battlefields and send him back home because his brothers have all died in the war.
Winner of 2 '99 Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Dramatic Picture, and 5 '99 Academy Awards including Best Director.
starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Matt Damon, Dennis Farina, and Ted Danson. Steven Spielberg directs from the script by Robert Rodat. Produced by Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn. Music by John Williams, performed by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus • Soundtrack on DreamWorks Records. SVFX by Industrial Light & Magic. an Amblin Entertainment production, with Mutual Film Company, for DreamWorks Pictures; International Distribution by Paramount Pictures, through United International Pictures. Filmed on location in England, Ireland and France.