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An elderly veteran visits the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial with his family. At a tombstone, he falls to his knees
with emotion. The scene then shifts to the morning of June 6, 1944, as American soldiers land on Omaha Beach as part of the
Normandy Invasion. They suffer heavy losses in assaulting fortified German defensive positions. Captain Miller of the 2nd
Ranger Battalion leads a breakout from the beach. Elsewhere on the beach, a dead soldier lies face-down in the bloody surf;
is pack is stenciled Ryan, S. In Washington, D.C., at the U.S. War Department, General George Marshall learns that three of
the four sons of the Ryan family were killed in action and that the fourth son, James, is with the 101st Airborne Division
somewhere in Normandy. After reading Abraham Lincoln's Bixby letter aloud, Marshall orders Ryan brought home.
Three days after D-Day, Miller receives orders to find Ryan and bring him back. He chooses six men from his company—T/Sgt.
Horvath, Privates First Class Reiben and Caparzo, Privates Mellish and Jackson, medic Wade—plus T/5 Upham, an interpreter
from headquarters. They move out to Neuville, where they meet a squad of the 101st engaged against the enemy. Caparzo is
killed by a German sniper who is then killed by Jackson. They locate a Private James Ryan but he is not the right one. From
passing soldiers, Miller learns that Ryan is defending an important bridge in Ramelle. Near Ramelle, Miller decides to
neutralize a German machine gun position at a derelict radar station, despite his men's misgivings. Wade is killed in the
skirmish. At Upham's urging, Miller declines to execute a surviving German soldier, and sets him free. Losing confidence in
Miller's leadership, Reiben declares his intention to desert, prompting a confrontation with Horvath, which Miller defuses
by disclosing his civilian career as a high school English teacher, about which his men had set up a betting pool. Reiben stays.
At Ramelle, Ryan is among a small group of paratroopers preparing to defend the key bridge. Miller tells Ryan that his brothers are
dead, and that he was ordered to bring him home. Ryan is distressed about his brothers, but he will not leave the fight. Miller
combines his unit with the paratroopers in defense of the bridge against the imminent German attack. Miller prepares to ambush
the enemy with various .30 caliber guns, Molotov cocktails, detonation cords, anti-tank mines and impromptu satchel charges made
from socks. Elements of the 2nd SS Panzer Division arrive with two Tiger tanks and two Marder assault guns, all protected by foot
soldiers. Although the Americans inflict heavy casualties on the Germans, including destroying one Tiger tank, both Marders and a
20 mm gun, most of the paratroopers, along with Jackson, Mellish and Horvath are killed, while Upham is immobilized by fear. Miller
attempts to blow up the bridge, but is shot and mortally wounded by the freed German prisoner from the radar station, who had somehow
rejoined a fighting unit. Miller crawls to retrieve the bridge detonator, and fires ineffectually with his pistol at the oncoming tank.
As the tank reaches the bridge, an American P-51 Mustang flies overhead and destroys the tank, after which American armored units arrive
to rout the remaining Germans. Having seen Miller get shot, Upham leaps out from hiding and confronts the German prisoner, shooting and
killing him.
Reiben and Ryan are with Miller as he utters his last words, "James... earn this. Earn it."
The elderly veteran is revealed to be Ryan and the grave he is standing at is Miller’s. Ryan asks if he was worthy of such
sacrifice. He salutes Miller's grave.
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Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg,
Giovanni Ribisi, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel, Jeremy Davies, Ted Danson
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Ian Bryce
Released - July 24, 1998
Length - 170 minutes
Music Composer: John Williams
Movie Distributed by Dreamworks & Paramount Pictures
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