... Ryan). "Saving Private Ryan" is an emotionally intense journey through the war of occupied France during World War II. Steven Spielberg once again turns his talent toward a familiar subject, this time delivering one of the best (and longest) pure action movies ever made. "Saving Private Ryan" follows a small band of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), who have orders from the top military brass to take paratrooper James Ryan (Matt Damon) from the bowels of France. His three brothers have died in various battles and General George C. Marshall (Harve Presnell) will not deny Mrs Ryan her last surviving son. Captain Miller and company, fresh from their suicidal first-wave assault on the beaches of Normandy, head off to find, as Miller puts it, "a needle in a stack of needles". Their trek leads them through a handful of tense dilemmas before reaching their objective. As things ...

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