Director= Steven Spielberg
Producers = Ian Bryce
Writer = Robert Rodat
Cast = Tom Hanks
Matt Damon
Tom Sizemore
Barry Pepper
Genre= Action and Drama
Budget = $70 million
Box Office Revenue = $481, 840, 909
Before Steven Spielberg took the job as the director of ‘Saving Private Ryan’, he was already an acclaimed director with his films including ‘Jaws’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ both of which were hugely successful. The film surrounds a group of men who go looking for a soldier to take back home. This is due to him having 3 other brothers all of which had died in the previous weeks, resulting in his mother having to receive all 3 death letters at the same time. With the Lieutenant realising this, they decided to go on a mission to find the fourth brother to take home to his mother, attempting to save her even more heartache.
The main character throughout the film was played by Tom Hanks, a notable actor who had previously worked with Spielberg in a number of other films, all of which successful. Combining the two again was a brilliant way of advertising the film, with Tom Hanks constantly in the shadow of the media helping the film gain recognition up to its release. Many people know Hanks as a brilliant actor and will often see his films regardless of whether their good or bad. From a business point of view, this is a winning formula and resulted in the film taking revenue of $481 million during box office weekend.
Other than the cast and director, the film was massively acclaimed for its realism especially for its battle scene on Omaha Beach where its pure and gory outlook on the day put many viewers under stress when viewing. This took film scenes to a new level and outright deserved its plaudits for the way the film was brought together and edited. With this idea of realism coming together with the cast and director, this film was one of the most successful films of all time and even now years later, is being regarded as a brilliant modern day war film.
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