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Saving Private Ryan

Summary: Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Release Date: July 24, 1998

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer: Robert Rodat

Runtime: 2 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Mutual Film Company, H2L Media Group, Mark Gordon Productions

Distributor: DreamWorks Distribution, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 70,000,000

Domestic: $ 217,049,603

International: $ 265,300,000

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