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Saving Private Ryan

by Max Allan Collins · 1998

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Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, Saving Private Ryanis a World War II drama set in France during and just after the D-Day Normandy Invasion. While vast military forces converge for one of the most decisive battles of the war, a squad of U.S. Army soldiers undertake a mission to save one man: paratrooper James Ryan, the last survivor of a family of four brothers, the others having already been killed in action. Based on the screenplay by Robert Rodat and Frank Darabont.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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moviesmoviesMore like thisLess of this
Setting
FranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 103 pages

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