Thursday, May 24 – 7:30 PM
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, 1998, Paramount, 169 min. In the European theater of World War II, Army captain Tom Hanks leads his men on a dangerous mission to retrieve a soldier whose brothers have all died in combat. Along the way, the men engage in some of the most harrowing and realistic battle sequences ever put on film, as well as some of the most heroic. An action movie with intelligence, heart, and stirring patriotism courtesy of director Steven Spielberg. [35mm] Discussion before the film with actor Adam Goldberg, moderated by Steven Jay Rubin. Book signing of Rubin's Combat Films: American Realism, 1945 – 2010 at 6:30 PM in the Aero lobby.
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Added by AmericanCinematheque on April 29, 2012