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Saving Private Ryan

1998 · USA · Steven Spielberg

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

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the brutal, unsoftened violence
the war that consumes everything
the sacrifice the story demands
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