A Night at the Oscars
The Oscars, awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
showcase the best in movies, honoring films released in the previous year. This year’s
nominee is Saving Private Ryan.
Presented by: Sam Grossman
Project 14-Nominate a Movie for an Academy Award
1/18/12
Saving Private Ryan
Table of Contents
Meet the Cast
Meet My Favorite Actor
A “Must See” Movie
Also in the Running
THE END
Meet the Cast of Saving Private Ryan
• Tom Hanks-Capt. John H Miller
• Tom Sizemore-Sgt. Mike Horvath
• Edward Burns-Pvt. Richard Reiben
• Barry Pepper-Pvt. Daniel Jackson
• Adam Goldberg- Pvt. Stanley Mellish
• Vin Diesel-Pvt. Adrian Caparzo
• Matt Damon- Pvt. James Francis Ryan
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Meet My Favorite Actor
My favorite actor in this film was Thomas Jeffery Hanks. He is 55 years old, born on July 9,
1956. He is married to Rita Wilson with two children with her. He currently lives in Malibu,
California. His family background was rather “fractured”, as his parents divorced, and he
went through a lot of stepfamilies. Tom Hanks is best known for his movies Saving Private
Ryan, Forrest Gump, and The Green Mile. One interesting fact about Tom Hanks is that he
has produced over 36 movies and TV shows.
Saving Private Ryan Review
Saving Private Ryan is set in WWII in war-torn France. Captain John Miller(Hanks) and his
unit are dispatched on a mission to find and bring back a young private named James
Francis Ryan(Damon). Private Ryan had recently lost all of his brothers in combat, and
Captain Miller’s unit was ordered to go retrieve him so that he could be sent home. This is
so that the parents of those who gave their lives would not have to lose all their sons. As
the unit treks across France in search of Private Ryan, they encounter many enemy soldiers
and battle their own misgivings about the mission. One of the more dramatic parts of the
movie was when Captain Miller convinced his team not to execute a Nazi prisoner because
they were not supposed to executioners, but soldiers.
A “Must-See” Movie
I think this movie deserves an academy award for several reasons. One of them is that this
movie has widely been acknowledged as one of the most realistic war movies ever made. It
showed in great detail just what the soldiers who fought in WWII had to go through and the
sacrifices they had to make. War veterans themselves said that it was one of the most
realistic war movies they had ever seen. Another reason is the message that the film sent to
its viewers, which was that all Americans had to earn what these soldiers had done for
them.
Also in the Running
Below are 5 other movies that should also be considered for an Academy Award.
Movie Title
Release
Date
Gross
Earnings
Type of Film Rating
Inception
July 8, 2010
825,532,764 Science
fiction,
action
4 ½ stars
Avatar
December
18, 2009
2,782,27517 Science
2
fiction,
action
4 stars
The Dark
Knight
July 18,
2008
1,001,921,8
25
4 ½ stars
X-Men First
Class
June 3,
2011
353,624,124 Action
4 stars
Lord of the
Rings 3
December
17, 2003
1,119,110,9
41
4 ½ stars
Action
Science
fiction,
fantasy
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