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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies Saving Private Ryan 1998, The dawn rider, 1935, and The Pied Piper from 1933.
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.
Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller ( Tom Hanks ), on a mission to locate Private James Francis Ryan ( Matt Damon) and bring him home safely after his three brothers have been killed in action.
The cast also includes Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies.
Inspired by the books of Stephen E. Ambrose and accounts of multiple soldiers in a single family, such as the Niland brothers, being killed in action, Rodat drafted the script, and Paramount Pictures hired him to finish writing it.
The project came to the attention of Hanks and Spielberg, whose involvement, due to their previous successes, secured the project's development.
Spielberg wanted to make Saving Private Ryan as authentic as possible and hired Frank Darabont and Scott Frank to do uncredited rewrites based on research and interviews with veterans.
The main cast went through a week-long boot camp to help them understand the soldier's experience.
Filming took place from June to September 1997, on a $65–70 million budget, almost entirely on location in England and Ireland.
The opening Omaha Beach battle was the most demanding scene, costing $12 million to film over a four-week period, and using 1,500 background actors.
Saving Private Ryan became one of the year's most successful films, earning critical acclaim for its graphic portrayal of combat.
WWII veterans described the combat scenes as the most realistic portrayal of their own experiences they had seen; some said they had been unable to watch it due to their traumatic memories.
The film earned $481.8 million, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1998, and went on to win many accolades, including Golden Globe, Academy, BAFTA, and Saturn awards.
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Saving Private Ryan's battle-scene filming techniques impacted many subsequent war, action, and superhero films, and numerous directors have cited Saving Private Ryan as an influence on them.
The picture is credited with having helped to renew interest in WWII at the turn of the century, inspiring other films, television shows, and video games set during the war.
In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Directed by: Steven Spielberg.
Written by: Robert Rodat.
Produced by: Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, and Tom Sizemore.
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński.
Edited by: Michael Kahn.
Music by: John Williams.
Production companies: Amblin Entertainment, and Mutual Film Company.
Distributed by:: DreamWorks Pictures, and Paramount Pictures.
Release date: 24 July 1998.
File Length: 169 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $65–70 million.
Box office: $482.3 million.
The Dawn Rider is a 1935 American Western film starring John Wayne and directed by Robert N. Bradbury.
The film was later released in a colourized version on home video/DVD under the title Cold Vengeance.
Just as John travels to visit his father, he witnesses his death and suffers a gun wound - a beautiful woman is kind enough to help him bring the killers to justice, but jealousy from another man may cause problems.
Directed by: Robert N. Bradbury.
Written by: Robert N. Bradbury, and Lloyd Nosler.
Produced by: Paul Malvern.
Starring: John Wayne, and Marion Burns.
Cinematography: Archie Stout.
Edited by: Carl Pierson.
Production company: Lone Star Pictures.
Distributed by: Monogram Pictures.
Release date: 20 June 1935.
File Length: 54 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $10,000 (estimated).
The Pied Piper is an American Pre-Code animated short film based on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
The short was produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and released on 16 September 1933, as a part of the Silly Symphonies series.
Directed by: Wilfred Jackson.
Story by: Ted Sears, and Webb Smith.
Produced by: Walt Disney.
Starring: George Gramlich, Allan Watson, and Marion Darlington.
Music by: Leigh Harline.
Colour process: Technicolor.
Production company: Walt Disney Productions.
Distributed by: United Artists.
Release date: 16 September 1933 (United States).
File Length: 7 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
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