Saving Private Ryan
November 11, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Saving Private Ryan
November 11, 2023
7:00pm
Sturges-Young Center for the Arts
Main Stage/Theatre
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One of the most impactful, immersive war movies of all time, Steven Spielberg’s cinematic achievement takes viewers as close to the front line as possible offering a human take on the chaos of war. Saving Private Ryan (1998) is a powerful and evocative World War II epic dealing with the value of life and the personal toll that war takes on one’s humanity, as a group of 8 soldiers battle impossible odds to save the last surviving son of a family that has already lost 3 in action. Tom Hanks leads a star-studded cast through some of the most realistic combat scenes ever brought to the big screen.
The Sturgis Cinema Circle seeks to engage audiences with the experience of seeing classic films on the big screen while enjoying an expanded understanding of the film’s cultural and historical significance through a featured post-show conversation hosted by the director of the Sturges-Young. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students, seniors and military, which are available by phone at (269) 651-8541 or walk-up sales prior to show date and at the door. Concessions available.
Sponsored in part through the Sturgis Area Community Foundation – Flora Beck Performing Arts Endowment Fund.
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Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller (Hanks) fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan (Damon), and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother…
Directed by Steven Spielberg. Winner of 5 Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Cinematography.
Film Information
| Director: | Steven Spielberg |
| Cast: | Tom Hanks – Capt. Miller |
| Matt Damon – Pvt Ryan | |
| Tom Sizemore – Sgt Horvath | |
| Ed Burns – Pvt. Reiburn | |
| Vin Diesel – Pvt. Caparzo | |
| Screenwriter: | Robert Rodat |
| Music By: | John Williams |