GSCE Media Essay: Saving Private Ryan
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GSCE Media Essay: Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan is an action and war film made in 1998. The ideas of the film were based on real events from World War II. This film is directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, focusing on the action in Normandy. The general plot of the film, as the title has suggested, is a humanitarian rescue mission led by John Miller who is the captain, played by Tom Hanks to guard and look after the only surviving Ryan's brother played by Matt Damon. Many critics have commented that the film was spoilt by Spielberg's propensity for sentimentalism. The storyline is about Captain Miller and his men who were part of the beachhead assault on a German bunker. This film demonstrates a predominantly emotional storyline which is rarely seen in other war films. In this film, there are no particular heroes....

