SavingPrivateRyannew(朱桂生).doc

Unit 6 Saving Private Ryan United States, 1998U.S. Release Date: 7/24/98 (wide) Running Length: 2:50MPAA Classification: R (Extreme and graphic gore violence, profanity) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 1. Plot of the movie The film begins with an elderly World War II veteran and his family visiting the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville-sur-mer; Normandy, France. The scene then cuts to the morning of June 6, 1944, the beginning of the Normandy invasion, with American soldiers preparing for the perils of landing on Omaha Beach and struggling against dug-in German infantry, machine gun nests, and artillery fire, which cut down many of the men. Captain John H. Miller, commanding officer of Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, survives the initial landing and assembles a group of soldiers to slowly penetrate the German defenses, leading to a breakout from the beach. The scene then shifts to the United States where General George Marshall discovers that three of four brothers in the Ryan family have all died within days of each other and that their mother will receive all three notices on the same day. He learns that the fourth son, Private James Francis Ryan of Baker Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne is missing in action somewhere in Normandy. After reading to his staff Abraham Lincolns letter to Mrs. Bixby, Marshall orders that Ryan be found and sent home immediately. Back in France, Miller receives orders to find Ryan. He assembles six Rangers from his company, plus one man detailed from the 29th Infantry Division, who speaks fluent French and German, to accomplish this task. With no information about Ryans whereabouts, Miller and his men move out to Neuville. On the outskirts of Neuville they meet a platoon from the 101st. After entering the town, Private Adrian Caparzo is fatally wounded by a sniper, who is in turn shot through the eye by Private Daniel Jackson. They locate a Private James Fredrick Ryan fr