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Saving Private Ryan

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Saving Private Ryan
© 1998 Paramount Pictures − All right reserved.

Saving Private Ryan

Poster for the movie "Saving Private Ryan"
Release Date  24 July 1998 (2 h 49 min)
Directed by  Steven Spielberg
Writer 
Composer  John Williams
Genres  Drama, History, War
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

  • Year of production  1998
  • Release Date  24 July 1998
  • Local Release Date  24 July 1998
  • Revenue  $481,840,909
  • Budget  $70,000,000
  • Language  Czech, German, English, French


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Overview

The mission is a man.

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.


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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  857
  • Original Title  Saving Private Ryan
  • Release Date  24 July 1998
  • Local Release Date  24 July 1998
  • Runtime  2 h 49 min
  • Production  Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Amblin Entertainment, Mutual Film Company, Mark Gordon Productions
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  Czech, German, English, French
  • Genres  Drama, History, War
  • Director  Steven Spielberg
  • Producer  Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
  • Director of Photography  Janusz Kamiński
  • Original Music Composer  John Williams
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $70,000,000
  • Revenue  $481,840,909
  • IMDb Id  tt0120815
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Platoon

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Platoon
© 1986 Orion Pictures − All right reserved.

Platoon

Poster for the movie "Platoon"
Release Date  18 December 1986 (2 h 00 min)
Directed by  Oliver Stone
Writer 
Composer  Georges Delerue
Genres  Drama, War, Action
Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

  • Year of production  1986
  • Release Date  18 December 1986
  • Local Release Date  18 December 1986
  • Revenue  $138,530,565
  • Budget  $6,000,000
  • Language  English, Tiếng Việt


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Overview

The first casualty of war is innocence.

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.


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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  792
  • Original Title  Platoon
  • Release Date  18 December 1986
  • Local Release Date  18 December 1986
  • Runtime  2 h 00 min
  • Production  Orion Pictures, Hemdale Film Corporation
  • Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
  • Languages  English, Tiếng Việt
  • Genres  Drama, War, Action
  • Director  Oliver Stone
  • Producer  Arnold Kopelson, A. Kitman Ho
  • Director of Photography  Robert Richardson
  • Original Music Composer  Georges Delerue
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $6,000,000
  • Revenue  $138,530,565
  • IMDb Id  tt0091763
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Patton

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Patton
© 1970 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation − All right reserved.

Patton

Poster for the movie "Patton"
Release Date  25 January 1970 (2 h 52 min)
Directed by  Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer 
Composer  Jerry Goldsmith
Genres  Drama, History, War
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

  • Year of production  1970
  • Release Date  25 January 1970
  • Local Release Date  25 January 1970
  • Revenue  $89,800,000
  • Budget  $12,000,000
  • Language  English, German, Russian


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Overview

The Rebel Warrior

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.


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  • TMDb ID  11202
  • Original Title  Patton
  • Release Date  25 January 1970
  • Local Release Date  25 January 1970
  • Runtime  2 h 52 min
  • Production  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English, German, Russian
  • Genres  Drama, History, War
  • Director  Franklin J. Schaffner
  • Producer  Frank McCarthy
  • Director of Photography  Fred J. Koenekamp
  • Original Music Composer  Jerry Goldsmith
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG
  • Budget  $12,000,000
  • Revenue  $89,800,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0066206
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Full Metal Jacket

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Full Metal Jacket
© 1987 Stanley Kubrick Productions − All right reserved.

Full Metal Jacket

Poster for the movie "Full Metal Jacket"
Release Date  26 June 1987 (1 h 56 min)
Directed by  Stanley Kubrick
Writer 
Composer  Vivian Kubrick
Genres  Drama, War
Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

  • Year of production  1987
  • Release Date  26 June 1987
  • Local Release Date  5 September 2006
  • Revenue  $46,357,676
  • Budget  $17,000,000
  • Language  English, Tiếng Việt


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Overview

Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.


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  • TMDb ID  600
  • Original Title  Full Metal Jacket
  • Release Date  26 June 1987
  • Local Release Date  5 September 2006
  • Runtime  1 h 56 min
  • Production  Stanley Kubrick Productions, Warner Bros., Natant
  • Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
  • Languages  English, Tiếng Việt
  • Genres  Drama, War
  • Director  Stanley Kubrick
  • Producer  Stanley Kubrick
  • Director of Photography  Douglas Milsome
  • Original Music Composer  Vivian Kubrick
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $17,000,000
  • Revenue  $46,357,676
  • IMDb Id  tt0093058
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Gone With The Wind

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Gone With The Wind
© 1939 Selznick International Pictures − All right reserved.

Gone with the Wind

Poster for the movie "Gone with the Wind"
Release Date  15 December 1939 (3 h 58 min)
Directed by  Victor Fleming
Writer  Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Van Druten
Composer  Max Steiner
Genres  Drama, Romance, War
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

  • Year of production  1939
  • Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Local Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Revenue  $3,000,000,000
  • Budget  $4,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

The greatest romance of all time!

An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.


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  • Movie Rating  Not rated
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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  770
  • Original Title  Gone with the Wind
  • Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Local Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Runtime  3 h 58 min
  • Production  Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Drama, Romance, War
  • Director  Victor Fleming
  • Producer  David O. Selznick
  • Director of Photography  Ernest Haller, Lee Garmes
  • Original Music Composer  Max Steiner
  • Author 
  • Writer  Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Van Druten
  • Certification  G
  • Budget  $4,000,000
  • Revenue  $3,000,000,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0031381
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Scénario

Oliver H.P. Garrett
Ben Hecht
Jo Swerling
John Van Druten

Soundtrack

Max Steiner

Production

David O. Selznick

Companies

Selznick International Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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Doctor Zhivago

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Doctor Zhivago
© 1965 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) − All right reserved.

Doctor Zhivago

Poster for the movie "Doctor Zhivago"
Release Date  22 December 1965 (3 h 17 min)
Directed by  David Lean
Writer 
Composer  Maurice Jarre
Genres  Drama, Romance, War
Country   Italy,   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other yet because of their current situation cannot find a way be together.

  • Year of production  1965
  • Release Date  22 December 1965
  • Local Release Date  22 December 1965
  • Revenue  $111,858,363
  • Budget  $11,000,000
  • Language  English, Russian


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Overview

Turbulent were the times and fiery was the love story of Zhivago, his wife and the passionate, tender Lara.

Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other yet because of their current situation cannot find a way be together.


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  • Movie Rating  Not rated
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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  907
  • Original Title  Doctor Zhivago
  • Release Date  22 December 1965
  • Local Release Date  22 December 1965
  • Runtime  3 h 17 min
  • Production  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Country   Italy,   United States of America
  • Languages  English, Russian
  • Genres  Drama, Romance, War
  • Director  David Lean
  • Producer  Carlo Ponti
  • Director of Photography  Freddie Young
  • Original Music Composer  Maurice Jarre
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG-13
  • Budget  $11,000,000
  • Revenue  $111,858,363
  • IMDb Id  tt0059113
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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