Steven Spielberg

Tom Hanks With WWII Veterans on D-Day

source: Knoxville News Sentinel

 TN After all, he was the star of "Saving Private Ryan," the World War II movie about the D-Day landing in Normandy. And, he co-produced "Band of Brothers," the television min-series, with Steven Spielberg, who won Best Director and Best Film honors for ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

Tom Hanks travels with D-Day veterans to Normandy

source: Los Angeles Times

 CA It was an emotional journey for the actor, who has spent a great deal of time meeting war veterans since playing a soldier himself in the Steven Spielberg movie "Saving Private Ryan." On a train ride from Paris to Normandy, eight surviving members of ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

Choate graduates 229

source: Meriden Record

 CT He then recounted the narrative of "Saving Private Ryan," the Stephen Spielberg World War II movie in which Tom Hanks' character leads a platoon of soldiers charged with rescuing a single solider named James Francis Ryan - played by Matt Damon ...

Published Sun, Jun 7

So why isn't your mother here, Sir? Veteran quizzes Charles over ...

source: Daily Mail - UK

 UK as a 'Franco-American occasion', preferring to invite Tom Hanks, the star of the Hollywood movie Saving Private Ryan. a cinematic history at odds with the truth through epics such as Band Of Brothers, which Hanks co-produced with Steven Spielberg. ...

Published Sat, Jun 6

Obama and Sarkozy face their own D-Day today

source: irishtimes.com

WA today  Ireland There, director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks will relive the making of Saving Private Ryan, along with 7000 guests, including US war veterans who experienced the real thing. Any factotum at the Élysée or Quai d'Orsay will tell you that ...

Published Fri, Jun 5

US vet Dabney among WWII vets honored by France

source: eTaiwan News

 Taiwan The American actor, who famously played an officer in the 1998 movie "Saving Private Ryan," chatted with Dabney, who sets tiles for a living. Hanks and the movie's director, Steven Spielberg, were expected to attend D-Day commemorations in Normandy on ...

Published Fri, Jun 5

Rooting for DreamWorks: Time for a Little Heart-to-Heart...

source: Washington Post

 DC When not scaring the bejeebers out of us with rogue truckers, man-eating marine life and weak-chinned Nazis, Steven "ET" Spielberg arguably knows as much about creating heartfelt screen characters who appeal to adults AND children as anyone not named ...

Published Wed, Jun 3

Cannes 2009: Hollywood has Thirst for Park Remake

source: Rotten Tomatoes

Director Park Chan-wook has a habit of attracting Hollywood to remake his movies. OId boy is an active project at DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg attached to direct and Will Smith starring. Lady Vengeance is set up as a vehicle for Charlize Theron while Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance has uber-...

Published Wed, May 20