Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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O my God, I trust in thee. Let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. With Steven Spielberg's latest film Disclosure Day hitting theatres this month, we decided to revisit one of his most successful movies of all time and one that we have not discussed in great detail before. 1998's Saving Private Ryan was a hugely influential film that redefined action movies for decades to come, but does it hold up in 2026 or is it FUBAR? Is Spielberg always ahead of the curve with his casting choices? Is this an anti-war movie and is such a thing even possible? Would the Call of Duty video games exist without this movie? Which members of the Film Junk crew would have survived WWII? Earn this and download this week's episode of Film Junk.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, welcome to film junk, the longest running movie podcast in the world.
0:13.6	My name is Sean.
0:15.5	What do you laugh at that, dude? It's true. My name is Jay.
0:19.6	My name is Frank, and I would say universe.
0:22.7	In the universe.
0:24.3	That's, yeah, that's a good one.
0:25.9	Longest running movie podcast in the universe.
0:29.0	I agree.
0:30.9	Coming up on this episode, it's a Stephen Spielberg classic that I don't know if we've
0:37.1	ever discussed in depth before,
0:39.6	uh, the 1998 World War II movie, saving Private Ryan. So, uh, we'll be getting to that in
0:46.8	just a second. But before we do, just, you know, thought I'd catch up with you guys, see how
0:53.9	you're doing, maybe share a little
0:56.1	small anecdote about my weekend. So Frank's wearing the Welland Jackfish hat that everyone
1:04.3	knows so well. Yeah, this is the Whale Dick hat. I can't remember who commented on that on
1:09.0	Patreon, but Sabre's hat is off. They lost,
1:12.8	and Whale Dick Hat is back.
1:15.9	What it is, so the Jackfish are a baseball team?
1:20.4	Yeah, in Welland. Welland's baseball team. I mean, this is Americana, World War II, baseball.
1:30.1	Yeah.
1:30.8	We're almost at 250, July 4th.
1:33.4	Like, let's go.
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