First wave ineffective. We do not hold the beach, repeat, we do not hold the beach.
Capt. John Miller
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Cast
- Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Adam Goldberg
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 169 min
- Genres
- war film, drama film, action film
- Country
- United States
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He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting lightbulb.
Capt. John Miller
I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel.
Capt. John Miller
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
Pvt. Daniel Jackson
Where’s the sense of risking the lives of the eight of us to rescue one guy?
Pvt. Richard Reiben