Friday 5 October 2007

Marketing Reality: Saving Anthropologist Ryan

Some things would make awful movies. Good thing we have Hollywood!


Title: Saving Anthropologist Ryan
Release Date: December 12, 2007
Rating: R

James Ryan (Matt Damon) is an anthropologist recruited by the United States Army to accompany military units in Afghanistan. At first, his civilian naïveté alienates the other members of his platoon. But eventually, his ability to navigate the local culture and spot signs of oncoming danger helps him gain acceptance within the unit. One night, an intense firefight in the mountains separates him from the others and leaves him lost in the mountains. Devoted to him as though he were one of their own, the platoon will stop at nothing to find and rescue their colleague and friend, while Ryan must put aside his smarts and rely solely on his wits in order to survive a hostile terrain, one where dangers lurk around every jagged and mountainous corner.

He was a scholar. They were soldiers. But in a time of war, they share a friendship that cannot be broken.

Saving Anthropologist Ryan

This December, a study in culture becomes a lesson in brotherhood . . .

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