By Gabtriel Sm ith Stev en a1 elbecics "aing Privatc Ras'' i is noijst ant ithcr piecc ofs itu- os 'tlnt iking. It recdiefincs thc nmod- erin war flm and scrves as a 0wak-ulp call to a cuirrcnt gciictatioin obhitsiiiis to the sacrifices givcn over 5(0 yecars ago. Aftcr thc accolades Spilberg recccived for "Schiiidlrs L i," was it possiblc tat this director of SJa ss teatmeid with folly wood's tmost All-Amtirican and accessible actor, font flanks, could giv e s thc tiost girtts, sutstatinitti scrccei por- traya ifif this ccnttty-s comtha ' T hc ittswect is aycs. iapcins tip switht at ' haiti bs gising us Saving at half-hourt sct picce Shoswing rvt tfhc Dt-Say storni- Ra ie of Omaha ****I fi)4, his se- an 'm 5 t 2 menct alonei is bril liaint cittitaft toi bc te climax if amt ctltcr titu s ic matstcr- piecec tic first haulf-Ixotr is also cintiugh tii takc thtc catke itt tcrmis cf scicedcat" niage. IThis trecrcationt is dfccply dittit - ic luc to its grapfiic shots, etc it is also inicrcdibly hrcathttuking ini its miagini- tuRarcly liavc ithc stakcs hvcti piscnt- cd sio fligh or tce nigfthtntarc cit xxsi con- ve cx cc in such a haitingti fashiini V I-ti first half-hour wxill laxce cit a cxharustcd as C'apt. Johnfiti111r ifanks) aticlis nmcn, xxhIo dodgc fiiundrcds of hutllcta ts take out a (ierman itmachinc- putt tncst. Whentcittllr aiid itic rst of his sqfiad arc irdercd to focae onc inP- vatc wxhoise thirec brcthtcrs hasvc died in 0a e i' . '. I. 1.- 557 99 -Te hchg Dal Cat w f t(Tr a+,let ne crn e nthrSAUo cichat, the cotmplainaingpheginis. ft's tnaturail. 22hfat coites next is key. We sce tfhe platoontreti h lrough the coutntry sidc and get to kitow etch other. Spiel herg wtisely tmoditlatcs chiartacter dexclopmet hetwxetn the skirmishes antihe ifiis. The hccircctiorof F.."kecps cixfully attecntixc. Toin Sizetmore lNg. IHorvath) ix I1 illecr's best fricnd atnd a gritff , loyal sergeant. Ed BSrns is long ott attitude as Prisv'ticRciienifriotx Brocsklyni, bVt Riibert Rodat's xcript cdoesnttfocus on just cute ch'tractcr or use stereiitypical chctracters frcitm war flicks. IThis movie takcs t iris-esvcview tof thelBifble- scr'iptiirec-quxtig stipcr' i Larty Pepper) antic etcmieck tratislatuti ty ist I(Jrcmy Sa cs2laity tsar tieis xWoclcd use tl ar l'uactcrs as comic rclicf' Viiitnot in thtius oix,--sswhere thetcswso 4cut arn ur ii i'itcemtixilpainted of thic xx xife Io aniswrcithic questiiii irisvate Same'sI'rattcis IRyaniidis aecisi, platyed by the scurprising 2Matt IDamoi n.22When fgaidates Shiox ip sp sittf 1ysxo-thirds of thic say flhrough this tharee-hocur efpic), therc's almiost a sight cif relict. As mutich as ithis is a comitplcte eiea Vle elTor, tmuchi if the filii's foxrit cwined frco I Hantks. salti as the IEnilish- copositionte iachier turnmed soldier looks dralin ediadott the serge of a nerxuiorcsklsit oxntI'ate ewxith tclixtx, rdg battle, IHancfhldc atuxs'cveht c'ivc a realistic fei,l dccci xic panoramai ofcolpcdf'inxd chunks of rock. ft's definitcly irconic tha t the filiik- er ssho hsxtaken mt'nihcriticismtifor putftitng togethe,.r artistically trivxiifxciii- mer fitlis has put tcgethcr scich a tmts- terpiece at this time of the yeatr. Many fthOUcght that "Schaiiadler's fist" could not he Outtdonae in termas tof' a bu. xt Spielhcrg fhauxdotie justta.22cxcid aft stand anad satlte "i n ti t Ry an," and save a!;litl' x1mi at the to p ofihe pcclextl fr lliii eict (its. S~car tafucs a.re'ott!the sta E i li t! A tad r .a t'h. Waw s",5T~J i 615E. LIET SAT^URDAY UNTL 42