Apparently, $190 million at the box office and unstinting praise isn't good enough for DreamWorks' "Saving Private Ryan." Studio execs are doing a little saving of their own by yanking the movie from all but two (New York, L.A.) of its 502 locations in the U.S. This will allow DreamWorks to rerelease the film in February when Oscar nominations are announced. It's all a ploy -- a tacky one according to industry insiders -- to maximize the film's visibility during a period when the Academy Awards craze hits. "Ryan," despite its critical and popular success, is not a sure thing at next year's Oscars. The movie is expected to face stiff competition from "The Truman Show," "American History X," "A Civil Action," and this holiday's competing war drama, Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line."

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