Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan) is a 1998 American war film directed by Steven Spielberg written by Robert Rodat. The film won numerous awards. It premiered on July 24, 1998.
The film begins with the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, when members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion, led by Captain Miller (Tom Hanks), are trying to capture and secure the coastal area. During the battle, two brothers are killed. Earlier in Guinea, a third brother was killed during a battle.
Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, would receive three telegrams about the incident on the same day. U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall was given the opportunity to ease her grief when he learned of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan (Matt Damon), deciding to send 8 men (Captain Miller and several others from the 2nd Rangers) to find him and return him home to his mother...
