Saving Private Ryan (1998)

“Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother… “

• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Release Date: 24 July 1998 (USA)
• Run Time: 170 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Drama , War
• MPAA: Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language.

Tagline: In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Danger for Eight Men was Saving… One.

Trivia: The names Rieben reads off the dog tags are all friends of actor Edward Burns.

Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the last hectic moments leading up to the final battle, Captain Miller incorrectly refers to Corporal Upham’s .30 caliber machine gun ammunition as .50 caliber.