Saving Private Ryan

American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, set in 1944 during World War II in France. The film follows a group of American soldiers dispatched to locate Pvt. James Ryan so he can return home after his three brothers have been killed in battle. Saving Private Ryan premiered in 1998 and is noted for its harrowing, realistic depiction of battle and for renewing late-20th-century interest in World War II

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