What is Saving Private Ryan?
{{sources|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox movie | name = Saving Private Ryan | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = [[Steven Spielberg]] | producer = Steven Spielberg<br />[[Ian Bryce]]<br />[[Mark Gordon]]<br />[[Gary Levinsohn]] | writer = [[Robert Rodat]] | starring = [[Tom Hanks]]<br />[[Edward Burns]]<br />[[Matt Damon]]<br />[[Tom Sizemore]] | music = [[John Williams]] | cinematography = [[Janusz Kamiński]] | editing = [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] | studio = [[DreamWorks|DreamWorks Pictures]] <br /> [[Paramount Pictures]] <br /> [[Amblin Entertainment]] <br /> [[Mutual Film Company]] | distributor = DreamWorks Pictures (North America) <br /> Paramount Pictures (International) | released = July 24, 1998 | runtime = 169 minutes | country = United States | language = English <br /> German | budget = $70 million | gross = $482.3 million }} '''''Saving Private Ryan''''' is a 1998 [[United States|American]] [[war movie]] directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and written by [[Robert Rodat]]. Set during the [[Invasion of Normandy]] in [[World War II]], the movie is known for its graphic portrayal of war and for the intensity of its second scene of 24 minutes, a depiction of the [[Omaha Beach]] assault during the [[Normandy landings]]. The movie follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller ([[Tom Hanks]]) and his squad ([[Tom Sizemore]], [[Edward Burns]], [[Barry Pepper]], [[Giovanni Ribisi]], [[Vin Diesel]], [[Adam Goldberg]], and [[Jeremy Davies]]) as they search for a [[paratrooper]], [[Private First Class]] James Francis Ryan ([[Matt Damon]]), the last surviving brother of a family of four, with his three other brothers having been killed in action. In 1996, producer [[Mark Gordon]] pitched Rodat's idea, which was inspired by the [[Niland brothers]], to Paramount, which eventually began development on the project. Spielberg, who at the time was forming Dream