Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war drama film set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, the film is notable for its graphic portrayal of war, and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which includes a depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings. It follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and a 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), who is the last-surviving brother of four servicemen.

In a Washington, D.C. office, a battalion of women type death notifications; in voice-over we hear officers' condolences to families: "Our outfit has felt his loss tremendously ... He was a fine soldier ..." A clerk pulls a letter from a pile, then pages through another stack for another letter, glancing between them. She locates a third letter at another desk, then hurries to show them to a young lieutenant, who leads her across the hall to a captain. Soon the lieutenant and captain are explaining to a colonel that three brothers from the same family‍—‌Sean, Peter, and Daniel Ryan‍—‌have been killed within the past week and that their mother is about to be notified. In addition a fourth brother, paratrooper Private First Class James Francis Ryan, is somewhere in Normandy.

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