The film opens as an elderly World War II veteran and his family visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville-sur-mer; Normandy, France. The scene cuts to the morning of June 6, 1944, the beginning of the Normandy invasion, as American soldiers prepare to land on Omaha Beach. They struggle against dug-in German infantry, machine gun nests, and artillery fire, which cut down many of the men. Captain John H. Miller, the company commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, survives the initial landing and assembles a group of soldiers to penetrate the German defenses, leading to a breakout from the beach.

• Adam Goldberg
• Matt Damon
• Tom Hanks
• Paul Giamatti
• Barry Pepper
• Giovanni Ribisi
• Vin Diesel
• Tom Sizemore
• Ted Danson
• Kathleen Byron
• Dennis Farina
• Jeremy Davies
• Edward Burns
• Harve Presnell
• Dylan Bruno
• Demetri Goritsas
• Joerg Stadler
• Ian Porter
• Daniel Cerqueira
• Julian Spencer
• Max Martini
• Gary Sefton

Genres:

War, Drama, Action, History

Release date:

1998-07-24

External links:

Saving Private Ryan at IMDB Saving Private Ryan at Wikipedia