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Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven  Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Invasion of  Normandy in World War II, the film is known for its graphic portrayal of  war, especially its depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the  Normandy landings. The film 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 four, the three  other brothers having been killed in action. The film was a  co-production between DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Amblin  Entertainment, and Mutual Film Company. DreamWorks distributed the film  in North America while Paramount released the film internationally.

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 DreamWorks, came  on board to direct the project, and Hanks joined the cast. After the  cast went through training supervised by Marine veteran Dale Dye, the  film\'s principal photography started in June 1997 and lasted two months.  The film\'s D-Day scenes were shot in Ballinesker Beach, Curracloe  Strand, Ballinesker, just east of Curracloe, County Wexford, Ireland and  used members of the Irish Army reserve as infantry for the D-Day  landing.

Released on July 24, 1998, Saving Private Ryan received acclaim from  critics and audiences for its performances (particularly from Hanks),  realism, cinematography, score, screenplay, and Spielberg\'s direction,  and was placed on many film critics\' 1998 top ten lists. It was also a  box office success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1998 in the  United States with $216.8 million domestically and the  second-highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide with $481.8 million  worldwide. Additionally, it grossed $44 million from its release on home  video in May 1999. The film won several accolades, including Best  Picture and Director at the Golden Globes, Producers Guild of America,  Directors Guild of America, and Critics\' Choice Awards. The film was  nominated for eleven Academy Awards at the 71st Academy Awards including  Best Picture, Best Actor (Hanks), and Best Original Screenplay, and won  five: Best Director (Spielberg\'s second), Best Film Editing, Best  Cinematography, Best Sound, and Best Sound Effects Editing.

Since its release, Saving Private Ryan has been considered one of the  greatest films of all time and has been lauded as influential on the war  film genre. It is credited for renewing interest in World War II media.  In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked Saving Private Ryan as the  71st-greatest American movie in AFI\'s 100 Years...100 Movies (10th  Anniversary Edition) and in 2014, the film was selected for preservation  in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as  "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".