The Sole Survivor Policy, which prompts the mission to retrieve Damon’s Private Ryan in the movie, was a real regulation. But who is his character based on? The four Niland brothers — Edward, Preston, ...

Saving Private Ryan is considered one of the best World War II movies ever made. Released in 1998, Saving Private Ryan was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, and director Stephen Spielberg won ...

Spielberg already knew he was going to direct a world war two movie before he did Saving Private Ryan. He just didn’t know what movie that was gonna be before the Tom Hanks war film. He was soon sent ...

Tom Sizemore and Tom Hanks in 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998). Stephen Spielberg’s acclaimed film Saving Private Ryan has real-life roots in the story of four brothers. The Oscar-winning 1998 war drama, ...