Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, dealing with the World War II Battle of Normandy.

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1998 film - Steven Spielberg - World War II - Battle of Normandy

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This film is particularly notable for the intensity of the scenes in its first thirty minutes or so, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6, 1944. Thereafter it takes a very heavily fictionalised route built around the search for a particular member of the United States 101st Airborne Division.

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Omaha beachhead - June 6 - 1944 - United States - 101st Airborne Division

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Spielberg later pursued his interest in the Normandy campaign with the television mini-series Band of Brothers which he co-produced with Tom Hanks.

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Television - Mini-series - Band of Brothers - Tom Hanks

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