16 Interesting Facts About the Movie “Saving Private Ryan”

I think it’s safe to say that when Steven Spielberg decided to make a war film that we all knew it was going to be amazing.  After all, it’s Steven Spielberg we’re talking about.  Not to mention him teaming up with Tom Hanks?  This was a no brainer.  However, even though expectations were high for the film, even critics were still wowed despite knowing how good the film would be.   The first 15 minutes of the movie is said to be some of the best war movie footage of all time.   The story was brilliant.  The acting was brilliant.  And of course the directing was brilliant.

You won’t find a better war movie out there.  Frankly it’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly 20 years since the movie was released.   Now that Dunkirk is on its way, people have been talking about Saving Private Ryan again.  It’s evident these two movies are going to be compared to one another.   Christopher Nolan has the same “power” that Spielberg does in the sense that you just know how good Dunkirk is going to be.  As far as HOW good?  That remains to be seen.  In any event….

Here are 16 interesting facts about the movie Saving Private Ryan.