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'Saving Private Ryan': Has a movie ever sent you overseas?When Saving Private Ryan came out in the summer of 1998, a few years after the 50th anniversary of the crucial D-Day landings in Normandy, France, the entire culture was soaking in Greatest Generation nostalgia that honored the humble ... read more
Harvey Weinstein Praises 'Private Ryan,' Bashes Silicon Valley
Hey, it turns out that Harvey Weinstein is a big fan of "Saving Private Ryan." We might not have known that during Oscar season in 1998-1999, when Miramax and DreamWorks waged an expensive, heated and bitter awards campaign that resulted ... read more
D-Day: remembering the backstory
The D-Day landings shown in Saving Private Ryan are often cited as gripping realism, including the heavy, waterlogged packs that often dragged bleeding men to their watery doom even before they hit the beach. It's an amazing sequence as we follow Tom ... read more
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