When it was released twenty-five years ago, Saving Private Ryan won five Oscars, grossed nearly $500 million, and thrilled audiences. A quarter of a century later, it remains one of the most and least believable war movies ever made.
Told from the point of view of a group of American soldiers under the command of Capt.
Wilson Shirley served as a speechwriter to the secretary of state and is a former U.S. Senate staffer.
