The cemetery is briefly featured atin the beginning of [[Steven Spielberg]]'s [[1998]] film ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'',. asaA much older Private James Ryan, accompanied by his family, makes his way to the grave of Capt. John Miller (played by [[Tom Hanks]]) and segues into thatthe movie's definingopening battle scenesequence, the [[D-Day]] landing at [[Omaha Beach]]. The grave does not actually exist; the headstone for Capt. John Miller was only brought to the cemetery for the movie. The Capt. John Miller portrayed in the movie never existed, -but the Private Ryan story is based upon the story of the [[Niland Brothers]].
