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 enlarge | Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1690 reviews
Sales Rank: 985
Format: Ac-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 169
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 667068443325
ISBN: 0783233531
UPC: 667068443325
EAN: 9780783233536
ASIN: B00001ZWUS
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Release Date: November 2, 1999
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 A Moving and Rivetting Film April 25, 2007
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
"Saving Private Ryan" is a movie that is truly epic in scale and stars a huge array of big names, some of whom became even bigger after the film, (eg. Vin Diesel).
The film opens with the harrowing D-Day landings, following Captain Miller and his men. The unit is given the mission of finding and getting Private James Ryan out of the war. His 3 brothers have all been killed and it has been decided that 3 or 4 sons is enough sacrifice for one mother to make.
A lot of the depth of the movie comes with the relationships between Miller and those around him. There are some truly light hearted moments, such as the pool that is running to find out what Miller did before the war. However, a lot is very deep and touches on some issues that other movies seem to gloss over. One is a conversation in which Miller mentions that over 90 men have died under his command and the way in which he copes with that personally.
The movie does not glorify war, but shows it in its hideous randomness and brutality. Though there a more violent films out there, such as We Were Soldiers (Widescreen Edition), "Saving Private Ryan" definitely does not gloss over anything.
This is a profoundly moving movie, and one that I have seen more than once. Every viewing is moving. It is simply a great story, well-acted, well-directed and engrossing.
Saving Private Ryan Rating April 25, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great movie for an even better price. A best buy for sure.
FINALLY!!! April 17, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
For far too long, war movies have glamorized an otherwise horrific act... warfare. The reality is it's frightening. It's random. It's uncertain. it's chaotic. It's frantic. It's maddening. It makes men out of boys and turns grown men into crying babies.
Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon and a host of other actors add to an ensemble cast that appear onscreen as if hardened by years of "The Great War."
War has never been so realistic.
Saving Private Ryan April 4, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
This was great movie, great display of what happend on D-Day and next few days after.
 The Men who Fought for the Honor of Saving America's Worst Actor March 25, 2007
7 out of 28 found this review helpful
After its disturbing and frighteningly chaotic opening sequence, this film swiftly degenerates into another typically stupid, arrogant AMERICAN war film. Spielberg is a great director, and deserved praise for the opening sequence alone, but what could he do with a screenplay that is little more than a boring melodrama with stereotypical characters who all die in increasingly gruesome ways. Without the massive buckets of blood, why would we want to watch? This film is NOT reality, and the fact that it pretends to be reality is offensive to me. Hollywood's God-complex is its undoing. Okay lets all pat ourselves on the back one last time for being "brave" enough to revel in the glorious bloody pulp of war. In my opinion, this film is like a horror film with a bad plot. Imagine having to fight, bleed, and die all kinds of horrific ways for the honor of saving Matt freakin' Damon. Just thinking about it makes me want to go watch the ending of The Departed again. There's a movie with an ending that will leave you smiling.
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