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 enlarge | Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1682 reviews
Sales Rank: 695
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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Condition: **NO ARTWORK - NEW BLANK CASE** Guaranteed to play. Normal case wear with stickers, very slight scratches. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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 VISCERAL IN-YOUR-FACE WAR EPIC THAT YOU WON'T FORGET!! September 4, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
'SAVING PRIVATE RYAN' STRUCK ME AS: HARD-HITTING - GRAPHIC & EMOTIONAL WITHOUT OVERT SENTIMENTALISM OR SIMPLY THE 'CITIZEN KANE' OF WAR FILMS,
VERY SIMPLY STATED:
This is the most visceral, in-your-face war epic I have ever experienced. But "Saving Private Ryan" is much more than that, as it gives us a well-developed story line and characters we come to care about during the natural unfolding of the story.
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?:
After landing on Normandy through the most visceral and graphically-realistic re-creation ever put to film, this ensemble of American soldiers and the film itself slow down to catch their breath and hand us a great story, having now prepared us for it. The heroic "everyman" types that comprise this small band are fleshed out as they go through their mission to find Private Ryan. It's a sort of follow-the-yellow-brick-road-to-Hell kind of mission that is just about impossible for them to reconcile. What is so important about Private Ryan? See the film and you will find out.
BOTTOM LINE:
Action, drama, and morality are all mixed together in the cauldron of wholesale killing that was the second World War. The "right thing" to do is very difficult to decipher, both by these soldiers and by us viewers, but in no film is the topic more in-your-face realistic and emotionally-supercharged.
After seeing the Normandy sequences in this film, such similar epic recreations as in "The Longest Day" seem not just tame, but also emotionally-removed and from a safe distance. "Saving Private Ryan" is one of the best and most captivating films of any genre that I have ever experienced.
----- CAST
Tom Hanks - Capt. John Miller
Edward Burns - Private Richard Reiben
Tom Sizemore - Sgt. Horvath
Jeremy Davies - Cpl. Upham
Vin Diesel - Pvt. Caparzo
Adam Goldberg - Pvt. Mellish
Barry Pepper - Pvt. Jackson
Giovanni Ribisi - T/4 Medic Wade
Matt Damon - Pvt. James Ryan
Dennis Farina - Lt. Col. Anderson
Ted Danson - Capt. Hamill
Harve Presnell - Gen. George Marshall
----- PRODUCTION CREW:
Steven Spielberg - Director / Producer
Ian Bryce - Producer
Mark Gordon - Producer
Gary Levinsohn - Producer
Robert Rodat - Screenwriter
Janusz Kaminski - Cinematographer
John Williams - Composer (Music Score)
ABOUT THE DVD:
Great Transfer of both audio and video. Compared to the VHS edition, it is like viewing a different and better film due to the transfer, NOT any change in the content, which is identical.
"Director's Message" is well put and needs to be said, but I can only say I wish there was more, a lot more.
Behind-The-Scenes Featurette: A segment titled "Into The Breach" was excellent, but frankly this film needs more than a 24-minute short and you can get more on the 2-Disk DVD 60th Anniversary edition.
I think 5stars says it all!! August 24, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Without doubt this movie ranks in my top 5 of all time favourites! In fact I have just recently played the Medal of Honour PC game which begins in the same way as this movie does. Except for the harsh reality of the movie!!! The most astonishing start to any movie I have ever seen (Ghost Ship comes close), this movie is just incredible. Buy it, Watch it & then watch it again...... I may have to purchase a second!!!!
Unbelievable August 23, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great War, WWII movie. you have to see it. Great graphics, realism and plot. MUST SEE!!!
A fantastic movie that left me drained August 15, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
From the opening scenes to coming full circle in the closing scenes, Saving Private Ryan is a movie and emotionally draining film that leaves you analyzing your own life to determine if you have led a life worth the sacrifices the men and women of our armed forces have made.
Speilberg has created another masterpiece. Just when I thought he could not create a movie more vital than Schindler's List, he comes up with Saving Private Ryan. I cannot say enough about this film. If bloody realism is not something you can stomach then move past the initial Normandy invasion scenes. If you can stomach it though, I encourage watching the scenes because they set the tone for the characters.
This is one of a few films every household should own.
Truly a movie that will stick with you July 18, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had to watch Saving Private Ryan a second time -years later- to fully understand the importance of World War II, and specifically, what the soldiers had to go through. The first 30 minutes of film were truly something unbelievable. The emotions I felt watching the soldiers landing on shore and being surrounded by enemies who didn't hesitate to attack was overwhelming. I seriously wanted to cry. It really touched me on a personal level that I've never felt in a war movie before. It made me realize what was going on. 40 years before I was born *this* kind of extreme violence was happening on Earth. It was enough to make me sick. Human beings killing each other left and right. I've never seen a war movie really show the extreme nature of war quite like this film.
I'm totally serious- the movie begins on a really intense level, and continues for the next 30 minutes without letting up on all sorts of gun shootings, explosions, bodies falling apart and drifting away, hopeless feelings lingering in the air. I can't imagine what it must be like to serve in war, and honestly, this movie really opened my eyes and showed me how important it is to support our troops and what they must be going through on a daily basis. The film may be only 2 and a half hours long, but the war lingered on for years, and I can only imagine it eventually reached a point when people were beginning to wonder "Is this war ever going to end?"
Saving Private Ryan will surprise and shock you on many occasions. Sometimes the film seems so real it's almost like you're there with the soldiers. I recommend buying the movie.
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