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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:  1690 reviews
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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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 Hail to the Chief! July 26, 2001
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There is now doubt about it, this is not only one of Director Steven Speilberg's finest film epics, but it is also the best war film to date. The details of WWII aren't sugar-coated and Speilberg doesn't spend precious time trying to beat around the bush... THIS IS WAR! It smells like war, tastes like war, feels like war, and anyone who has particapated in a war can blatantly testify to this. War is hell, and this is probably the closest many viewers will get to either. Though this film went out of its way to present its chracters as real, normal folks like you and me (not the gold plated figures of John Wayne films), in the end the people of this film did come out of it as heroes. This is what they were, and a one man raid wasn't neeeded to tell us that. This film is as good as or equal to "Schindler's List," WATCH IT!
 My Opinion, July 21, 2001
This is one of those movies that recieved a lot of praise from the vets who were there. Also more than 70 critics e.g. time magazine; USA Today etc. who named this movie in the best picture catigory. it also won 2 golden globes and 5 oscars in 1998. But there are those few who also condemn the film for either its [...] story line or historical inaccuracies and so on. But now let look at the film fair and square.Plot: By now everyone knows this, a captain and 7 other men is assigned to rescue a paratrooper name Pvt. James Ryan (after a bloody landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day) who lost three of his brothers. Hence a Public relation mission. Now for the good parts that were offer in this movie is its technical achievment in sound effects as well as visual effects which played a major part in the first 25 minutes in the movie at Omaha Beach. Then again the sound effects and visual played a major plot to keep this movie up. What will happen if we removes those two things? in my opinion this movie would just be another "typical war movie". Spielberg was wise in using a special camera in this movie which gave the picture quality a rather a "documentary look" to make the movie more spectacular which is a great artistic touch. Not every one likes the plot of the movie. But this is loosly based on an actual event (not involving any one name Ryan). One serious drawback is the despiction of the German soldiers. THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME (bald heads). that is why I took a star off. Look in the history books they do not look like that. In fact they had hair (Most of them). They were also younger at the time.Also a little bit of patriatism was shown Without those flaws, this movie is almost perfect Should you see this movie? Well I should say yes, despite the problems this film has, it is worth to watch but be warned, it is graphically violent. Enjoy.
saving priviate ryan July 21, 2001
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
best war movie ever made star cast . tom hanks is great!!steven spielberg great director should make any war veteran happy
The Best WWII Movie Ever! July 20, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Every war has it's great movies, Civil War had Glory, Vietnam had Platoon and Full Metal Jacket, and World War II has Saving Private Ryan. SPR shows the true face of war and the destruction to mans psych, as the soldiers go from the beaches of normandy through the Eurpeon countryside. One group of soldiers is given orders to look for one man who was misdropped and now they are questioning whats the point of wasting their own lives for one man. While they go hunting for this soldier they come across the grusomeness of the war, knowing that any minute they might be next to die. The beginning battle and the skirmish at the end of the movie are the two best filmed combat sequences ever in a war movie. Forget any other World War II movie before this, even forget The Thin Red Line which pales in comparison to this movie. This is the war movie for anyone interested in World War Two and how it really was like.
 Ryan Got Saved, My Lunch Didn't !!! July 11, 2001
6 out of 31 found this review helpful
I have watched this film three times. The 1st time in the theather with 10 friends. None liked it. In my opinion this movie is a slap in the face of OUR American Vets who were there!! Joerg Stadler (Steamboat Willie, toot! toot!) was the only person in the movie I liked. He tried to save it but gave up. So many historical mess ups that this 1000 words can't describe, like coiled telephone wires. Coiled telephone wires were not in use until AFTER 1944! GIs wearing black boots??? Brown boots were the norm, and weren't replaced by black boots until 1958! The "recon element of the 2nd SS" which was destroyed by the 101st in Normandy during D-day in SPR would've been impossible. The 2nd SS were assigned to the South of France, and weren't moved back up to Normandy until about a month after D-Day! My advice don't waste the time with this movie. As a WW 2 Reenactor I am talking to many Vets and this movie is nothing about them or what they did. Maybe the next Hollywood movie on the European theather will be better, can't get any worse than Saving Private Ryan!!
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