Product Information
A war epic which tells the story of four brothers from the same family who are all fighting in the Second World War. On Washington's orders Captain Miller is sent behind enemy lines to bring back the sole surviving brother, Private Ryan. Winner of five Academy Awards.Product Identifiers
ProducerIan Bryce, Steven Spielberg, Gary Levinsohn, Mark Gordon
EAN5014437912237
eBay Product ID (ePID)72547186
Product Key Features
ActorTom Hanks, Jeremy Davies, Matt Damon, Ted Danson, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Paul Giamatti, Giovanni Ribisi, Tom Sizemore, Adam Goldberg, Edward Burns, Dennis Farina
Film/TV TitleSaving Private Ryan
DirectorSteven Spielberg
LanguageEnglish
Run Time162 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2008
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreWar
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerJohn Williams
Production DesignerThomas Sanders
AwardsBest Achievement In Special Effects 1998 - Roger Guyett, Best Director 1998 -, Best Achievement In Special Effects 1998 - Stefen Fangmeier, Best Achievement In Special Effects 1998 - Neil Corbould
Additional InformationDirector Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in America, where she is grieving the unimaginable loss of her three other sons to the war. The first unforgettable 20 minutes of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN realistically and horrifically depicts the Normandy invasion as Miller. his second-in-command, Sergeant Horvath (Tom Sizemore), and the others in the unit land at Omaha Beach. Before the film began shooting, Hanks and the actors in his squad went through a one-week boot camp in the woods. All the actors, except Hanks, wanted to quit, but Hanks rallied their spirits by reminding them of the incredible tribulations endured by the real veterans of World War II. Production designer Tom Sanders found a beach in Ireland that perfectly matched the landscape of Normandy's. Spielberg gave great credit to the Irish army who helped re-create the Omaha Beach scenes.
ReviewsSight And Sound - Sheer gut-wrenching immediacy... [Spielberg] has come of age as an artist, Los Angeles Times - A powerful and impressive milestone in the realistic depiction of combat, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN is as much an experience we live through as a film we watch on screen
ScreenwriterRobert Rodat
Special EffectsStefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, Neil Corbould
EditorMichael Kahn
Movie/TV TitleSaving Private Ryan
Director of PhotographyJanusz Kaminski