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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.

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ProducerIan Bryce, Steven Spielberg, Gary Levinsohn, Mark Gordon

EAN5014437860132

eBay Product ID (ePID)44084705

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 (World War 2 Gift Set)

DirectorSteven Spielberg

FormatDVD

Release Year2004

LanguageEnglish

GenreWar

Run Time162 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerJohn Williams

Production DesignerThomas Sanders

ReviewsSight and Sound - ...Sheer gut-wrenching immediacy....[Spielberg] has come of age as an artist..., Entertainment Weekly - Ranked #3 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Favorite Films of the '90s" -- "...[A] masterpiece....One soul-shattering experience...", Movieline - ...Unprecedented immediacy [in] the battle scenes....Uniformly superb performances..., New York Times - ...Soberly magnificent....It is the ultimate devastating letter home...

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.

AwardsBest Director 1999 - Steven Spielberg

ScreenwriterRobert Rodat

Movie/TV TitleSaving Private Ryan (World War 2 Gift Set)

EditorMichael Kahn

Director of PhotographyJanusz Kaminski