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| Saving Private Ryan (Special Limited Edition) | 
 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:  (1683 reviews)
Sales Rank: 675
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)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 169 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
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
Release Date: November 2, 1999
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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When Steven Spielberg was an adolescent, his first home movie was a backyard war film. When he toured Europe with Duel in his 20s, he saw old men crumble in front of headstones at Omaha Beach. That image became the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, his film of a mission following the D-day invasion that many have called the most realistic--and maybe the best--war film ever. With 1998 production standards, Spielberg has been able to create a stunning, unparalleled view of war as hell. We are at Omaha Beach as troops are slaughtered by Germans yet overcome the almost insurmountable odds. A stalwart Tom Hanks plays Captain Miller, a soldier's soldier, who takes a small band of troops behind enemy lines to retrieve a private whose three brothers have recently been killed in action. It's a public relations move for the Army, but it has historical precedent dating back to the Civil War. Some critics of the film have labeled the central characters stereotypes. If that is so, this movie gives stereotypes a good name: Tom Sizemore as the deft sergeant, Edward Burns as the hotheaded Private Reiben, Barry Pepper as the religious sniper, Adam Goldberg as the lone Jew, Vin Diesel as the oversize Private Caparzo, Giovanni Ribisi as the soulful medic, and Jeremy Davies, who as a meek corporal gives the film its most memorable performance. The movie is as heavy and realistic as Spielberg's Oscar-winning Schindler's List, but it's more kinetic. Spielberg and his ace technicians (the film won five Oscars: editing (Michael Kahn), cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), sound, sound effects, and directing) deliver battle sequences that wash over the eyes and hit the gut. The violence is extreme but never gratuitous. The final battle, a dizzying display of gusto, empathy, and chaos, leads to a profound repose. Saving Private Ryan touches us deeper than Schindler because it succinctly links the past with how we should feel today. It's the film Spielberg was destined to make. --Doug Thomas
Product Description
Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 14-FEB-2006
Media Type: DVD
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 Nothing else compares...except Band of Brothers. July 14, 2008
The best WWII film ever made. I've got a bunch of other movies in the genre and nothing comes close to the realism and the quality of the film making. There is an aura to this movie. The way the colors are sort of drab and drowned out is amazing. It gives you a sense of being there. I think about this movie a lot lately. I dunno why, but I always want to put it in. I pray that someone makes something close to how good this is some day. I feel like we've reached the top and there's no place left but down. If you haven't picked this up, go to best buy or circuit city. You can get it for $5.99 for God's sake! There is no reason to not own this if you are interested in WWII at all. A masterpiece!
 Movie review June 28, 2008
Great movie! My son loves this particular movie because the scene at Omaha Beach is so life like! If you love war movies, this one is excellent!
DTS only! June 17, 2008
by this date, anyone reading this will have already seen the movie.
by most accounts, this movie is a success in practically every aspect.
the DVD on the other hand absolutely ROCKS if you have the DTS version on a DTS-compatible receiver with 5/1 or 6.1 surround DTS ES.
along with Master & Commander, the beach-storming sequence in the beginning is a showroom piece that is at the top of every audiophile's favorite DVD list.
absolutely outstanding DTS mix.
stark and raw, yet personal June 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yesterday, I watched Saving Private Ryan for the first time in about a decade, was struck by the realism and the small character moments that tie the film together and make it great, and I find myself wondering why I don't know more about my grandparents' lives in this harsh time...and contemplating what other truths from this time I have yet to uncover.
Stark and raw, this film is, but what makes it superb are those personal moments.
saving prvate ryan May 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the top ten movies of all time - hard to watch because of the stark reality of war. But a must see movie !
Great Buy
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