Director 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 .. Read more
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
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Director 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.
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon, Ted Danson, Vin Diesel, Dennis Farina, Adam Goldberg, Jeremy Davies, Giovanni Ribisi, Barry Pepper, Paul Giamatti |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 42 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 50 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 must-see movies |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1998 To Rent: DVD: 01 Nov 2004 Blu-ray: 26 Apr 2010 |
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Two battles, the opening sequence on the Omaha beach and a later one in a ruined town, are virtuoso demonstrations of the director's art; in between, though, the film settles for a standard platoon-in-peril routine familiar from other war movies.
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A film everyone should see
Ill never forget the first time i saw this film at the cinema, the opening sequence is one of the best? or is it bloodiest ive ever seen, the story moves along ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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War at it`s worst
I worked the beaches, and the European Battlefield for almost 40years as a Tour Guide. Spielberg certainly got the right even though it was filmed mostly on set... read more »
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The best war movie ever made - probably?
This film made me sit with my mouth wide open for the first half hour, it was that powerful an opening. The story is a simple one but the movie just goes to ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Fantastic till the last 10 seconds
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Steven Spielberg is teaming up with Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall to take a World War I novel to the big screen. The Hollywood icon has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 book Warhorse, which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the Great War. Spielberg has recruited Hall to adapt the book for Hollywood, and he will produce the project. It is unknown if he will also direct. The filmmaker, who tackled World War II in Saving Private Ryan and Band of... Read more
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Saving Private Ryan - Bonus Disc
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