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Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan [videorecording] / - Special limited ed. - Universal City, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, c1999. - 1 videodisc (2 hr., 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Special features: a special message from Stephen Spielberg (3 min.); "Into the breach": Saving Private Ryan (25 min.); theatrical trailer (3 min.); re-release trailer (2 min.); cast and crew; production notes.

Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams ; production designer, Tom Sanders ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston ; co-producers, Bonnie Curtis, Allison Lyon Segan. Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; film editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams ; production designer, Tom Sanders ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston ; co-producers, Bonnie Curtis, Allison Lyon Segan.

Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Matt Damon, Dennis Farina, Ted Danson, Harve Presnell, Bryan Cranston, David Wohl, Nathan Fillion, Paul Giamatti, Ryan Hurst, Maximilian Martini, Leland Orser.

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. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.

MPAA rating: R.


DVD, region 1; 5.1 digital surround, 2.0 Dolby surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation (aspect ratio 1.85:1).


Closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, 1998: Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski); Best Directing (Steven Spielberg); Best Film Editing (Michael Kahn); Best Sound (Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins); Best Sound Effects Editing (Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns). Golden Globe Awards, 1999: Best Motion Picture - Drama (Ian Bryce); Best Director - Motion Picture (Steven Spielberg).

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84433 DreamWorks Home Entertainment


World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy--Drama.
Soldiers--United States--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--Drama.


War films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Videos (DVD)

PN1995.9.W3 / S38 1999

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