Certificate
15
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Director of Photography
Janusz Kaminski
Production Designer
Thomas Sanders
Reviews
Sight 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...
Hearing Impaired
English
Additional Information
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.
Movie/TV Title
Saving Private Ryan
Composer
John Williams
Sound source
Dolby Digital 5.1
Awards
Best Achievement In Special Effects 1998 - Roger Guyett, Best Director 1999 - Steven Spielberg, Best Achievement In Special Effects 1998 - Stefen Fangmeier, Best Achievement In Special Effects 1998 - Neil Corbould
Screenwriter
Robert Rodat
Format Description
DVD 9
Editor
Michael Kahn
