Saving Private Ryan

Director: Steve Spielberg Steve Spielberg

Overview

"One of the most important World War II films of our time and winner of five Academy Awards, Saving Private Ryan is a seemingly routine DVD, but it packs a big punch. In addition to standard DVD extras such as production notes, cast and crew bios and the theatrical trailer, this disc includes ""Into the Breach"", a 25-minute making-of featurette that is both an informative history lesson on D-day and a story of Spielberg's fascination with war. ""Into the Breach"" includes interviews with D-day survivors as well as of Spielberg and his father and spotlights his early student war films Escape to Nowhere and Fighter Squadron. The film itself receives a great transfer in widescreen 1:85, and Dolby Digital or 5:1 Surround."

Product Details

Release Date:	11/02/1999
UPC:	0667068443325
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Dreamworks Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:49:00
Sales rank:	2,060

Special Features

Exclusive message from Steven Spielberg; "Saving Private Ryan: Into the Beach"; Two theatrical trailers; Production notes; Cast and filmmakers' bios

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Hanks	Captain Miller
Tom Sizemore	Sergeant Horvath
Edward Burns	Private Reiben
Barry Peeper	Private Jackson
Adam Goldberg	Private Mellish
Vin Diesel	Private Caparzo
Giovanni Ribisi	T
Jeremy Davies	Corporal Upham
Matt Damon	Private Ryan
Ted Danson	Captain Hamill
Paul Giamatti	Sergeant Hill
Dennis Farina	Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
Joerg Stadler	Steamboat Willie
Max Martini	Corporal Henderson
Dylan Bruno	Toynbe
Daniel Cerqueira	Weller
Demetri Goritsas	Parker
Ian Porter	Trask
Gary Sefton	Rice
Steve Griffin	Wilson
William Marsh	Lyle
Marc Cass	Fallon
Markus Napier	Major Hoess
Neil Finnighan	Ramelle Paratrooper
Peter Miles	Ramelle Paratrooper
Paul Garcia	Field HQ Major
Seamus McQuade	Field HQ Aide
Ronald Longridge	Coxswain
Rolf Saxon	Lieutenant Briggs
Corey Johnson	Radioman,Soldier on the Beach
Loclann Aiken	Soldier on the Beach
John Barnett	Soldier on the Beach
MacLean Burke	Soldier on the Beach,Soldier on the Beach
Aiden Condron	Soldier on the Beach
Paschal Friel	Soldier on the Beach
Shane Hagan	Soldier on the Beach
Laird Mackintosh	Soldier on the Beach
Brian F. Maynard	Soldier on the Beach
Martin McDougall	Soldier on the Beach
Lee Rosen	Soldier on the Beach
Matthew Sharp	Soldier on the Beach
Vincent Walsh	Soldier on the Beach
Grahame Wood	Soldier on the Beach
John Sharian	Corporal
Glenn Wrage	Doyle
Crofton Hardester	Senior Medical Officer
Martin Hub	Czech Wehrmacht Soldier
Raffaello DeGruttola	Goldman
Nigel Whitmey	Private Boyd
Sam Ellis	Private Hastings
Erich Redman	German #1
Tilo Keiner	German #2
Stephan Grothgar	German #3
Stephan Cornicard	Jean
Michelle Evans	Jean's Wife
Martin Beaton	Jean's Son
Anna Maguire	Jean's Daughter
Nathan Fillion	Minnesota Ryan
Leland Orser	Lieutenant DeWindt
Michael Mantas	Paratrooper Lieutenant
David Vegh	Paratrooper Oliver
Ryan Hurst	Paratrooper Michaelson
Nick Brooks	Paratrooper Joe
Sam Scudder	Paratrooper #1
John Walters	Old French Man
Dorothy Grumbar	Old French Woman
James Innes-Smith	MP Lieutenant
Harve Presnell	General Marshall
Dale Dye	War Department Colonel
Bryan Cranston	War Department Colonel
David Wohl	War Department Captain
Eric Loren	War Department Lieutenant
Valerie Colgan	War Department Clerk
Amanda Boxer	Mrs. Margaret Ryan
Harrison Young	Ryan as Old Man
Kathleen Byron	Old Mrs. Ryan
Rob Freeman	Ryan's Son
Thomas Gizbert	Ryan's Grandson
Nina Muschallik	Ryan's Granddaughter
Taylor Murphy	Sergeant Blaine
Mac Steinmeier	Waffen SS Soldier
Derek Lea	Bangalore Assistant
Leo Stransky	German Sniper
Vincent Ventresca	Soldier on Beach

Technical Credits

Steve Spielberg	Director,Producer
Ian Bryce	Producer
Gary Levinsohn	Producer
Teresa Eckton	Sound Effects
Ethan Van der Ryn	Sound Effects
Frank E. Eulner	Sound Effects
E. Larry Oatfield	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Saving Private Ryan marked another foray into World War II for Steven Spielberg, this time examining the soldiers' struggles to maintain their sense of mission even in situations that seemed to defy reason and hope. To show the carnage of the D-Day Omaha Beach landing, Spielberg used a barrage of sound and the unpolished immediacy of a hand-held camera to thrust the viewer into the conflict for a 24-minute sequence of relentless, random violence more intense than in any previous Hollywood war movie. The desaturated color further recalled WWII newsreel footage while rendering the blood a matter-of-fact part of the landscape. Adapted from an incident recorded by historian Stephen E. Ambrose, the mission to save one man after the Normandy invasion becomes a means for Capt. Miller and his troop of WWII film archetypes to debate the sacrifices of war, even a "good" war. Critically hailed for its stunningly realistic battle sequences and heartfelt performances, the film became a summertime hit despite its realistic violence and serious subject. After winning several critics' prizes, Saving Private Ryan garnered 11 Academy Award nominations and won five, including Spielberg's second Oscar for Best Director and Janusz Kaminski for Best Cinematography.