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Saving Private Ryan / Dreamworks Pictures and Paramount Pictures present an Amblin Entertainment production, in association with Mutual Film Company ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; written by Robert Rodat ; produced by Steven Spielberg & Ian Bryce ; produced by Mark Gordon & Gary Levinsohn.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial limited ed.
Publication InfoUniversal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, ©1999.
Description1 videodisc (2 hr., 49 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns --France --Normandy --Drama.
Soldiers--United States --Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action --Drama.
Other author/creatorSpielberg, Steven, 1946-
Other author/creatorRodat, Robert.
Other author/creatorBryce, Ian.
Other author/creatorGordon, Mark, 1956-
Other author/creatorLevinsohn, Gary.
Other author/creatorHanks, Tom.
Other author/creatorBurns, Edward, 1968-
Other author/creatorSizemore, Tom, 1961-2023
Other author/creatorDavies, Jeremy, 1969-
Other author/creatorDiesel, Vin.
Other author/creatorGoldberg, Adam, 1970-
Other author/creatorPepper, Barry, 1970-
Other author/creatorRibisi, Giovanni, 1974-
Other author/creatorDamon, Matt.
Other author/creatorDanson, Ted, 1947-
Other author/creatorPresnell, Harve.
Other author/creatorGiamatti, Paul.
Other author/creatorWilliams, John, 1932-
Other author/creatorKamiński, Janusz, 1959-
Other author/creatorDreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
Other author/creatorParamount Pictures Corporation.
Other author/creatorAmblin Entertainment (Firm)
Other author/creatorMutual Film Company.
Other author/creatorDreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm)
Uniform titleSaving Private Ryan (Motion picture)
Contents Special features: Exclusive message from Steven Spielberg -- Saving Private Ryan: "Into the breach" (25 min.) -- 2 theatrical trailers -- Production notes -- Cast and filmmakers' bios.
Abstract 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.
Local noteLittle--305131065700V
CreditsDirector 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.
Cast 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.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed-captioned.
Awards noteAcademy 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).
Awards noteGolden Globe Awards, 1999: Best Motion Picture - Drama (Ian Bryce); Best Director - Motion Picture (Steven Spielberg).
Genre/formWar films.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre/formFiction films.
ISBN0783233531
ISBN9780783233536
ISBN0783235402
ISBN9780783235400
UPC 667068443325
Publisher number84433 DreamWorks Home Entertainment

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