| Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Tom Hanks |
Capt. John Miller
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| Edward Burns |
Private Richard Reiben
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| Tom Sizemore |
Sgt. Horvath
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| Jeremy Davies |
Cpl. Upham
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| Vin Diesel |
Pvt. Caparzo
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| Adam Goldberg |
Pvt. Mellish
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| Barry Pepper |
Pvt. Jackson
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| Giovanni Ribisi |
T/4 Medic Wade
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| Matt Damon |
Pvt. James Ryan
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| Dennis Farina |
Lt. Col. Anderson
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| Edward Burns |
Pvt. Richard Reiben
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| Tom Sizemore |
Sgt. Michael Horvath
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| Jeremy Davies |
Cpl. Timothy E. Upham, Interpreter
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| Adam Goldberg |
Pvt. Stanley Mellish
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| Barry Pepper |
Pvt. Daniel Jackson (sniper)
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| Giovanni Ribisi |
Pvt. Irwin Wade, Medic
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| Vin Diesel |
Pvt. Adrian Caparzo
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| Ted Danson |
Capt. Fred Hamill
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Drama; War |
| Director |
Steven Spielberg |
| Writer |
Robert Rodat |
| Studio |
DreamWorks SKG |
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| Language |
Czech |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
2 hr 50 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Steven Spielberg directed this powerful, realistic re-creation of WWII's D-day invasion and the immediate aftermath. The story opens with a prologue in which a veteran brings his family to the American cemetery at Normandy, and a flashback then joins Capt. John Miller ( Tom Hanks ) and GIs in a landing craft making the June 6, 1944, approach to Omaha Beach to face devastating German artillery fire. This mass slaughter of American soldiers is depicted in a compelling, unforgettable 24-minute sequence. Miller's men slowly move forward to finally take a concrete pillbox. On the beach littered with bodies is one with the name "Ryan" stenciled on his backpack. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall ( Harve Presnell ), learning that three Ryan brothers from the same family have all been killed in a single week, requests that the surviving brother, Pvt. James Ryan ( Matt Damon ), be located and brought back to the United States. Capt. Miller gets the assignment, and he chooses a translator, Cpl. Upham ( Jeremy Davis ), skilled in language but not in combat, to join his squad of right-hand man Sgt. Horvath ( Tom Sizemore ), plus privates Mellish ( Adam Goldberg ), Medic Wade ( Giovanni Ribisi ), cynical Reiben ( Edward Burns ) from Brooklyn, Italian-American Caparzo ( Vin Diesel ), and religious Southerner Jackson ( Barry Pepper ), an ace sharpshooter who calls on the Lord while taking aim. Having previously experienced action in Italy and North Africa, the close-knit squad sets out through areas still thick with Nazis. After they lose one man in a skirmish at a bombed village, some in the group begin to question the logic of losing more lives to save a single soldier. The film's historical consultant is Stephen E. Ambrose , and the incident is based on a true occurance in Ambrose's 1994 bestseller D-Day: June 6, 1944 . — Bhob Stewart |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
218 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/2/2003 |
| Tape Label |
73 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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