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Saving Private Ryan

( Catalog Number ID5916DW )
(THX) (1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Saving Private Ryan
1998 - 169 min. - Color
Genre: War
Sub-Genre: War
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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

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. --- Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Saving Private Ryan

Tom Hanks - Capt. John Miller
Edward Burns - Private Richard Reiben
Tom Sizemore - Sgt. Horvath
Jeremy Davies - Cpl. Upham
Vin Diesel - Pvt. Caparzo
Adam Goldberg - Pvt. Mellish
Barry Pepper - Pvt. Jackson
Giovanni Ribisi - T/4 Medic Wade
Matt Damon - Pvt. James Ryan
Dennis Farina - Lt. Col. Anderson
Ted Danson - Capt. Hamill
Harve Presnell - Gen. George Marshall
Dale Dye - War Dept. Colonel
Bryan Cranston - War Dept. Colonel
David Wohl - War Dept. Captain
Paul Giamatti - Sergeant Hill
Ryan Hurst - Paratrooper Michaelson
Harrison Young - Ryan as Old Man
Dylan Bruno - Private Alan Toynbe

Crew for Saving Private Ryan

Steven Spielberg - Director / Producer
Ian Bryce - Producer
Mark Gordon - Producer
Gary Levinsohn - Producer
Robert Rodat - Screenwriter
Janusz Kaminski - Cinematographer
John Williams - Composer (Music Score)
Michael Kahn - Editor
Tom Sanders - Production Designer
Tom Brown - Art Director
Daniel Dorrance - Supervising Art Director
Ricky Eyres - Art Director
Chris Seagers - Art Director
Alan Tomkins - Art Director
Bonnie Curtis - Co-producer
Allison Lyon Segan - Co-producer
Kevin de la Noy - Associate Producer
Mark Huffam - Associate Producer
Lisa Dean Kavanaugh - Set Designer
Joanna Johnston - Costume Designer
Ronald Judkins - Sound/Sound Designer
Gary Rydstrom - Sound/Sound Designer
Industrial Light & Magic - Special Effects
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan - First Assistant Director
Dale Dye - Consultant/advisor
Denise Chamian - Casting
Priscilla John - Casting
Neil Corbould - Special Effects Supervisor
Simon Crane - Stunts Coordinator
Richard Hymns - Sound Effects Editor

Awards for Saving Private Ryan

Best Actor (nom) Tom Hanks 1998 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Tom Sanders 1998 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Lisa Dean Kavanaugh 1998 Academy
Best Cinematography (win) Janusz Kaminski 1998 Academy
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 Academy
Best Dramatic Score (nom) John Williams 1998 Academy
Best Editing (win) Michael Kahn 1998 Academy
Best Makeup (nom) Lois Burwell 1998 Academy
Best Makeup (nom) Conor O'Sullivan 1998 Academy
Best Makeup (nom) Dan Striepeke 1998 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Robert Rodat 1998 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1998 Academy
Best Sound (win) Gary Summers 1998 Academy
Best Sound (win) Ronald Judkins 1998 Academy
Best Sound (win) Andy Nelson 1998 Academy
Best Sound (win) Gary Rydstrom 1998 Academy
Best Sound Effects Editing (win) Richard Hymns 1998 Academy
Best Sound Effects Editing (win) Gary Rydstrom 1998 Academy
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Picture (win) 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Score (win) John Williams 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 Directors Guild of America
Best Foreign Language Film (nom) 1998 French Academy of Cinema
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 Golden Globe
Best Picture (Drama) (win) 1998 Golden Globe
Best Cinematography (win) Janusz Kaminski 1998 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Picture (win) 1998 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Picture (nom) 1998 National Board of Review
Best Film (win) 1998 New York Film Critics Circle

Feature Details

Title: Saving Private Ryan
Feature Release Date: 1998
Genre: War
Sub-Genre: War
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 169 Minutes
Chapters: 21
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 29 Jun 1999
Catalog Number: ID5916DW
UPC: 014381591668
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Dreamworks

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 4
Cover: Jacket
Certification: THX
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ID5916DW
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Tom Hanks, Edward Burns and Matt Damon in... Steven Spielberg's...

Saving Private Ryan

( Catalog Number ID5916DW )
(THX) (1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Saving Private Ryan
1998 - 169 min. - Color
Genre: War
Sub-Genre: War
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
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.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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

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. --- Lucia Bozzola

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Cast for Saving Private Ryan

Tom Hanks - Capt. John Miller
Edward Burns - Private Richard Reiben
Tom Sizemore - Sgt. Horvath
Jeremy Davies - Cpl. Upham
Vin Diesel - Pvt. Caparzo
Adam Goldberg - Pvt. Mellish
Barry Pepper - Pvt. Jackson
Giovanni Ribisi - T/4 Medic Wade
Matt Damon - Pvt. James Ryan
Dennis Farina - Lt. Col. Anderson
Ted Danson - Capt. Hamill
Harve Presnell - Gen. George Marshall
Dale Dye - War Dept. Colonel
Bryan Cranston - War Dept. Colonel
David Wohl - War Dept. Captain
Paul Giamatti - Sergeant Hill
Ryan Hurst - Paratrooper Michaelson
Harrison Young - Ryan as Old Man
Dylan Bruno - Private Alan Toynbe

Crew for Saving Private Ryan

Steven Spielberg - Director / Producer
Ian Bryce - Producer
Mark Gordon - Producer
Gary Levinsohn - Producer
Robert Rodat - Screenwriter
Janusz Kaminski - Cinematographer
John Williams - Composer (Music Score)
Michael Kahn - Editor
Tom Sanders - Production Designer
Tom Brown - Art Director
Daniel Dorrance - Supervising Art Director
Ricky Eyres - Art Director
Chris Seagers - Art Director
Alan Tomkins - Art Director
Bonnie Curtis - Co-producer
Allison Lyon Segan - Co-producer
Kevin de la Noy - Associate Producer
Mark Huffam - Associate Producer
Lisa Dean Kavanaugh - Set Designer
Joanna Johnston - Costume Designer
Ronald Judkins - Sound/Sound Designer
Gary Rydstrom - Sound/Sound Designer
Industrial Light & Magic - Special Effects
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan - First Assistant Director
Dale Dye - Consultant/advisor
Denise Chamian - Casting
Priscilla John - Casting
Neil Corbould - Special Effects Supervisor
Simon Crane - Stunts Coordinator
Richard Hymns - Sound Effects Editor

Awards for Saving Private Ryan

Best Actor (nom) Tom Hanks 1998 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Tom Sanders 1998 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Lisa Dean Kavanaugh 1998 Academy
Best Cinematography (win) Janusz Kaminski 1998 Academy
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 Academy
Best Dramatic Score (nom) John Williams 1998 Academy
Best Editing (win) Michael Kahn 1998 Academy
Best Makeup (nom) Lois Burwell 1998 Academy
Best Makeup (nom) Conor O'Sullivan 1998 Academy
Best Makeup (nom) Dan Striepeke 1998 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Robert Rodat 1998 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1998 Academy
Best Sound (win) Gary Summers 1998 Academy
Best Sound (win) Ronald Judkins 1998 Academy
Best Sound (win) Andy Nelson 1998 Academy
Best Sound (win) Gary Rydstrom 1998 Academy
Best Sound Effects Editing (win) Richard Hymns 1998 Academy
Best Sound Effects Editing (win) Gary Rydstrom 1998 Academy
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Picture (win) 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Score (win) John Williams 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 Directors Guild of America
Best Foreign Language Film (nom) 1998 French Academy of Cinema
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 Golden Globe
Best Picture (Drama) (win) 1998 Golden Globe
Best Cinematography (win) Janusz Kaminski 1998 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Director (win) Steven Spielberg 1998 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Picture (win) 1998 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Picture (nom) 1998 National Board of Review
Best Film (win) 1998 New York Film Critics Circle

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