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Binding: VHS Tape
Fabric Type: 9780783229546
Legal Disclaimer: 0783229542
Maximum Focal Length: CzechOriginal LanguageEnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageGermanOriginal Language
Publisher: 1
Total S Video Out Ports: 169 minutes
July 24, 1998
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
When Steven Spielberg was an adolescent, his first home movie was a backyard war film. When he toured Europe with Duel in his 20s, he saw old men crumble in front of headstones at Omaha Beach. That image became the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, his film of a mission following the D-day invasion that many have called the most realistic--and maybe the best--war film ever. With 1998 production standards, Spielberg has been able to create a stunning, unparalleled view of war as hell. We are at Omaha Beach as troops are slaughtered by Germans yet overcome the almost insurmountable odds.
A stalwart Tom Hanks plays Captain Miller, a soldier's soldier, who takes a small band of troops behind enemy lines to retrieve a private whose three brothers have recently been killed in action. It's a public relations move for the Army, but it has historical precedent dating back to the Civil War. Some critics of the film have labeled the central characters stereotypes. If that is so, this movie gives stereotypes a good name: Tom Sizemore as the deft sergeant, Edward Burns as the hotheaded Private Reiben, Barry Pepper as the religious sniper, Adam Goldberg as the lone Jew, Vin Diesel as the oversize Private Caparzo, Giovanni Ribisi as the soulful medic, and Jeremy Davies, who as a meek corporal gives the film its most memorable performance.
The movie is as heavy and realistic as Spielberg's Oscar-winning Schindler's List, but it's more kinetic. Spielberg and his ace technicians (the film won five Oscars: editing (Michael Kahn), cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), sound, sound effects, and directing) deliver battle sequences that wash over the eyes and hit the gut. The violence is extreme but never gratuitous. The final battle, a dizzying display of gusto, empathy, and chaos, leads to a profound repose. Saving Private Ryan touches us deeper than Schindler because it succinctly links the past with how we should feel today. It's the film Spielberg was destined to make. --Doug Thomas
Average Rating: 
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"Earn this," Miller says to Ryan near the end of this film, and to me that is what this harrowing, gut-wrenching, beautiful and terrifying movie teaches us. War is hell, and those who have lived through (and moreso, died in) it, deserve our thanks, our tears, our respect and honor, and our determination to find a better way to solve our differences than that. Be a better person; do something good for someone; "earn this." And always...always...remember.
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I will never forget that line. Kind of sums up everything and all
the sacrifice that no one who has not been there can ever even guess what
it's like.
Can't wait for the Bluray release coming up May 25.
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I will never forgive the academy for choosing 'Shakespeare in Love' over 'Saving Private Ryan' for best picture. As often happens, I loaned an older version of this movie to a friend, forgot, and bought another copy, because this film had to be in the collection. My disclaimer here is that I was never a combat soldier or a soldier in the US army. So please consider their opinion ahead of mine. This is no glamour war film, it's gritty, violent, uplifting, disgusting, heroic, and emotionally draining. ... Read More
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The movie arrived on-time and in the condition that was described. Great movie as well.
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I agree with the "review" by Mr. Wilkins. There's no date listed for release, as is usual when a product is up for "pre-order." Another thing about Amazon's review page; when an older "library" title is finally released on Blu-ray, please, Amazon, do not include all the previous regular DVD "reviews" for this format! Anyone interested in this Blu-ray release probably has purchased the standard DVD release in the past. They are most likely a fan of the film, and already know the plot and the actors. The ... Read More
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