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Saving Private Ryan (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, and Adam Goldberg
Rated: R (Restricted)
Retail Price (not our price): $19.99
Release Date: 2004-05-25
Theatrical Release Date: 1998-07-24
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Run Time: 169 minutes
Format: Array
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 2


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com essential video
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

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Vapid, tedious, boring, shallow, unoriginal; typical Spielberg   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
"A director like Spielberg has an enormous audience and earns enormous sums and everybody is happy about that, but he is no artist and his films are not art."- Andrei Tarkovsky

2) buena pelicula de la 2da Guerra   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
muy buena pelicula, lo demalo es que solo trae subtitulos en español en los adicionales y no en la misma pelicula. tengo que mejorar mi ingles

3) Great Movie   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is one of my all-time favorites. It arrived in new condition as promised.

4) An ok action film   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
This was a pretty fun action movie, but not as good as Raiders of the Lost Ark. Spielberg has done much better. Plus it was a bit too anti-German for my tastes. Some nice slam-bang action scenes, but overall not the roller coaster ride I was expecting.

5) Saving Private Ryan (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Saving Private Ryan (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) Great War story turned cinema depiction. A welcomed addition to my History films. I also recommend: Schedulers' List and Enemy at the Gate. The movie is a 8 of 10.Los Angeles, Ca.