SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (SINGLE-DISC SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION)

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• Release Year: 1998
• Genre: Action, Drama, War
• Plot: Internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable film achievement that has had profound and lasting impact throughout the world. Winner of five Academy Awards® including Best Director, the film also captured Oscars® for Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound and Sound Effects Editing. More than 70 critics (including those at Time magazine, USA Today, The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly) and critics’ groups in New York, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth and Great Britain named the film Best Picture of the Year, while Los Angeles, Toronto and Broadcast Film Critics honored it with both Best Picture and Best Director awards. In addition, Spielberg received his third Director's Guild of America Award, the American Legion 'The Spirit of Normandy' Award, a USO Merit Award from the USO of Metropolitan Washington, as well as the highest civilian public service award from the Department of the Army. Selected for more than 160 Top Ten lists, Saving Private Ryan's other honors include Golden Globes for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, the Producer's Guild of America Award and ten nominations from the British Academy Film Awards. Saving Private Ryan was the top-grossing motion picture of 1998.; ; Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion, then moves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission. Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private James 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 an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.; ;
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Matt Damon, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina, Joerg Stadler, Max Martini, Dylan Bruno, Daniel Cerqueira, Demetri Goritsas, Ian Porter, Gary Sefton, Julian Spencer, Steve Griffin, William Marsh, Marc Cass, Markus Napier, Neil Finnighan, Peter Miles, Paul Garcia, Seamus McQuade, Ronald Longridge, Adam Shaw, Rolf Saxon, Corey Johnson, Loclann Aiken, John Barnett, Maclean Burke, Victor Burke, Aiden Condron, Paschal Friel, Shane Hagan, Paul Hickey, Shane Johnson, Laird Macintosh, Brian Maynard, Martin McDougall, Mark Phillips, Lee Aaron Rosen, Andrew Scott, Matthew Sharp, Vincent Walsh, Grahame Wood, John Sharian, Glenn Wrage, Crofton Hardester, Martin Hub, Raffaello Degruttola, Nigel Whitmey, Sam Ellis, Erich Redman, Tilo Keiner, Stephan Grothgar, Stephane Cornicard, Michelle Evans, Martin Beaton, Anna Maguire, Leland Orser, Michael Mantas, David Vegh, Ryan Hurst, Nick Brooks, Sam Scudder, John Walters, Dorothy Grumbar, James Innes-Smith, Harve Presnell, Dale Dye, Bryan Cranston, David Wohl, Eric Loren, Valerie Colgan, Amanda Boxer, Harrison Young, Kathleen Byron, Rob Freeman, Thomas Gizbert, John de Lancie, James Embree, Declan Geraghty, Taylor Murphy, Nina Muschallik, Mac Steinmeier, Vincent Ventresca, Steven Spielberg
• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Runtime: 2:49
• Company: Dreamworks Pictures, Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Movie