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Saving Private Ryan (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray] 
Actors : Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper
Director : Steven Spielberg
Studio : Dreamworks Video
by Dreamworks Video
Brand : Paramount
Release Date : 2010-05-04
Publisher : Dreamworks Video
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0097360748451
UPC : 097360748451
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 1767 reviews)
List Price : $39.99
Our Price : $20.97
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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. |
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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 |
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Saving Private Ryan blu-ray |
First off I this is the greatest war movie of all time. If you haven't seen it you need to. With that being said the blu ray version has horrible video quality. I have the "fixed" blu ray addition with the yellow UPC. The audio appears to be fine but the video quality during the invasion scene has a white hue and streaks. My copy shows streaks on the same scene as Robert Clark Kirchner pic located in the customer's image section of the page. I don't recommend getting this blu ray until the studio fixes the video.
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DVD Movie - Saving Private Ryan |
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Thank you very much, i have received the DVD movie. Packing and shipping was in a excellent condition, Disc nor the box was damaged when received.
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Saving Private Ryan |
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A very good movies that remember the big sacriface and effort made from USA soldiers and his families |
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Command is a lonely place |
As a retired army officer and an adjunct history professor I thought it was important to review what I consider the best war movies depicting the challenges of leadership and the command of men.
This is the best movie depicting the "lonely place" command can be, especially when you do not believe in the mission! "Saving Private Ryan" is the greatest Hollywood movie showing the reality of infantry combat ever made. The first 30 minutes showing the D-Day invasion was only missing the sense of smell to complete the realism!
Tom Hanks is Ranger Captain John Miller who receives orders from the "top" to take 8 of his men and comb the countryside for airborne Pvt. James Ryan, (Matt Damon), because he has recently lost 3 of his brothers in combat; thus, leaving him as the sole survivor, and the "brass" wants to get him home. Looking for a needle in the haystack and fighting several skirmishes doing it while his men gripe and moan why they must needlessly put their lives in danger is the real life tension and challenge of command that makes this movie # 1 on my list of movies depicting command challenges. I know I cried at the ending, how about you?
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What a great movie. The seller shipped promptly and the DVD arrived quickly and was in perfect condition...The acting and personal identities, personalities of the people protrayed was fantastic. I had this movie before and stupidly lent it out never to be seen again!! ( why do we keep lending things out?? ) I like for the older kids to watch the film to understand the sacrifices of our fighting men & Woman....What a tribute to America's liberation of Europe...Have you thanked a vet today???.........Freedom has a big price tag, that unfortunately is paid with the blood of men. God Bless America and the people ( and their families ) that serve the noble cause of world freedom! |
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