Saving Private Ryan [videorecording] / Dreamworks Pictures and Paramount Pictures present an Amblin Entertainment production in association with Mutual Film Company ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn ; written by Robert Rodat.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Widescreen special limited ed.
Publisher:
Dreamworks,
Copyright Date:
c1999
Description:
2 videocassettes (197 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Originally issued as a motion picture in 1998. Restricted to home use or face-to-face teaching. Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Barry Pepper, Ted Danson.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Feature (172 min.) -- pt. 2. Bonus footage (25 min.).
Summary:
Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private 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.
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