Saving Private Ryan

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writer (WGA): Robert Rodat

Release Date: 24 July 1998 (USA)

Genre: Action / Drama / War

Tagline: In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Danger for Eight Men was Saving One.

Plot Outline: Based on a World War II drama. US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who"s stationed behind enemy lines.

Awards: Won 5 Oscars, another 52 wins & 52 nominations.

Cast

Tom Hanks ...  Captain John H. Miller

Tom Sizemore ...  Sergeant Mike Horvath

Edward Burns ...  Pvt. Richard Reiben

Barry Pepper ...  Pvt. Daniel Jackson

Adam Goldberg ...  Pvt. Stanley Mellish

Vin Diesel ...  Private Adrian Caparzo

Giovanni Ribisi ...  T-4 Medic Irwin Wade

Jeremy Davies ...  Cpl. Timothy P. Upham

Matt Damon ... Private James Francis Ryan

   Ted Danson ... Captain Fred Hamill

Runtime: 170 min

Country: USA

Language: English / French / German / Czech

Color: Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 :1

Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS

Trivia: Although Steven Spielberg reduced the color saturation of the movie by 60% for artistic reasons, both major American satellite providers (DirecTV and Dish) and numerous cable TV providers turned up the chroma gain to re-enhance the color saturation to normal-looking levels when broadcasting the movie. They did this because on the first day or two of the movie"s broadcast run, their customer service centers were swamped with calls from viewers complaining that something was wrong with the color.

Goofs: During Rieben and Horvath"s heated dispute, the camera often moves to shots of Miller, Upham, Jackson, etc. When it does, you can still hear Rieben and Horvath arguing off-screen. You can hear specifically what they are saying off-screen, but then when the camera moves back to them they say the same thing, so it"s as if they repeat themselves. This is especially obvious when Horvath screams at Rieben, "You are a coward."Read More

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