Saving Private Ryan – D-Day 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (Academy Award Winning Collection) (2 Disc Set)
In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Challenge for Eight Men was Saving… One.
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. Selected for more than 160 Top Ten Lists, Saving Private Ryan's honours include 5 Academy Awards including Best Director, Golden Globes for Best Picture(Drama) and Best Director, The producers Guild of America Award and ten nominators from the British Academy Awards. Saving Private Ryan was the top-grossing American motion picture of 1998.
Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with World War II's historical D-Day invasion, then moves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission. Captain John Myer 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 honour, decency and courage.
Best Picture Golden Globe Winner 1998
Special Features:
- An introduction to the film
- Looking into the Past
- Miller & His Platoon
- Boot Camp
- Making Saving Private Ryan
- Recreating Omaha Beach
- Music & Sound
- Parting Thoughts
Critic Reviews:
- " An old-fashioned war picture to rule them all – gripping, utterly uncynical, with viscerally convincing and audacious battle sequences. " – Peter Bradshaw
- " [Saving Private Ryan] accomplishes something I had been taught was most difficult – making an action-filled anti-war film or, at least, one that doesn't in some way glorify or lie about combat. " – Gene Siskel
- " A masterpiece across the board. Steven Spielberg's war epic revolutionized the genre and medium since its release " – Fico Cangiano