Saving Private Ryan (1998)
DVD9 (Custom) | VIDEO_TS | NTSC, 16:9 (720x480) VBR | 02:49:16 | 7.92 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps or DTS 5.1; AC3 @ 192 Kbps (each): French, Thai, Japanese, Chinese
Subs: English, French, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Chinese
Genre: War Epic, War Drama, Action
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.