On May 8th, Paramount Pictures released Steven Spielberg’s SAVING PRIVATE RYAN for the first time on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore and Edward Burns. Bigfanboy.com is hosting a contest where a few lucky winners could get a copy on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. Just send us an e-mail and tell us what your favorite Tom Hanks movie is and why. Make it good, no one-sentence answers please. We want these to go to deserving winners. Contest is open to U.S. residents only. Make sure to include your shipping address with your e-mail. Contest ends on May 25th, 2018. One entry per household – all duplicate entries will be deleted. Get those entries in a good luck!
Special Features::
The 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo pack includes the film on both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, access to a Digital copy, and a second Blu-ray with more than three hours of previously released bonus features that take viewers into the past for a look at the real-life events that inspired the film and behind-the-scenes to explore the challenges of bringing that past to life.
Director Steven Spielberg’s critically lauded WWII epic Saving Private Ryan celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a new 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo release on May 8, 2018 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.
A DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures co-production, Saving Private Ryan won five Academy Awards®, including Best Director, and two Golden Globes®, including Best Director and Best Motion Picture—Drama, and was named by the AFI as one of its 100 greatest American films. Boasting a stellar cast headed by Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Ted Danson, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Paul Giamatti and Barry Pepper, the film is widely considered one of the greatest war movies ever made.
Filled with breathtaking imagery, including the astonishingly realistic recreation of the D-Day invasion, Saving Private Ryan offers an outstanding visual experience on 4K Ultra HD with four times the resolution and more than double the number of colors available with full HD. The release also boasts a Dolby Atmos® soundtrack remixed specifically for the home theater environment to place and move audio anywhere in the room (along with the original English 5.1 Dolby Digital mix), as well as Dolby Vision™ high dynamic range (HDR), which delivers greater brightness and contrast, as well as a fuller palette of rich colors.
The 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo pack includes the film on both 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, access to a Digital copy, and a second Blu-ray with more than three hours of previously released bonus features that take viewers into the past for a look at the real-life events that inspired the film and behind-the-scenes to explore the challenges of bringing that past to life.
Format: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, 4K
Language: English
Subtitles: Italian, Portuguese, German, Danish, Norwegian, English, French, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish
Dubbed: Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, Italian, Japanese
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: R Restricted
Studio: Paramount
DVD Release Date: May 8, 2018
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