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On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia and two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down.

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ProducerJerry Bruckheimer

EAN5035822270855

eBay Product ID (ePID)59541703

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ActorEnrique Murciano, Carmine Giovinazzo, Ewen Bremner, Hugh Dancy, Brian Van Holt, Kim Coates, Brendan Sexton, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Tom Guiry, Ewan McGregor, Ioan Gruffudd, Josh Hartnett, Jeremy Piven, Gabriel Casseus, Danny Hoch, Sam Shepard, Eric Bana, Richard Tyson, Jason Isaacs, Ron Eldard, Charlie Hofheimer

Film/TV TitleBlack Hawk Down

DirectorRidley Scott

FormatDVD

Release Year2006

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesReel Collection

GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure

Run Time148 Mins

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Certificate15

Number of Discs2

ComposerHans Zimmer

ReviewsNew York Times - There may be no working director more accomplished at wringing texture out of the color blue than the prodigious and now prolific Mr. Scott., Sight And Sound - (Made) with immense technical skill and spectacular photography..., Rolling Stone - A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken.

Additional InformationOn October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia and two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down. Mark Bowden of the Philadelphia Inquirer told the story of the battle in his exhaustively researched, critically acclaimed book, BLACK HAWK DOWN, and filmmaker Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR) and screenwriter Ken Nolan have done an amazing job of bringing the dramatic story to the screen. Like Bowden's book, the film does not thoroughly examine the context of the conflict, but gives a detailed and intense blow-by-blow account of the fighting. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Josh Hartnett as a competent but nervous Ranger sergeant leading his first mission, Ewan McGregor as a 'desk jockey' who excels when sent into combat, Eric Bana (THE INCREDIBLE HULK) as a cocky and enigmatic Delta, and Ron Eldard as a downed Black Hawk pilot. The violence of the film is brutal and nearly constant. Scott unflinchingly captures the chaos and mayhem of battle with tremendous visual finesse.

ScreenwriterKen Nolan

Movie/TV TitleBlack Hawk Down

EditorPietro Scalia

Director of PhotographySlawomir Idziak

WriterMark Bowden