Black Hawk Down Details

Black Hawk Down

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. Two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down and many men lost their lives. 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.

Starring	Ewan McGregor, Kim Coates, Gabriel Casseus, Hugh Dancy, Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Eric Bana, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard, Ioan Gruffudd, Ron Eldard
Director	Ridley Scott
Studio	COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 18 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 18 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama
Language	English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	Dutch, English, Hindi
Released	DVD: 16 Sep 2002 Blu-ray: 30 Apr 2007 Production year: 2001
Format	DVD