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Black Hawk Down (UMD, 2005)

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Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor and Eric Bana star in this war drama directed by Ridley Scott. Following a series of attacks by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid on a Red Cross distribution centre in Somalia, a group of US Rangers are sent on a mission to capture two of Aidid's close associates in Mogadishu. However, after successfully apprehending their targets, the Americans come under heavy attack from the residents of the city. In the ensuing chaos, a US Black Hawk helicopter is shot down and the surviving crew find themselves trapped in a confused and relentless battle with the enemy.

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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. 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.

Product Identifiers

ProducerJerry Bruckheimer

EAN5050904270813

eBay Product ID (ePID)61597678

Product Key Features

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

DirectorRidley Scott

Release Year2005

GenreWar

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

FormatUMD

LanguageEnglish

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Director of PhotographySlawomir Idziak

ReviewsSight and Sound - ...[Made] with immense technical skill and spectacular photography..., Box Office - ...Well-made..., Rolling Stone - ...A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken..., New 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..., Variety - ...[The] images have a raw, vital quality that heightens the urgent, you-are-there quality of the action, and all the equipment, effects and military-related details are superb..., USA Today - ...BLACK HAWK's knockout photography, editing and sound are all state of the art...

AuthorMark Bowden

Certificate15

Special EffectsNeil Corbould

Subtitle LanguageDutch\English\Greek\Hindi\Polish

FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles

Movie/TV TitleBlack Hawk Down

ComposerHans Zimmer

Executive ProducerMike Stenson, Branko Lustig, Chad Oman, Simon West

Sound sourceDolby Digital Stereo

Aspect Ratio1.78 Wide Screen

ScreenwriterKen Nolan

Run Time138 mins