Movie Description
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.
| Credits | | Producer: | Jerry Bruckheimer | | Cast: | Danny Hoch, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Ioan Gruffudd, Jason Isaacs, Ron Eldard, Tom Guiry, William Fichtner |
| Details | | Edition: | 3-DVD Deluxe Edition | | Sound: | Stereo Sound |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
3-Disc Set
Disc One:
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Ridley Scott - Director, Jerry Bruckheimer - Producer
2. Mark Bowden - Author, Ken Nolan - Screenwriter
3. U.S. Special Forces Veterans (‘93)
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies
Weblinks
Disc Two:
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Featurettes - THE ESSENCE OF COMBAT: MAKING 'BLACK HAWK DOWN'
1. Getting It Right
2. Crash Course
3. Battlefield: Morocco
4. Hymn to the Fallen
5. Digital Warriors
6. After Action Report
Deleted & Alternate Scenes with Optional Commentary (8)
Opening Title Explorations
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Design Archive
Storyboards with Optional Commentary
Ridleygrams with Optional Commentary
Jerry Bruckheimer’s Photo Album
Photo Galleries
Disc Three:
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Featurettes - 1. The History Channel Presents: THE TRUE STORY OF 'BLACK HAWK DOWN'
2. PBS Presents: FRONTLINE: AMBUSH IN MOGADISHIU w/Interactive Mission Map/Timeline
Target Building Insertion - Multi-Angle Sequence with Optional Commentary
Question & Answer Forums, BAFTA w/Ridley Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Josh Hartnett, Ewen McGregor, Jason Isaaca, Mark Bowden & Tom Matthews
Motion Pictures Editor’s Guild - Pietro Scalia,
American Cinematheque - Jerry Bruckheimer & Ridley Scott
Music Video - 1. Denez Prigent & Lisa Gerrard - Gortoz A Ran/J’Attends
Text/Photo Galleries:
Theatrical Poster Explorations, Theatrical Release: DECEMBER 28, 2001 (NY/LA)
JANUARY 18, 2002 (EXPANDS)
Editorial Reviews
"...Well-made..."
Box Office - p.61 - Wade Major
"...There may be no working director more accomplished at wringing texture out of the color blue than the prodigious and now prolific Mr. Scott..."
New York Times - p.E1 - Elvis Mitchell
"...BLACK HAWK's knockout photography, editing and sound are all state of the art..."
USA Today - p.9D - Mike Clark
"...A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken..."
Rolling Stone - p.57-8 - Peter Travers
"...[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..."
Variety - p.31-5 - Todd McCarthy
"...[Made] with immense technical skill and spectacular photography..."
Sight and Sound - p.41 - Philip Strick
"...Gripping, incisive....An attempt to record as accurately as possible what it was like to be under fire on that mission..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/31/2002)
3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he aerial photography of Black Hawks sweeping across the coastline is stunning....Technically the film is excellent..."
Ultimate DVD - David Richardson (07/01/2007)
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