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Black Hawk Down
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"Black Hawk Down" is a 2001 film directed by Ridley Scott that dramatizes a military operation in Somalia. The film is significant as a major Hollywood depiction of modern urban warfare and its human costs.
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7.4When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Cast
- Josh Hartnett as SSG Matthew Eversmann
- Eric Bana as SFC Norm 'Hoot' Gibson
- Ewan McGregor as SPC John Grimes
- Tom Sizemore as LTC Danny McKnight
- William Fichtner as SFC Jeff Sanderson
- Sam Shepard as MG William F. Garrison
Themes
- based on novel or book
- ambush
- chaos
- militia
- prisoner of war
- wound
- somalia
- warlord
- famine
- arms dealer
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
454,170 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
74/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 11 wins & 37 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ridley Scott
- Screenplay by
- Ken Nolan
- Based on
- Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War , by Mark Bowden
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer Ridley Scott
- Starring
- Josh Hartnett Eric Bana Ewan McGregor Tom Sizemore William Fichtner Sam Shepard
- Cinematography
- Sławomir Idziak
- Edited by
- Pietro Scalia
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios Jerry Bruckheimer Films Scott Free Productions
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- December 28, 2001 ( 2001-12-28 ) (limited release) January 18, 2002 ( 2002-01-18 ) (U.S. release)
- Running time
- 144 minutes
- Countries
- United States , United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $92 million
- Box office
- $173 million
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 143
- FilmAffinity ID
- 104172
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/blackhawkdown
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- publication date
- 2001-12-28
- title
- Black Hawk Down
- box office
- 108638745
- capital cost
- 92000000
- review score
- 7.7/10
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Black Hawk Down is a 2001 American epic war film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, from a screenplay by Ken Nolan. It is based on the 1999 eponymous non-fiction book by journalist Mark Bowden, about the crew of a Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu. The film features a large ensemble cast, including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Jason Isaacs, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Piven, Ioan Gruffudd, Ewen Bremner, Hugh Dancy, and Tom Hardy in his first film role. Orlando Bloom, Ty Burrell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau also have minor roles.
Black Hawk Down was produced by Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Scott Free Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, and had a limited release on December 28, 2001, and went into the public on January 18, 2002. The film received positive reviews from film critics, although it was criticized for inaccuracies. It performed modestly well at the box office, grossing $173 million worldwide against a production budget of $92 million. Black Hawk Down won two Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Sound at the 74th Academy Awards.