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Black Hawk Down (2001) 7.7
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7.7/10 from 190,220 users
Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 1,066 user | 193 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. Director:Ridley Scott |
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Cast
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| Tom Sizemore | ... | ||
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| Gabriel Casseus | ... | ||
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| Ron Eldard | ... | ||
| Ioan Gruffudd | ... | ||
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Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. This lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen, leading to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. This film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved. Written by Matthew Patay: revised by Brady Schloz
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Rangers Lead the Way. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for intense, realistic, graphic war violence, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
18 January 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La caída del halcón negro See more »Box Office
Budget:
$92,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$976,530 (Germany) (11 October 2002)Gross:
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Written by Michael Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Bill Gould, James Martin and Mike Patton
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Despite the fact that Ken Nolan is the only credited writer there were others that contributed uncredited. Sam Shepard wrote a some pages of dialogue, but they were not used; Eric Roth wrote crucial speeches for Josh Hartnett and Eric Bana to deliver in the closing minutes; Steven Zaillian made a dialogue-driven rewrite; and Stephen Gaghan did one rewrite early on in the development. Nolan was the writer on the set for four months, and worked on the script for over two years. Prior to WGA arbitration, promotional materials for the film (such as theatrical posters) credited the screenplay to both Ken Nolan and Steven Zaillian. This was later changed to award sole credit to Ken Nolan. See more »Goofs
The black that is on Grimes face changes from fully black to half of his face black during the scene when he's giving coffee to Sanderson See more »Crazy Credits
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"Falling to Pieces"Written by Michael Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Bill Gould, James Martin and Mike Patton
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I've been watching this movie and its accompanying extras on DVD this week for the first time and I thought is ironic that this very American war story should be directed and produced by an Englishman (Ridley Scott) and have a large number of British actors cast as the American servicemen (Ewan McGregor, Jasson Issacs, Hugh Dancy, Euan Bremner, Orlando Bloom.) I suppose it's the equivalent of Steven Spielberg directing a film about the Battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War and casting Americans as members of the Parachute Regiment.
Scott's movie is quite brave in that it has no major stars and no central character (unlike, say Tom Hanks in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN or Mel Gibson in WHEN WE WERE SOLDIERS). It's also largely free of the clichés of the genre: no soaring John Williams score accompanying shots of the flag fluttering in the sunlight; no scenes of the families back home. Instead its all about the logistics and the absolute horror of battle. This is the best combat footage since ZULU way back in 1964, a film which it resembles. In Scott's commentary description words, it is 'Anti-War but pro-military'.