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Black Hawk Down

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  • 2h 24m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Black Hawk Down (2001)
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The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large ... Read allThe story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
404K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
568
342
  • Director
    • Ridley Scott
  • Writers
    • Mark Bowden(book)
    • Ken Nolan(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Josh Hartnett
    • Ewan McGregor
    • Tom Sizemore
  • Director
    • Ridley Scott
  • Writers
    • Mark Bowden(book)
    • Ken Nolan(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Josh Hartnett
    • Ewan McGregor
    • Tom Sizemore
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 1.2KUser reviews
    • 217Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 11 wins & 37 nominations total

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    Josh Hartnett
    Josh Hartnett
    • Eversmann
    Ewan McGregor
    Ewan McGregor
    • Grimes
    Tom Sizemore
    Tom Sizemore
    • McKnight
    Eric Bana
    Eric Bana
    • Hoot
    William Fichtner
    William Fichtner
    • Sanderson
    Ewen Bremner
    Ewen Bremner
    • Nelson
    Sam Shepard
    Sam Shepard
    • Garrison
    Gabriel Casseus
    Gabriel Casseus
    • Kurth
    Kim Coates
    Kim Coates
    • Wex
    Hugh Dancy
    Hugh Dancy
    • Schmid
    Ron Eldard
    Ron Eldard
    • Durant
    Ioan Gruffudd
    Ioan Gruffudd
    • Beales
    Tom Guiry
    Tom Guiry
    • Yurek
    • (as Thomas Guiry)
    Charlie Hofheimer
    Charlie Hofheimer
    • Smith
    Danny Hoch
    Danny Hoch
    • Pilla
    Jason Isaacs
    Jason Isaacs
    • Steele
    Zeljko Ivanek
    Zeljko Ivanek
    • Harrell
    Glenn Morshower
    Glenn Morshower
    • Matthews
    • Director
      • Ridley Scott
    • Writers
      • Mark Bowden(book)
      • Ken Nolan(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Some of the radio chatter in the film was taken from actual radio transmissions made during the battle.
    • Goofs
      When a Ranger throws out a frag grenade, Sgt. Eversman warns his men by yelling "Grenade!" Proper designation would be to yell "Frag out!" as yelling "Grenade!" warns the men of an incoming grenade, not an outgoing one.
    • Quotes

      "Hoot": When I go home people'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? What, you some kinda war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is.

    • Crazy credits
      The film begins with the words "Based on an Actual Event", followed by the quote from Plato, which leads into the informative prologue with the scenes set in Somalia, East Africa, 1992. The prologue ends with the opening title.
    • Alternate versions
      A longer version of the scene where Sanderson inspects Grime's foot was filmed, but cut. Sanderson finds a piece of shrapnel lodged in Grime's foot, but he didn't feel it cause it cauterized on impact.
    • Connections
      Edited into G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Tall King Dub
      Written by Raz Mesinai

      Performed by Badawi

      Courtesy of Reachout International Records, Inc. (R.O.I.R.)

      By arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

    User reviews1.2K

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    We were soldiers AND made a great film...
    Black Hawk Down is first and foremost an immensely effective war film, but beyond that, its one of the most subtly differently made war films ever. Most war films usually either have a single hero through whom we see everything (i.e. Platoon), or present us with a squad of soldiers, all of whom are identifiable "types" (i.e. Saving Private Ryan). Black Hawk Down takes a different approach, instead giving us a very wide array of characters, none clearly singled out as a hero or type to command the audience's attention. The general effect is to create that feeling of a team army that George C. Scott so ardently expounded to us at the start of Patton. Furthering this feel of military professionalism, the film never cheapens itself by putting too much emotional weight into one moment. The plot moves ahead at a constant pace, cutting from location to location, without slowing down to focus too much on individual soldiers. The effect is of watching documentary footage of a real military operation gone wrong. While the effect of this scripting approach may produce some detachment among viewers on the first viewing, it makes the film all the better on subsequent viewings.

    And you'd better believe there will be subsequent viewings, because Ridley Scott has created one of cinema's all-time great pieces of eye candy here. The editing, cinematography, grading, scoring and visual effects all combine to leave a viewer just as drained upon leaving the theatre as these soldiers were on leaving Mogadishu. The intensity of this film's combat is easily equal to Saving Private Ryan, and leaves such pretenders as We Were Soldiers behind in the dust. Black Hawk Down lacks the former's emotional resonance, but unlike the latter, it thrives on the fact, creating a final product as mind-challenging in its construction as it is mind-blowing its visualization.
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    • Jul 17, 2003

    FAQ13

    • Couldn't the Humvees just crash through the roadblocks the Somalis set up?
    • Did Black Hawk Down really happen?
    • What happened to Todd Blackburn?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 18, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Somali
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Diều Hâu Gãy Cánh
    • Filming locations
      • Sidi Moussa, Rabat, Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Revolution Studios
      • Jerry Bruckheimer Films
      • Scott Free Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $92,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $108,638,745
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $179,823
      • Dec 30, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $172,989,651
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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