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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
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Black Hawk Down
- Main subject
- Battle of Mogadishu
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Cast member
- Boyd Kestner
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Producer
- Ridley Scott
- Production company
- Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Cinematographer
- Sławomir Idziak
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Filming location
- Morocco
- Duration
- 143
- FilmAffinity ID
- 104172
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/blackhawkdown
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- publication date
- 2001-12-28
- film editor
- Pietro Scalia
- title
- Black Hawk Down
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- after a work by
- Mark Bowden
- production designer
- Arthur Max
- box office
- 108638745
- capital cost
- 92000000
- executive producer
- Simon West
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- aircraft
- review score
- 7.7/10
- characters
- Osman Ali Atto
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