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Black Hawk Down DVD

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Black Hawk Down Summary Ridley Scott's black Hawk Down Conveys The Raw, Chaotic Urgency Of Ground-force Battle In A Worst-case Scenario. With Exacting Detail, The Film Re-creates The American Siege Of The Somalian City Of Mogadishu In October 1993, When A 45-minute Mission Turned Into A 16-hour Ordeal Of Bloody Urban Warfare. Helicopter-borne U.s. Rangers Were Assigned To Capture Key Lieutenants Of Somali Warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, But When Two Black Hawk Choppers Were Felled By Rocket-propelled Grenades, The U.s. Soldiers Were Forced To Fend For Themselves In The Battle-torn Streets Of Mogadishu, Attacked From All Sides By Armed Aidid Supporters. Based On Author Mark Bowden's Bestselling Account Of The Battle, Scott's Riveting, Action-packed Film Follows A Sharp Ensemble Cast In Some Of The Most Authentic Battle Sequences Ever Filmed. The Loss Of 18 Soldiers Turned American Opinion Against Further Involvement In Somalia, But black Hawk Down Makes It Clear That The Men Involved Were Undeniably Heroic. --jeff Shannon

Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down conveys the raw, chaotic urgency of ground-force battle in a worst-case scenario. With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieutenants of Somali warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, but when two Black Hawk choppers were felled by rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S. soldiers were forced to fend for themselves in the battle-torn streets of Mogadishu, attacked from all sides by armed Aidid supporters. Based on author Mark Bowden's bestselling account of the battle, Scott's riveting, action-packed film follows a sharp ensemble cast in some of the most authentic battle sequences ever filmed. The loss of 18 soldiers turned American opinion against further involvement in Somalia, but Black Hawk Down makes it clear that the men involved were undeniably heroic. --Jeff Shannon

Techincal Details Cast: Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner
Director: Ridley Scott
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Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 144 mins
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Region Code: 2
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Language & Subtitles English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired - Dolby Digital 5.1), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1), Somali (Original Language),