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Black Hawk Down (2001) -- 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.
Black Hawk Down (2001) -- 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.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   84,895 votes
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Director:
Ridley Scott
Writers (WGA):
Mark Bowden (book)
Ken Nolan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 January 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | War more
Tagline:
Rangers Lead the Way. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 29 nominations more
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User Comments:
Fantastically filmed war movie(inspired by true events, which makes it even more unbelievable) more

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for intense, realistic, graphic war violence, and for language.
Runtime:
144 min | Germany:142 min | USA:152 min (extended version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Somali
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)
Filming Locations:
Kénitra Airbase, Morocco more

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Trivia:
'Eric Bana''s US film debut. He found the experience to be an ultra-realistic one and said he frequently forgot that they were only making a movie. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the scene where Grimes is covering Sanderson and fires his weapon towards Somalis with heavy machine gun mounted on a car (about 1:23), we can see the soldier who was ordered to cover Sanderson yelling "I'm jammed!" but his lips do not move at all. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Dan Busch: There. Technicals, nine o'clock.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Dhibic Roob more

FAQ

What became of the Delta Force soldiers who volunteered to secure the overrun crash site?
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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Fantastically filmed war movie(inspired by true events, which makes it even more unbelievable), 17 July 2002
7/10
Author: MovieAddict2009 from UK

Black Hawk Down(2001) is truly a great war movie. Filmed extroirdinarally with gritty action scenes, this movie is (one of) the best war movies I've seen since Saving Private Ryan.

The movie is based(noticed BASED, which the director admitted they filled in A LOT of gaps they had no info on)on true events of a small force of soldiers going into an african town to take out a leader and his men, whom are blocking all food from a close town. Even food America sends over, we learn, they take as theirs. So one bad thing leads to another, and the ride they came in on, crashes, hence the name Black Hawk Down.

While I thought the film was a little of a copy off of SPR, with the camera movements, to the filming style itself, did not hinder this movie's effect on audiences at all. The pain, and whole torturous hours those soldiers were without help was shocking. It leaves you sitting in your seat after it's over, thinking what it must of been like, every second they were in theiir, always fighting. Getting this movie will pay off. I guarantee it-moviecritic2003

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