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Release Date:
18 January 2002 (USA)
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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
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29 nominations
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(228 articles)
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It`s An Account , Not A Statement
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Josh Hartnett | ... | Eversmann | |
| Ewan McGregor | ... | Grimes | |
| Tom Sizemore | ... | McKnight | |
| Eric Bana | ... | Hoot | |
| William Fichtner | ... | Sanderson | |
| Ewen Bremner | ... | Nelson | |
| Sam Shepard | ... | Garrison | |
| Gabriel Casseus | ... | Kurth | |
| Kim Coates | ... | Wex | |
| Hugh Dancy | ... | Schmid | |
| Ron Eldard | ... | Durant | |
| Ioan Gruffudd | ... | Beales | |
| Tom Guiry | ... | Yurek (as Thomas Guiry) | |
| Charlie Hofheimer | ... | Smith | |
| Danny Hoch | ... | Pilla |
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MPAA:
Rated R for intense, realistic, graphic war violence, and for language.
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Runtime:
144 min | Germany:142 min | USA:152 min (extended version)
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Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Malaysia:18SG |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Portugal:M/16 |
India:A |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA (re-rating on appeal) |
Australia:R (original rating) |
Brazil:14 |
Canada:18A |
Finland:K-15 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R (certificate #38095) |
Iceland:16
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The soldiers who volunteer repeatedly to be inserted into the crash site to protect the injured pilot are Gary Gordon and Randall Shughart. They both received the Medal of Honor for their actions. Not shown is the third sniper, SFC. Brad Hallings, who alongside Shugart and Gordon volunteered to be dropped to secure Crash Site Two. Halling eventually found himself manning a mini-gun when one of the crew chiefs was injured.
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Revealing mistakes: During the entire movie, when the soldier's are talking on the AN/PRC-119A radios they are able to talk and receive transmissions. However the radio is on "Stand By" and there is no RF cable attached to the antenna connector. So even if the radio was on they would not be able to talk on those radios.
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Movie Connections:
References The Green Berets (1968)
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Soundtrack:
You're the Devil in Disguise
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What happened to Todd Blackburn? Did he live or die?What became of the Delta Force soldiers who volunteered to secure the overrun crash site?
What happened to Sgt. Ruiz?
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I vividly remembered the news reports in October 1993 of the body of an American serviceman being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu following the battle there . A couple of years later my interest of the battle was rekindled by an edition of the BBC`s excellent history show TIMEWATCH that spoke to the survivors of " The biggest firefight involving American troops since Vietnam " , so when Mark Bowden released his book BLACK HAWK DOWN I opened the first page and found myself unable to put it down , and when I heard Ridley Scott was going to bring Bowden`s book to the big screen I was looking forward to seeing it
I did enjoy the movie and have to take issue with some of the comments raised . First of all people complain about events and incidents being changed , I know how you feel but with any adaptation there`s bound to be bits condensed , the only real criticisms that can justified is that this film version totally negates the Somali point of view ( For those of you who haven`t read the book Mark Bowden writes his account in a similar subjective manner Corneilus Ryan wrote his trilogy - two of which THE LONGEST DAY and A BRIDGE TOO FAR were made into blockbuster movies - dealing with the last months of the war in Europe ) but Bowden`s book is an account of the battle of Mogadishu , that`s what it is - An account that doesn`t really concern itself with wider issues like politics or anti-war sentiment , so it seems churlish to complain about concepts like character development because that`s not what the story is about . I`ve also heard teenage girls complain that Orlando Bloom doesn`t get enough screen time and that they found it too violent . I`m sorry to hear that girls , hopefully next time you go to the cinema you might like to find out what you`re letting yourself in for . As for the rest of the screenplay it is accurate right down to the friction between the Deltas and the Rangers and the fact the Americans were actually rescued by a UN force composed of Malaysians and Pakistanis
Ridley Scott rightly deserved an Oscar nomination with BHD . It`s his movie and he surpasses anything Spielberg achieved with the overrated SAVING PRIVATE RYAN . War is hell and this is a film of stark and haunting imagery of victims of famine , of mutilated soldiers and civilians . Both editing and cinematography are superb with many great scenes like the small stream of American soldiers walking up the street while on the other side of the houses a massive torrent of armed militiamen are walking in the same direction . My only real complaints of what`s on screen is Ewan McGregor`s awful American accent ( It`s especially so when you stop to consider that most of the cast aren`t played by American actors )and Hans Zimmer score resembles that of most of his other movies , but I shouldn`t nitpick because I found this Scott`s best film alongside GLADIATOR