| | | Leave no man behind.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, French, Spanish
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Hannibal) and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor, Armageddon) comes a gripping true story about bravery, camaradarie and the complex reality of war. Black Hawk Down stars an exceptional cast including Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor), Eric Bana (Chopper), Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Ewen Bremmet (Snatch) and Sam Shepard (All The Pretty Horses). In 1993, an elite group of American Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are sent to Somalia on a critical mission to capture a violent warlord whose corrupt regime has lead to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Somalis. When the mission goes quickly and terribly wrong, the men find themselves outnumbered and literally fighting for their lives.
"Ridley Scott's uncompromising vision is awesome." David Ansen, Newsweek
"A four star knockout." Mike Clark, USA Today
Editor's Note
On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia. Two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down and many men lost their lives. Mark Bowden of the Philadelphia Inquirer told the story of the battle in his exhaustively researched, critically acclaimed book, BLACK HAWK DOWN, and filmmaker Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR) and screenwriter Ken Nolan have done an amazing job of bringing the dramatic story to the screen. Like Bowden's book, the film does not thoroughly examine the context of the conflict, but gives a detailed and intense blow-by-blow account of the fighting. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Josh Hartnett as a competent but nervous Ranger sergeant leading his first mission, Ewan McGregor as a "desk jockey" who excels when sent into combat, Eric Bana (THE INCREDIBLE HULK) as a cocky and enigmatic Delta, and Ron Eldard as a downed Black Hawk pilot. The violence of the film is brutal and nearly constant. Scott unflinchingly captures the chaos and mayhem of battle with tremendous visual finesse.
| Features | "On The Set" Featurette | | Animated Menus | | Audio: English, French 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround, DTS | | Filmographies | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Production Notes | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai | | Superbit DVD | | Widescreen Presentation |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 6/15/2004 |
| Running Time: 144 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2001 | | Catalog ID: 06715 | | UPC: 00043396067158 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (2002) |  | Pietro Scalia, Winner, Best Editing | | Michael Minkler, et al., Winner, Best Sound | | | Slavomir Idziak, Nominee, Best Cinematography | | | Ridley Scott, Nominee, Best Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...There may be no working director more accomplished at wringing texture out of the color blue than the prodigious and now prolific Mr. Scott..." 12/28/2001 p.E1USA Today
"...BLACK HAWK's knockout photography, editing and sound are all state of the art..." 12/28/2001 p.9D Rolling Stone
"...A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken..." 01/31/2001 p.57-8 Variety
"...[The] images have a raw, vital quality that heightens the urgent, you-are-there quality of the action, and all the equipment, effects and military-related details are superb..." 12/10/2001 p.31-5 Sight and Sound
"...[Made] with immense technical skill and spectacular photography..." 02/01/2002 p.41 Box Office
"...Well-made..." 03/01/2002 p.61 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Gripping, incisive....An attempt to record as accurately as possible what it was like to be under fire on that mission..." 03/31/2002 p.5 Ultimate DVD
3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he aerial photography of Black Hawks sweeping across the coastline is stunning....Technically the film is excellent..." 07/01/2007 p.19 Los Angeles Times 9 of 10
...more than simply, as the opening title says, "Based On Actual An Event." As much as a movie ever - Kenneth Turan
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
The movie doesn't moralize... It's too intense to let the rational part of your brain gear up; inste - Stephen Hunger
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