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Aug 26, 2021 · We spoke to Norm Hooten, the real-life Delta Forces soldier portrayed by Eric Bana in 'Black Hawk Down' about one of the movie's most iconic scenes.
Jan 30, 2023 · Watch the powerful and memorable speech by Eric Bana as Hoot, a Delta Force soldier, in the final scene of Black Hawk Down, a war film based on a true story. Learn why he fights and what he values ...
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the fantastic final speech of one soldier from one of the greatest movies ever!
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Mar 4, 2021 · Hoot’s reply — holding up his trigger finger and saying “this is my safety, sir” — is a salty slap in the face, and is one of the most recognizable moments from the movie.
- America Didn't See It coming.
- Mohamed Farrah Aidid Wasn't on Our Radar.
- "Black Hawk Down" Was The First War Movie Released After 9/11.
- Mark Bowden Almost Didn't Get to Tell The Story of "Black Hawk down."
In 1993, the Soviet Union had collapsed, and the United States won the first Gulf War in a cakewalk. The country (rightfully) saw itself as the world's last great military power, and there was a sense of invulnerability that was shattered by the events in Mogadishu.
Aidid was strictly a local warlord, a guy with zero international ambitions. He was wreaking chaos in Somalia, and removing him was supposed to be a simple operation. Imagine this: What if American troops were sent into Los Angeles at the height of the crack epidemic to remove Freeway Rick Ross and were pinned down in the crossfire of a Bloods vs. ...
It was also the last war movie made before the start of the War on Terror. As Eric Bana pointed out in our interview, the military gave the filmmakers access to gear in a way that would have been impossible just a few months later. As Americans were processing the fallout of an attack on American soil, "Black Hawk Down" showed U.S. troops regroupin...
Bowden was a reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer when he started researching the story on his own dime. He only got to devote the time to finish it because The New York Times made him a job offer, and Bowden negotiated the freedom to do the story as a condition of staying with the Inquirer. Even then, almost every publisher in New York turned him...
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Aug 9, 2021 · “It’s never as good as it seems and it’s never as bad as it seems, but keep your head and there’s always a way out,” said Hooten, who was portrayed by actor Eric Bana in Black Hawk Down,...
Aug 2, 2018 · The real-life Delta Force Force operator who went by “Hoot,” and who was portrayed by Eric Bana in the movie, today fights an enemy that continues to plague troops and veterans.
