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  1. Jan 18, 2002 · Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down" tells the story of a U.S. military raid that went disastrously wrong when optimistic plans ran into unexpected resistance. In Mogadishu, Somalia, in October 1993, 18 Americans lost their lives, 70 more were wounded, and within days President Bill Clinton pulled out troops that were on a humanitarian mission. By then some 300,000 Somalis had died of starvation ...

  2. Summaries. The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis. Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993.

  3. Black Hawk Down is a 2001 war film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, from a screenplay by Ken Nolan. It is based on the 1999 eponymous non-fiction book by journalist Mark Bowden , about the crew of a Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu .

  4. Oct 16, 2023 · In an epic war movie like Black Hawk Down, the final scenes begin with about 26 minutes left in the over 140-minute runtime.When Eversmann and the Delta Force finally get air support from another ...

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  5. Black Hawk Down: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana. The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.

    • Ridley Scott
    • 3 min
  6. Publishers Weekly 246 (February 1, 1999): 67. Washington Monthly 31 (April, 1999): 36. A gripping account of the intense battle between U.S. forces and Somali street fighters in Mogadishu on ...

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  8. Black Hawk Down in US theaters January 18, 2002 starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana. 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

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