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  1. Box office. $173 million [4] 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.

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  2. Jun 11, 2023 · Sony Pictures Releasing. Similarly to the film's opener, Black Hawk Down's closing credits would state, "During the raid, over 1000 Somalis died, and 19 American soldiers lost their lives." This ...

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  5. Jul 7, 2023 · An urban warfare expert gives praise to Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down, praising the film for its realistic depiction of combat.Released in 2002, Black Hawk Down told the true story of a disastrous United State military raid on Mogadishu, Somalia, in which a black hawk helicopter crashed in enemy territory, leading to a desperate fight in the middle of the city.

  6. Jan 18, 2002 · 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.

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  7. Black Hawk Down follows 1993's real-life Battle of Mogadishu, in which a small troop of American soldiers tasked with capturing two high-up agents (working for a local Somali warlord), were ambushed by a larger-than-expected force of militia. Famed for its realism and heavy action, the movie works so spectacularly well.

  8. Rated: 5/5 • Aug 19, 2022. Apr 14, 2021. The film takes place in 1993 when the U.S. sent special forces into Somalia to destabilize the government and bring food and humanitarian aid to the ...