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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.
- Ridley Scott
- 3 min
Mar 3, 2024 · Black Hawk Down is a gripping and intense war film that tells the harrowing true story of the U.S. military’s failed mission in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993. Directed by Ridley Scott and released in 2001, the movie instantly became a critical and commercial success, earning praise for its realistic portrayal of the events and its talented ...
Sep 14, 2023 · The Legacy Of The Battle Of Mogadishu And The Black Hawk Down Incident. As one veteran of the mission who later served as an adviser on the movie Black Hawk Down recalled, “We kicked their butt, but that was at a tactical level. At the strategic and political level, when you have some casualties, it looks like there was a problem.”
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 .
- $92 million
- Hans Zimmer
- December 28, 2001
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 ...
Sep 24, 2018 · Col. Larsen got involved in the Black Hawk project after receiving a phone call last December from an old friend, retired Brig. Gen. William David, who was the commander of the 2-14 during the battle.
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.
