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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 · 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. Director. Ridley Scott. Writers. Mark Bowden. Ken Nolan. Stars. Josh Hartnett. Ewan McGregor. Tom Sizemore.
- Ridley Scott
- 57
- 3 min
His first produced screenplay was an adaptation of Mark Bowden's 1999 non-fiction book Black Hawk Down, which was ultimately made into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name by Ridley Scott. He initially wrote a 60-page treatment and writing a total of eight drafts before Scott was attached to the project by producer Jerry Bruckheimer . [7]
- War, biographical, historical fiction, thriller, military fiction, action adventure
- Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Writer
- University of Oregon
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Jan 18, 2002 · Roger Ebert January 18, 2002. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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.
Jan 21, 2016 · Actor William Fichtnerr and screenwriter Ken Nolan on the set of Black Hawk Down. Eventually Nolan settled on five major characters: Eversmann; a longtime company clerk who had gone into battle for the first time and fought heroically; two older, more experienced Delta Force “operators” and the American commander, General Garrison.
Ken Nolan is known for Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Only the Brave (2017). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. Awards. 1 win & 2 nominations. Known for. Transformers: The Last Knight. 5.2. Writer. 2017. Black Hawk Down. 7.7. Writer. 2001. Only the Brave. 7.6. Writer. 2017. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. 6.0.
May 13, 2019 · But, in the end, I felt that the screenplay was Ken Nolan's work. "Black Hawk Down" (Sony) ... and then the film just made it that much more so. After "Black Hawk Down" came out as a book, which ...
