Black Hawk down [videorecording] / Revolution Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present ; a Ridley Scott film ; in association with Scott Free Productions ; producers, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott ; screenplay, Ken Nolan ; director, Ridley Scott.
Widescreen version. Title from credits. Program time is for the feature film, the documentary "The Essence of Combat", and the historical archive programs "Frontline" and "The true story of Black Hawk Down" "This dual-layered disc contains a widescreen version and preserves the original aspect ratio, approximately 2.40:1." Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Based on the book by Mark Bowden. Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard.
Contents:
Disc one: Feature film and commentaries. Disc two: "Making of" documentary, deleted scenes, featurette, optional commentaries, photogalleries. Disc 3: History Channel documentary, mission timeline, Frontline documentary, music video, trailers, TV spots, and more.
Summary:
With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieutenants of Somali warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, but when two Black Hawk choppers were felled by rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S. soldiers were forced to fend for themselves in the battle-torn streets of Mogadishu, attacked from all sides by armed Aidid supporters.
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