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Black Hawk down / Revolution Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present a Ridley Scott film, a Jerry Bruckheimer production in association with Scott Free Productions ; produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Ridley Scott ; screenplay by Ken Nolan ; directed by Ridley Scott.
LIBRA BLU RAY DT407.4 .B692 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Black Hawk down (Motion picture)
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Thai
- Subjects (All):
- Bowden, Mark, 1951---Film adaptations.
- Bowden, Mark.
- Black Hawk (Military transport helicopter)--Drama.
- Black Hawk (Military transport helicopter).
- Mogadishu (Somalia)--Drama.
- Mogadishu (Somalia).
- United States. Army. Task Force Ranger--Drama.
- United States.
- Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993--Drama.
- Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993.
- Street fighting (Military science)--Drama.
- Street fighting (Military science).
- Aidid, Mohammed Farah, 1934-1996--Drama.
- Aidid, Mohammed Farah.
- Somalia--Foreign relations--1991---Drama.
- Somalia.
- Aidid, Mohammed Farah, 1934-1996.
- United States. Army. Task Force Ranger.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Somalia--Mogadishu.
- Genre:
- Historical films.
- War films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Historical films
- Action and adventure films
- Drama
- Feature films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- War films
- Action and adventure films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 Blu-ray disc (approximately 144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- French title: Chute du faucon noir
- Blackhawk down
- Place of Publication:
- Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English (PCM 5.1) or dubbed French (Dolby 5.1); with optional subtitles in Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, or Thai; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray disc, Region A; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby PCM 5.1 (Uncompressed), Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition; requires Blu-ray player.
- Summary:
- Details the near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele. The troops were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The resulting action lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen. The battle led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters and to the heroic efforts by various Rangers to get to them out. Centers on Sgt. Eversmann commanding one Ranger unit pinned down by the street fighting, to Warrant Officer Durant who was only survivor of the second black hawk crash site and subsequently captured. Lt. Col. McKnight leads a rescue convoy for the Rangers only to get lost within the hostile city. Lt. Perino leads the Rangers to the first black hawk crash site, while Staff Sgt. Yurek leads his decimated Ranger group through gunfire to safety.
- Participant:
- Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Issacs, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Slavomir Idziak ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designers, David Murphy, Sammy Howarth-Sheldon ; production designer, Arthur Max.
- Notes:
- Based on the book by Mark Bowden.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
- Special features: Includes Blu-Wizard technology; audio commentaries with director Ridley Scott, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, author Mark Bowden & screenwriter Ken Noal and U.S. Special Forces veterans; "The essence of combat" featurettes
- This Blu-ray disc is copy protected.
- Academy Awards, USA, 2002: Oscar - Best Editing (Pietro Scalia) ; Best Sound (Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro).
- ISBN:
- 1424816866
- 9781424816866
- OCLC:
- 171297374
- Publisher Number:
- 043396150232
- 043396161542 French container
- 15023 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 16154 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (French container)
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