On October 3, 1993, Army Rangers and members of the elite Delta Force participated in a covert operation in Mogadishu, Somalia that went horribly wrong. Sent to abduct two lieutenants of a vicious Somali warlord, the soldiers found themselves surrounded by hostile militia. Two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down and many men lost their lives. Mark Bowden of the Philadelphia Inquirer told the story of the battle in his exhaustively researched, critically acclaimed book, BLACK HAWK DOWN, and filmmaker Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR) and screenwriter Ken Nolan have done an amazing job of bringing the dramatic story to the screen. Like Bowden's book, the film does not thoroughly examine the context of the conflict, but gives a detailed and intense blow-by-blow account of the fighting. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Josh Hartnett as a competent but nervous Ranger sergeant leading his first mission, Ewan McGregor as a "desk jockey" who excels when sent into combat, Eric Bana (THE INCREDIBLE HULK) as a cocky and enigmatic Delta, and Ron Eldard as a downed Black Hawk pilot. The violence of the film is brutal and nearly constant. Scott unflinchingly captures the chaos and mayhem of battle with tremendous visual finesse.

Theatrical Release: DECEMBER 28, 2001 (NY/LA)
JANUARY 18, 2002 (EXPANDS)

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Featurette - 1. ON THE SET (24 mins.)
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies
Production Notes

Josh Hartnett: Actor
Ewan McGregor: Scottish, TRAINSPOTTING (1995)
Tom Sizemore: American Actor
Eric Bana: Australian Actor
William Fichtner: Actor
Sam Shepard: Actor, playwright,
Ron Eldard: American Actor
Jeremy Piven: TV/stage/film actor, Entourage/SMOKIN' ACES
Kim Coates: Actor
Brendan Sexton: Actor
Brian Van Holt: Actor
Carmine Giovinazzo: American Actor
Charlie Hofheimer: Actor/"Lassie"
Enrique Murciano: 
Ewen Bremner: 
Gabriel Casseus: Actor/"New Jersey Drive"
Hugh Dancy: British Actor, Ella Enchanted (2004)
Ioan Gruffudd: 
Richard Tyson: American TV/Film Actor
Danny Hoch: Performance Artist, JAILS, HOSPITALS AND HIP HOP
Jason Isaacs: Actor/"Solitaire For Two"
Tom Guiry: American Actor, U-571 (2000), TIGERLAND (2000)

Ridley Scott: British Director/Producer, ALIEN (1979), BLADE RUNNER (1982)

Jerry Bruckheimer: Producer

Ken Nolan: Screenwriter, BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001)

Hans Zimmer: Composer

Pietro Scalia: Editor

"...There may be no working director more accomplished at wringing texture out of the color blue than the prodigious and now prolific Mr. Scott..."
"...BLACK HAWK's knockout photography, editing and sound are all state of the art..."
"...A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken..."
"...[The] images have a raw, vital quality that heightens the urgent, you-are-there quality of the action, and all the equipment, effects and military-related details are superb..."
"...[Made] with immense technical skill and spectacular photography..."
"...Well-made..."
"...Gripping, incisive....An attempt to record as accurately as possible what it was like to be under fire on that mission..."
3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he aerial photography of Black Hawks sweeping across the coastline is stunning....Technically the film is excellent..."