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
3-Disc Set
Disc One:
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Ridley Scott - Director, Jerry Bruckheimer - Producer
2. Mark Bowden - Author, Ken Nolan - Screenwriter
3. U.S. Special Forces Veterans (‘93)
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies
Weblinks
Disc Two:
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Featurettes - THE ESSENCE OF COMBAT: MAKING 'BLACK HAWK DOWN'
1. Getting It Right
2. Crash Course
3. Battlefield: Morocco
4. Hymn to the Fallen
5. Digital Warriors
6. After Action Report
Deleted & Alternate Scenes with Optional Commentary (8)
Opening Title Explorations
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Design Archive
Storyboards with Optional Commentary
Ridleygrams with Optional Commentary
Jerry Bruckheimer's Photo Album
Photo Galleries
Disc Three:
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Featurettes - 1. The History Channel Presents: THE TRUE STORY OF 'BLACK HAWK DOWN'
2. PBS Presents: FRONTLINE: AMBUSH IN MOGADISHIU w/Interactive Mission Map/Timeline
Target Building Insertion - Multi-Angle Sequence with Optional Commentary
Question & Answer Forums, BAFTA w/Ridley Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Josh Hartnett, Ewen McGregor, Jason Isaaca, Mark Bowden & Tom Matthews
Motion Pictures Editor's Guild - Pietro Scalia,
American Cinematheque - Jerry Bruckheimer & Ridley Scott
Music Video - 1. Denez Prigent & Lisa Gerrard - Gortoz A Ran/J'Attends
Text/Photo Galleries:
Theatrical Poster Explorations

Josh Hartnett: Actor
Ewan McGregor: Scottish, TRAINSPOTTING (1995)
Tom Sizemore: American Actor
Eric Bana: Australian Actor
William Fichtner: Actor
Sam Shepard: Playwright & Actor; Married Jessica Lange
Ron Eldard: American Actor
Jeremy Piven: TV/stage/film actor, Entourage/SMOKIN' ACES
Kim Coates: Actor
Brendan Sexton: Teen actor "Hurricane Streets"
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: Powerful Movie 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..."