from Columbia Pictures
Directed by
Ridley
Scott
Starring
Tom
Sizemore (Lt. Colonel McKnight)
Josh
Hartnett
Ewan
McGregor (Grimes)
Jeremy
Piven (Cliff Wolcott)
William
Fichtner (Sgt. Howe)
Ben
Foster
Eric
Bana
Jason Isaacs
Ewen Bremner
Orlando Bloom (Blackburn)
Ty Burrell
Gabriel Casseus
Hugh Dancy
Ron Eldard (Mike Durant)
Tac Fitzgerald
Ioan Gruffudd
Tom Guiry
Thomas Hardy
Danny Hoch
Matthew Marsden
Glenn Morshower
Michael Roof
Brendan Sexton III
Greg Sporleder
Brian Van Holt
Nikolaj Waldau
Written by
Mark Bowden
Ken Nolan
Rated: 
(for intense, realistic, graphic war violence, and for language) |
This film is based on the novel "Black Hawk Down: A Story
of Modern War", by Mark Bowden. Based on the true story
of the October 3, 1993 Battle of Mogadishu during the Somalian
Civil War in which a plan to abduct two lietenants of Somalian
warlord Mohamed Farra Aidid went horribly wrong when two Black
Hawk helicopters were shot down. Directed by Ridley Scott (Gladiator).
Philly.com site - extensive info about the
event
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