Black hawk down [videorecording] Revolution Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present a Ridley Scott film, a Jerry Bruckheimer productions in association with Scott Free Productions ; producers, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott ; screenplay, en Nolan ; director, Ridley Scott.
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FilmPublisher: [United States] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002]Description: 1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 076787062xUniform titles: Black Hawk down (Motion picture) Subject(s): Aidid, Mohammed Farah, 1934- -- Drama | United States. Army. Task Force Ranger -- Drama | Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993 -- Drama | Feature films | Video recordings | War films | Video recordings for the hearing impairedDDC classification: 791.43/72 Production credits: Cinematography, Slavomir Idziak ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music, Hans Zimmer.Awards: Academy Award, 2000: Best Film Editing (Pietro Scalia); Best Sound (Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, Myron Nettinga).Cast: Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Sam Shepard, Ewen Bremner, William Fichtner.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 ky 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 ared Aidid supporters.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| DVD Video | A J M Library 868-5076 | DVD BLAC (Browse shelf) | Available | 19329 |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Based on the book by Mark Bowden.
Cinematography, Slavomir Idziak ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music, Hans Zimmer.
Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Sam Shepard, Ewen Bremner, William Fichtner.
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 ky 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 ared Aidid supporters.
MPAA rating: R.
VHS.
Closed-captioned.
Academy Award, 2000: Best Film Editing (Pietro Scalia); Best Sound (Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, Myron Nettinga).
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