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Black Hawk Down (film) - Wikipedia. Black Hawk Down is a 2. Ridley Scott, from a screenplay by Ken Nolan. It is based on the 1. Mark Bowden, which in turn is based on the 2. The Philadelphia Inquirer, chronicling the events of a 1. Mogadishu by the U.

S. military aimed at capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and the ensuing firefight, known as the Battle of Mogadishu. The film features a large ensemble cast, including Josh Hartnett, Ewan Mc. Gregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Jason Isaacs, Tom Hardy in his feature film debut, and Sam Shepard. Watch Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time Online Forbes. Black Hawk Down won two Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing at the 7. Academy Awards.[4] Although it was received positively by critics, the film was strongly criticized by a number of groups and military officials.[5] In 2.

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DVD. The cut contained an additional 8 minutes of footage increasing the running time to 1. This extended cut has yet to be released on Blu- Ray. In 1. 99. 3, following the ousting of the central government and start of a civil war, a major United Nations military operation in Somalia is authorized with a peacekeeping mandate. After the bulk of the peacekeepers are withdrawn, the Mogadishu- based militia loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid declares war on the remaining UN personnel. In response, U. S. Army 7. 5th Rangers, Delta Force counter- terrorist operators, and 1. SOAR - Night Stalkers aviators are deployed to Mogadishu to capture Aidid, who has proclaimed himself president of the country.

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To consolidate his power and subdue the population in the south, Aidid and his militia seize Red Cross food shipments, while the UN forces are powerless to intervene directly. Outside Mogadishu, Rangers and Delta Force capture Osman Ali Atto, a faction leader selling arms to Aidid's militia.

A mission is planned to capture Omar Salad Elmi and Abdi Hassan Awale Qeybdiid, two of Aidid's top advisers. The U. S. forces include experienced men as well as new recruits, including PFC Todd Blackburn and a desk clerk, SPC Grimes, going on his first mission. When his Lieutenant is removed from duty after having an epileptic seizure, Staff Sergeant Matthew Eversmann is placed in command of Ranger Chalk Four, his first command.

The operation begins and Delta Force operators capture Aidid's advisers inside the target building. The Rangers and helicopters escorting the ground- extraction convoy take heavy fire, while Eversmann's Chalk Four is dropped a block away by mistake. Blackburn is severely injured when he falls from one of the Black Hawk helicopters, so three Humvees led by SSGJeff Struecker are detached from the convoy to return Blackburn to the UN- held Mogadishu Airport. SGT Dominick Pilla is shot and killed just as Struecker's column departs, and shortly thereafter Black Hawk Super Six- One, piloted by CWO Clifton "Elvis" Wolcott crashes when shot down by a rocket- propelled grenade. Both Wolcott and his co- pilot are killed, the two crew chiefs are wounded, and one Delta Force sniper on board escapes in an MH- 6 Little Bird helicopter.

The ground forces are rerouted to converge on the crash site. The Somali militia erects roadblocks, and LTC Danny Mc. Knight's Humvee column is unable to reach the crash area while sustaining heavy casualties. Meanwhile, two Ranger Chalks, including Eversmann's unit, reach Super- Six One's crash site and set up a defensive perimeter to await evacuation with the two wounded men and the fallen pilots. In the interim, Super Six- Four, piloted by CWO Michael Durant, is also shot down by an RPG and crashes several blocks away.

With CPT Mike Steele's Rangers pinned down and sustaining heavy casualties, no ground forces can reach Super Six- Four's crash site nor reinforce the Rangers defending Super Six- One. Two Delta Force snipers, SFC Randy Shughart and MSG Gary Gordon are inserted by helicopter to Super Six- Four's crash site, where they find Durant still alive.

The site is eventually overrun, Gordon and Shughart are killed, and Durant is captured by Aidid's militia before the angry mob of Somali civilians can kill him as well. Mc. Knight's column relinquish their attempt to reach Six- One's crash site and return to base with their prisoners and the casualties.

The men prepare to go back to extract the Rangers and the fallen pilots, and MG Garrison sends LTC Joe Cribbs to ask for reinforcements from the 1. Mountain Division, including Malaysian and Pakistani armored units from the UN coalition.

As night falls, Aidid's militia launch a sustained assault on the trapped Americans at Super Six- One's crash site. The militants are held off throughout the night by strafing runs and rocket attacks from AH- 6.

J Little Bird helicopter gunships, until the 1. Mountain Division's relief column is able to reach and save the American soldiers. The wounded and casualties are evacuated in the vehicles, but a few of Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are forced to run on foot from the crash site; after fighting through militia forces, they eventually reach the Pakistani Compound UN Safe Zone. Rangers[edit]Delta Force[edit]1. SOAR (Night Stalkers)[edit]Miscellaneous[edit]Background and production[edit]Adapting Black Hawk Down: a Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden was the idea of director Simon West, who suggested to Jerry Bruckheimer that he should buy the film rights and let West direct. West moved on to direct Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2.

Ken Nolan was credited as screenwriter, and others contributed uncredited: Mark Bowden wrote an adaptation of his own book, Stephen Gaghan was hired to do a rewrite, Steven Zaillian and Ezna Sands rewrote the majority of the Gaghan and Nolan's work, actor Sam Shepard (MGen. Garrison) rewrote some of his own dialogue, and Eric Roth wrote Josh Hartnett and Eric Bana's concluding speeches. Ken Nolan was on set for four months rewriting his script and the previous work by Gaghan, Zaillian, and Bowden.

He was given sole screenwriting credit by a WGA committee. Filming began in March 2. Salé, Morocco, and concluded in late June.[7]The book relied on a dramatization of participant accounts, which were the basis of the movie. SPC John Stebbins was renamed as fictional "John Grimes." Stebbins had been convicted by court martial in 1.

Mark Bowden said the Pentagon, ever sensitive about public image decided to alter factual history by requesting the change.[9] Bowden wrote early screenplay drafts, before Bruckheimer gave it to screenwriter Nolan. The POW- captor conversation, between pilot Mike Durant and militiaman Firimbi, is from a Bowden script draft. For military verisimilitude, the Ranger actors took a one- week Ranger familiarization course at Fort Benning, the Delta Force actors took a two- week commando course from the 1st Special Warfare Training Group at Fort Bragg, and Ron Eldard and the actors playing 1. SOAR helicopter pilots were lectured by captured aviator Michael Durant at Fort Campbell. The U. S. Army supplied the materiel and the helicopters from the 1. Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

Most pilots (e. g., Keith Jones, who speaks some dialogue) had participated in the historic battle on October 3–4, 1. On the last day of their week- long Army Ranger orientation at Fort Benning, the actors who portrayed the Rangers received letters slipped under their doors.

It thanked them for their hard work, and asked them to "tell our story true", signed with the names of the men who died in the Mogadishu firefight.[1. A platoon of Rangers from B- 3/7.

John Collette, a Ranger Specialist during the battle, served as a stunt performer.[1. Many of the actors bonded with the soldiers who trained them for their roles. Actor Tom Sizemore said, "What really got me at training camp was the Ranger Creed. I don't think most of us can understand that kind of mutual devotion.

It's like having 2. Although the filmmakers considered filming in Jordan, they found the city of Amman too built up and landlocked.

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