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, Ken Nolan ; director, Ridley Scott. - [Widescreen version]. - Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002] - 1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Based on the book by Mark Bowden. Special features: "Black hawk down: on the set" featurette; theatrical trailers; filmographies; production notes.

Cinematography, Slawomir Idziak ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music, Hans Zimmer. Cinematography, Slawomir Idziak ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music, Hans Zimmer.

Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard.

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 key 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 armed Aidid supporters.

MPAA rating: R.




DVD, Dolby digital 5.1.


English or French dialogue; English, French, Chinese and Thai subtitles.

Academy Award, 2000: Best Film Editing (Pietro Scalia); Best Sound (Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, Myron Nettinga).

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06766 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment


Aidid, Mohammed Farah, 1934- --Drama.


United States. Army. Task Force Ranger --Drama.


Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993--Drama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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