Black Hawk Down (2001)

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Mark Bowden, Ken Nolan, Steven Zailian
Genre: Action
Rated: R
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: January 18, 2002 (Wide) (USA)

Cast
- Tom Sizemore
- Josh Hartnett
- Ewan McGregor
- Eric Bana
- Sam Shepard
- William Fichtner

Synopsis
This film is based on the novel Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, by Mark Bowden, which tells the true story of the Oct. 3, 1993, Battle of Mogadishu during the Somalian Civil War. This battle was the longest sustained ground attack involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. The mission to abduct two of Somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s lieutenants was designed to take 60 minutes but ended up lasting 15 hours. The attack resulted in two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters being shot down and the deaths of 18 Americans and hundreds of Somalians.

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Trivia
- The photo of a wife and child that one of the soldiers is looking at is actually a photo of Eric Bana’s wife and child. The props department forgot to take a photo of a wife and child with them, so asked Bana’s wife and child who were traveling with him if they could use a photo of them in the movie.
- A large number of the actors who played American soldiers are actually from different countries. The list includes: Ewan McGregor (Scottish), Eric Bana (Australian), Kim Coates (Canadian), Ioan Gruffudd (Welsh), Ewen Bremner (Scottish), Jason Issacs (English), Zeljko Ivanek (Slovenian), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Danish), Tom Hardy (English), Matthew Marsden (English) and Orlando Bloom (English).
- Eric Bana’s US film debut. He found the experience to be an ultra-realistic one and said he frequently forgot that they were only making a movie.