Black Hawk Down (film)

Black Hawk Down
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRidley Scott
Screenplay byKen Nolan
Based onBlack Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySławomir Idziak
Edited byPietro Scalia
Music byHans Zimmer
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
  • December 28, 2001 (2001-12-28)
(limited release)
  • January 18, 2002 (2002-01-18)
(U.S. release)
Running time
144 minutes[1]
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$92 million[3]
Box office$173 million[4]

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 war film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, from a screenplay by Ken Nolan. It is based on the 1999 eponymous non-fiction book by journalist Mark Bowden, about the crew of a Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu. The film features a large ensemble cast, including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Jason Isaacs, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Piven, Ioan Gruffudd, Ewen Bremner, Hugh Dancy, and Tom Hardy in his first film role. Orlando Bloom, Ty Burrell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau also have minor roles.

Black Hawk Down had a limited release on December 28, 2001, and went into the public on January 18, 2002. The film received positive reviews from film critics, although it was criticized for inaccuracies. The film performed modestly well at the box office, grossing $173 million worldwide against a production budget of $92 million. Black Hawk Down won two Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Sound at the 74th Academy Awards.[5] In 2006, an extended cut of the film was released on DVD. The cut contains an additional eight minutes of footage, increasing the running time to 152 minutes. This extended cut was released on Blu-ray and in 4K on May 7, 2019.[6]

  1. ^ "BLACK HAWK DOWN". bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. January 9, 2002. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Black Hawk Down (2002)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  3. ^ Lang, Brent (September 1, 2011). "'Inside the Revolution Library: Where Joe Roth Went Wrong". TheWrap.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
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  5. ^ "The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  6. ^ Hunt, Bill (May 9, 2019). "Black Hawk Down (4K UHD Review)". The Digital Bits. Retrieved October 14, 2021.

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