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.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 06766 | Columbia TriStar Home EntertainmentLanguage: engfre Summary language: chifretha Original language: English, English Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002]Edition: [Widescreen version]Description: 1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

076787062X
9780767870627

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Black Hawk down (Motion picture)

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DDC classification:

791.43/72

LOC classification:

CM DVD 00040

Also issued on VHS.Production credits:

Cinematography, Slawomir 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, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard.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 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	CM DVD 00040 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Available		00000039563

DVD, Dolby digital 5.1.

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

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

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

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.

Based on the book by Mark Bowden.

MPAA rating: R.

Also issued on VHS.

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.

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

Special features: "Black hawk down: on the set" featurette; theatrical trailers; filmographies; production notes.

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