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Black Hawk Down is a 2001 film by Ridley Scott, based on the book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden. It depicts the Battle of Mogadishu, which was part of the U.S. military's 1993 campaign to capture Somali politician Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The movie stars Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana and Tom Sizemore. It won awards for Film Editing and Sound Editing at the 75th Academy Awards in 2002.

Cast

Josh Hartnett
- SSG. Matt Eversmann
Ewan McGregor
- SPC. John Grimes
Jason Isaacs
- CPT. Mike Steele
Tom Sizemore
- LTC. Danny McKnight
William Fichtner
- Delta SFC. Jeff Sanderson
Eric Bana
- Delta SFC. Norm 'Hooten' Gibson
Sam Shepard
- MG. William F. Garrison
Ewen Bremner
- SPC. Shawn Nelson
Tom Hardy
- SPC. Lance Twombly (as Thomas Hardy)
Ron Eldard
- CWO. Michael Durant
Charlie Hofheimer
- CPL. James 'Jamie' Smith
Hugh Dancy
- SFC. Kurt Schmid
Tom Guiry
- SSG. Ed Yurek (as Thomas Guiry)
Brian Van Holt - SSG. Jeff Struecker
Steven Ford - LTC. Joe Cribbs
Matthew Marsden
- SPC. Dale Sizemore
Nikolaj Coster Waldau
- Delta MSG. Gary Gordon (Medal of Honor Recipient)
Orlando Bloom
- PFC. Todd Blackburn
Johnny Strong - Delta SFC Randy Shughart (Medal of Honor Recipient)
Kim Coates
- Msgt. Tim 'Griz' Martin
Glenn Morshower
- Lt. Col. Tom Matthews
Enrique Murciano
- SGT. Lorenzo Ruiz
Jeremy Piven
- CWO Cliff 'Elvis' Wolcott
Richard Tyson
- SSgt. Daniel Busch

Plot

Based on the best-selling book detailing an ill-fated U.S. Army mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993.

An assault force of Delta Force commandos backed up by nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers under the command of CPT Mike Steele were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two senior lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The mission is successful and the wanted persons are captured and taken into American custody. However, when Somali militia armed with RPGs down two Black Hawk helicopters, a 30 minute mission becomes a pitched battle between the American forces and Somali militia. The movie recounts the efforts by the American soldiers to get to the crash sites and recover their wounded personnel. Most of the action centers on a few soldiers, such as Sgt. Eversmann and Staff Sgt. Yurek who command Ranger units Chalk Four and Chalk Two, respectively. Other parts of the movie focus on Lt. Col. McKnight and his rescue convoy that gets ambushed throughout the hostile city, Sfc. "Hoot" Gibson and his Delta operators, Sfc. Jeff Sanderson as he leads the Rangers to the first Black Hawk crash site, and the sole survivor of the second crash, Warrant Officer Durant. The soldiers were able to hold off the militia until dawn, when a convoy consisting of the 10th Mountain Division, U.S. Marines, Navy SEALs, and Pakistani and Malaysian UN troops reached them and they were able to successfully exit the city. During the battle, 18 American soldiers lost their lives, while it is estimated that over a thousand Somali civilians and militia were killed. The 19th casualty, reported on the DVD and through other sources was Delta Sgt. Matt Rierson, who was killed in a mortar attack on the Task Force hangar two days after the battle.

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