Black Hawk down /
In 1993, an American mission to capture the top aides of Muhammad Farrah Aidid, a Somalian warlord in the city of Mogadishu, goes awry when enemy forces shoot down two Black Hawk helicopters and surround the soldiers on the ground. The ensuing firefight is a merciless 15-hour ordeal and the longest...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned; soundtracks in English or Spanish (Mexican). |
| Published: |
[Los Angeles, California] :
Revolution Studios,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy) |
| Summary: | In 1993, an American mission to capture the top aides of Muhammad Farrah Aidid, a Somalian warlord in the city of Mogadishu, goes awry when enemy forces shoot down two Black Hawk helicopters and surround the soldiers on the ground. The ensuing firefight is a merciless 15-hour ordeal and the longest ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Based on the book by Mark Bowden. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (144 min., 15 sec.) : sound, color |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Awards: | Academy Award, 2002: Best Film Editing (Pietro Scalia); Best Sound (Michael Minkler, Chris Munro, Myron Nettinga). |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Slawomir Idziak ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music, Hans Zimmer. |