Black Hawk Down
Eric Bana as Hoot
Release Date: January 18th, 2002
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Written by: Mark Bowden, Ken Nolan and Steven Zailian
Genre: Action
Other Cast:
… Tom Sizemore
… Josh Hartnett
… Ewan McGregor
… Sam Shepard
… William Fichtner
The movie depicts 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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