Description: SEALED NEW DVD: BLACK HAWK DOWN, True War Story, Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric BanaRated R, 2001, Special Bonus FeaturesColumbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, Sony Pictures Factory-sealed, brand-new DVD (please see photos); DVD has never been opened nor played. Anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1 aspect ratio (preserves the original theatrical release aspect ratio), Dolby Digital Sound, subtitles, special features, mastered in High Definition, main feature running time: approx. 144 min. Region 1 (US, Canada, US Territories). True war story based on the best-selling book by Mark Bowden. Subtitles: English, French, Chinese, ThaiLanguages: English, French Cast members include Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard, Gabriel Casseus, Kim Coates, Hugh Dancy, Ron Eldard, and others. The film won two Oscars (Best Film Editing and Best Sound) and was nominated for and won a number of other awards. Special features include behind-the-scenes featurette, film trailers, production notes, and more (please see photo of back of DVD cover for complete list of bonus material). Per label on DVD cover's front, original retail of this DVD was $14.99. Brief synopsis, via IMDb: 160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. Tagline on DVD's front case cover: Leave No Man Behind. Summary from the DVD case's back cover: From acclaimed director Ridley Scott )Gladiator, Hannibal) and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor, Armageddon) comes a gripping true story about bravery, camaraderie, and the complex reality of war. BLACK HAWK DOWN stars an exceptional cast including Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor), Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Eric Bana (Chopper), William Fitchner (The Perfect Storm), Ewen Bremner (Snatch) and Sam Shepard (All the Pretty Horses). In 1993, an elite group of American Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are sent to Somalia on a critical mission to capture a violent warlord whose corrupt regime has lead to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Somalis. When the mission goes quickly and terribly wrong, the men find themselves outnumbered and literally fighting for their lives. Some trivia and background info from the film, via IMDb: Mark Bowden, a staff reporter on the Philadelphia Inquirer, first detailed the disastrous 1993 Mogadishu raid in a serialized, 29-part story that appeared in the paper during November and December 1997. This was expanded into a book the following year. Some of the radio chatter in the film was taken from actual radio transmissions made during the battle. The Black Hawk going down, spiraling as it crash-lands, was achieved largely through real, skillful flying of the helicopter, with some CGI augmentation. The minute it hits the ground, however, the rotors are computer-generated. None of the film was made in Somalia but in the similar looking cities of Rabat and Sale in Morocco. No Somali actors are included in the cast. Somalia was at the time, as it is today, a dangerous and unstable country. The set was constantly bothered by stray dogs running into shots. Ridley Scott kept them in because he liked the authentic feel of their presence. Eight dogs were adopted by various members of the production and were eventually brought back to the US with them. Forty of the actors who were playing Rangers were sent to Fort Benning, GA, to attend a two-week crash course in becoming Rangers. Fifteen actors playing Delta Force members were sent to Ft. Bragg, NC, and were given a two-week Commando Course by members of the 1st Special Warfare Training Group. Ron Eldard went to Fort Campbell, KY, and was given a lecture by several Little Bird and Black Hawk pilots, including Mike Durant, about flying and the battle. Josh Hartnett was cast largely at the suggestion of Jerry Bruckheimer, who had just worked with him on Pearl Harbor (2001). Hartnett was not overly keen on appearing in another blockbuster so soon after the film with Michael Bay, but the strength of the material and the opportunity of working with Ridley Scott soon persuaded him otherwise. Eric Bana's US film debut. He found the experience to be an ultra-realistic one and said he frequently forgot that they were only making a film. The sequence of events near the end of the film, where some of the US Rangers were forced to run unprotected behind the rescue convoy, did indeed happen. This unfortunate turn of events was named by the soldiers after the battle as "The Mogadishu Mile". In order to keep the film at a manageable length, 100 key characters in the book were condensed down to 39. The Department of Defense gave the producers a platoon of Army Rangers who did the fast rope scenes. A team of Navy Seals also took part in The Battle of Mogadishu. They took up a single Humvee in Colonel McKnight's convoy. Ridley Scott offered Russell Crowe the role of Sgt. Norm "Hoot" Hooten, the Delta squad leader. However, Crowe had to turn down the role due to scheduling conflicts with Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind (2001). Crowe, a huge fan of the film Chopper (2000), strongly recommended that Eric Bana take the role in his place. Ridley Scott had to drop his original ending as he found it too pedantic and boring. Captain Steele requests a panicked soldier to give anyone who comes through a door "two in the chest and one in the head". This is commonly referred to as a triple tap or Mozambique drill. Mozambique was, during the 1960s and 1970s, a war- and famine-ravaged country much like Somalia. The reason for this is that there have been cases when enemy combatants have worn bulletproof vests. While two in the chest might knock the wind out of someone wearing a vest and immobilize them for a minute or so, after which they might shoot back, the head shot makes certain that they do not get up. Before the premiere of the film, it was screened for a VIP audience consisting of 160th SOAR, 5th Special Forces Group and Special Operations Soldiers at the 101st Airborne Division Ft. Campbell KY. VIP guests included Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant, General Richard Cody (Commander of the 101st), and surviving Rangers and soldiers who had participated in the operation. Thank you for your interest. 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Director: Ridley Scott
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Studio: Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios
Season: N/A
Case Type: Tall/DVD Case
Format: DVD
Type: Movie
Features: Subtitles, Sealed, Production Notes, Movie Trailers, Behind The Scenes Featurette, Captioned, Widescreen
Release Year: 2001
Actor: Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett, Sam Shepard, Tom Sizemore
Language: English, French
Movie/TV Title: Black Hawk Down (2001 film)
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Rating: R
Edition: Widescreen
Subtitle Language: Chinese, English, French, Thai
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Military/War, Period/Historical
Sub-Genre: War, Violence, US History, American History, True Story, Action, Somalia, Aircraft, Drama