Product Description: BLACK HAWK DOWN (DVD/WS/DD 5.1/FR-BOTH/ENG-CH-TH-S
Amazon.com essential video: Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down conveys the raw, chaotic urgency of ground-force battle in a worst-case scenario. 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. Based on author Mark Bowden's bestselling account of the battle, Scott's riveting, action-packed film follows a sharp ensemble cast in some of the most authentic battle sequences ever filmed. The loss of 18 soldiers turned American opinion against further involvement in Somalia, but Black Hawk Down makes it clear that the men involved were undeniably heroic. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com: Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down conveys the raw, chaotic urgency of ground-force battle in a worst-case scenario. 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. Based on author Mark Bowden's bestselling account of the battle, Scott's riveting, action-packed film follows a sharp ensemble cast in some of the most authentic battle sequences ever filmed. The loss of 18 soldiers turned American opinion against further involvement in Somalia, but Black Hawk Down makes it clear that the men involved were undeniably heroic. --Jeff Shannon
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony Pictures Home ENT EAN: 9780767870627 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 076787062X Item Dimensions:25 Label: Sony Pictures Languages:EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledChineseSubtitledThaiSubtitledFrenchDubbed Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: 043396067660 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: June 11, 2002 Running Time: 144 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 2002
Customer Reviews
Superb Sound and picture!
I felt like I was sitting inside the helicopter! The sound track is wonderfully mastered and this blu-ray is a must have.