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Disc 1: Widescreen, digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video; commentary by producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Ridley Scott author Mark Bowden, screenwriter Ken Nolan, and U.S. Special Forces veterans (‘93); filmographies, weblinks; English, French, and Spanish 5.1 Dolby digital audio; English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Thai subtitles. Disc 2: "The Essense of Combat: Making Black Hawk Down;" "Getting It Right;" "Crash Course;" "Battlefield: Morocco;" "Hymn to the Fallen;" "Digital Warriors;" "After Action Report;" deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary; production design archive; storyboards with optional commentary; Ridleygrams with optional commentary; Jerry Bruckheimer’s Black Hawk Down photo album; opening title explorations; photo galleries. Disc 3: "The History Channel Presents: The True Story of Black Hawk Down;" "PBS Presents: Frontline: Ambush in Mogadishu;" interactive mission map/timeline; target building insertion -- multi-angle sequence with optional commentary; question & answer forums BAFTA: Ridley Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Josh Hartnett, Ewen McGregor, Jason Isaaca, Mark Bowden and Tom Matthews; Motion Pictures Editor’s Guild - Pietro Scalia; American Cinematheque - Jerry Bruckheimer and Ridley Scott; "Gortoz A Ran - J’Attends" music video performed by Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard; theatrical poster explorations; theatrical trailers
Full Product DetailsSide #1 -- Disc 1
1. Somalia, East Africa
2. Atto Captured
3. Welcome to Mogadishu
4. Rangers & D-Boys
5. Sunday Morning
6. Garrison's Briefing
7. Actionable Intelligence
8. "Irene"
9. Insertion
10. Extraction
11. Super Six One Down
12. Chalk Four on the Move
13. Evacuating the Wounded
14. Under Fire
15. Super Six Four Down
16. Tough Choices
17. The Lost Convoy
18. Shughart & Gordon
19. Regrouping
20. Darkness Falls on the Mog
21. Durant Held Hostage
22. Field Surgery
23. The Alamo
24. Night Stalkers
25. McKnight's Convoy Arrives
26. The Mogadishu Mile
27. Pakistani Stadium
28. Aftermath
1. Avoiding Hollywood Cliché/A Just Intervention/Adid
2. Moroccan Desert/Atto's Ambition/Sam Shepard
3. Casting Internationally/Convincing Accents/Josh Hartnett
4. Boar Hunting/Daily Routines/Depicting Real People
5. Natural Born Talent/Unreliable Intelligence
6. Mission Objectives/Bakara Market/Black Hawk Negotiations
7. Rolling With the Punches/Black Hawk Nicknames
8. Starvation and Dismay/Fear and Intervention/Somali History
9. Over-Armed Community/Aerial Choreography/CGI Brown-Out
10. Clarifying Identities/Details of Battle/The First Death
11. The Man Known as "Sunglasses"/Cinematography
12. Planning and Shot Design/Foreign Policy/Making a Difference
13. Production Design/Pre-visualization/Ridley's Favorite Toy
14. Violence Stranger Than Fiction/Comic Relief/RPGS & Mini-Guns
15. An Impossible Schedule/"The Unpopular Mr. Steele"
16. "It's All About Coverage"/Murphy's Law/Working Relationships
17. Dog Star/Funny Accidents/Distilling the Novel
18. Second Unit Pragmatism/Reaction, Veterans, Families & Critics
19. Heroism/The Alamo/Establishing the Medics
20. Stun Grenades/Culture Shock/Two Sets in One
21. Details of Durant's Cell/Morale Boost From Above
22. Base Screenings/Fair Warning/Harrison Ford on Coffee
23. Organic Characterization/Finding the Film's Voice
24. Night Stalkers Don't Quit/Shooting in the Dark
25. The Ranger Creed/Bodies in the Streets & Artistic Restraint
26. Assaulting and Informing/Deadly Women and Children
27. Ending With More Questions/Garrison's Final Scene
28. A Perfect Epitaph/September 11th/Reaction and Responsibility
1. Refining Somalia's Backstory/Ridley's Secret Scene
2. "The Next Russell Crowe"/Presenting the Somali Point of View
3. A Talented Ensemble/The Importance of Establishing Characters
4. The Real Matt Eversmann/African-American Rangers
5. Shooting Dusk for Dawn/Somali Spy Network
6. Sam Shepard & Clarifying the Mission/Adapting the Book
7. Hi-Tech Surveillance/Distinguishing Characters in an Ensemble
8. "Black Hawk Already Down"/Paying-Off the Long Intro
9. A Surreal Re-enactment/Violence of Action!/Digital Dust
10. Technical Accuracy/Radio Silence for Pilla
11. A Psychological Blow/Task Force Ranger Vets On-Set
12. Composite Characters/Necessary Gore
13. Precision Piloting/U.S. Soldiers: "Robots From the Future"
14. Effective Transitions/360º Battlefield/Necessary Comedy
15. Infinite Permutations of the Same Story/Expanding Bit Parts
16. Heroism Under Pressure/Ridley's Donkey/International Cast
17. McKnight's Stoicism/"The Most Terrifying Phase of the Battle"
18. Shughart & Gordon's Heroism/Durant's Out-of-Body Experience
19. Stories Within Stories/Pacing the Battle/Boot Camp for Actors
20. Hollywood Heroes vs. Real Teamwork/Closure for the Families
21. Casting & Re-casting Firimbi/The Somali Perspective
22. Making Ridley & Jerry Happy/Realistic Violence/Coffee Scene
23. Fictional Names/Increasing Tension for the Third Act
24. "A Ghastly Lottery"/Little Birds/The Soldiers of Generation X
25. Racism/Reaction to Criticism/The Malaysian Contribution
26. One Final Indignity/Shooting at Women & Children
27. No Character Development?/The Warrior Ethos
28. Return to Mogadishu/19 Kias/Different Perspectives
1. Introductions/Task Force Ranger's Mission Overview
2. An Armed and Dangerous Populace/Apprehending Atto
3. Night Stalkers/Arriving In-Country/Austere Conditions
4. Overdramatized Friction/Remembering Shughart & Gordon
5. Eversmann's Coronation/Developing Young Leaders
6. The Calculus of Success/Delta Hairstyles/Urban Combat
7. Mission Help/"Significant Concern About This Location"
8. Flying Over Mogadishu/Atto's True Whereabouts
9. Somalia's National Pastime/Brown-Outs and Blackburn's Fall
10. Rules of Engagement and Details of Extraction
11. "An Additional Mission"/Making Sense of Mogadishu's Streets
12. Chalk Four's Journey/Real Events vs. Movie Chronology
13. Women as Shields, Children as Gunmen/"Shoot-an-American Day"
14. "It Was Like Upsetting a Beehive..."/Griz's Fatal Would
15. Finding the Second Crash Site/Ambushes and Roadblocks
16. Summoning Courage/Hundreds of RPGs Into the Sky
17. Faith in the Filmmakers' Intentions/Isaiah 6:8
18. Paying Tribute to Shughart & Gordon/"Obvious Silence Here..."
19. McKnight's Convoy Returns to Base/Another Black Hawk Down
20. Smith's Sacrifice/Watching the World Series One Night
21. Dangers of the Re-supply Mission
22. Unsung Heroes & Untold Stories/Mark Bowden's Inspiration
23. A Cool Scene That Didn't Happen/Composite Characters
24. The Importance of Air Support/Using the Strobes/High Praise
25. No Need for a Rescue/Leave No Man Behind
26. The Real Mogadishu Mile/Cultural Differences & Local Support
27. McKnight's Expectations/Reality vs. Entertainment
28. Historical Context & Truthful Essence/Final Thoughts
A gripping dramatization of the abortive 1993 U.S. military operation in Somalia, Africa, that resulted in the Ambush in Mogadishu, Black Hawk Down earns high marks for its hyperrealistic representation of modern-day conventional warfare. Director Ridley Scott re-creates the fateful October 3rd mission in painstaking detail, capturing the horrifying chaos that ensues during armed conflicts on unfamiliar urban battlegrounds. Portraying the U.S. Army Rangers who fought in the streets of Mogadishu, Scott's talented ensemble cast helps make the events all the more real. Especially strong are Josh Harnett as Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann and Tom Sizemore as the grizzled veteran Lt. Colonel Danny McKnight. Also superb are Ewan McGregor, Ron Eldard, Jason Isaacs, and Sam Shepard. To his credit, Scott remains politically neutral on America’s role in the Somalian civil war. He doesn’t engage in the moral equivocation so fashionable among some Hollywood directors who’ve depicted failed U.S. military operations; instead, Black Hawk Down focuses on the heroic efforts of American soldiers committed to covering their buddies’ backs and bringing everybody home, dead or alive. Scott’s darting camera and rapid cutting make it occasionally difficult to follow the action, but that’s an intentional choice designed to emphasize the maddening confusion of warfare at close quarters. Sturdily mounted, brilliantly acted, and almost unbearably suspenseful, this powerful film shows the events of a fateful engagement in a new and considerably brighter light. The DVD edition includes a behind-the-scenes featurette, production notes, and an assortment of theatrical trailers. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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