Black Hawk Down - Black Hawk abbattuto

Titolo originale: Black Hawk Down
Regia: Ridley Scott
Anno: 2001
Origine: United Kingdom United States of America
Generi: Azione Guerra Storia
Tag: based on novel or book | ambush | chaos | militia | prisoner of war | wound | somalia | warlord | famine | arms dealer | based on true story | delta force | gunfight | combat | us military | aggressive | 1990s | somber | helicopter crash | mogadishu | rescue operation | peacekeeper | soldiers | street shootout | suspenseful | commanding |
Cast: Josh Hartnett Eric Bana Ewan McGregor Tom Sizemore William Fichtner Sam Shepard Jason Isaacs Ewen Bremner Orlando Bloom Tom Hardy Charlie Hofheimer Hugh Dancy Tom Guiry Brian Van Holt Steven Ford Ron Eldard Gregory Sporleder Zeljko Ivanek Matthew Marsden Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Johnny Strong Kim Coates Jeremy Piven Enrique Murciano Glenn Morshower Brendan Sexton III Carmine Giovinazzo George Harris Razaaq Adoti Treva Etienne Jason Hildebrandt Ty Burrell Boyd Kestner Ioan Gruffudd Richard Tyson Corey Johnson Gabriel Casseus Danny Hoch Tac Fitzgerald Kent Linville Ian Virgo Chris Beetem Michael Roof Pavel Vokoun Dan Woods Johann Myers Kofi Amankwah Lee Geohagen Joshua Quarcoo Tommy Dallace Marcus Ashley Giannina Facio Norman Campbell Rees Nikky Smedley Gibson Rickenbacker Corey Johnson

3 ottobre 1993: nel cuore di una Mogadiscio distrutta dalla guerra civile, una missione di una manciata di minuti si trasforma nella più grande tragedia della storia militare americana dopo il Vietnam. 18 ore di massacro, per sequestrare due dei luogotenenti di Mohamed Farrah Aidid, il famigerato "Signore della Guerra".

Approfondimenti

Nelson (Ewen Bremner) says to Twombly "Just don't fire that thing so close to my head, I can ba [...]	D
Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, and Jeremy Piven also appeared together in Heat (1995)	D
The massive shoot of the "target building insert" sequence was intended to be among the first s [...]	D
Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart were the first two men since the Vietnam war to posthumously rec [...]	D
The mineral water bottles used for drinking and filling the canteens before the raid are of an [...]	D
Despite the seemingly chaotic action, Ridley Scott kept to his method of storyboarding each sho [...]	D
Eric Bana's US film debut. He found the experience to be an ultra-realistic one and said he fre [...]	D
The set was constantly bothered by stray dogs running into shots. Ridley Scott kept them in bec [...]	D
William Fichtner and Kim Coates go on to star in the crime series Crossing Lines together. Thou [...]	D
There was no effort made to cast actors who looked like their real-life counterparts.	D
Simon West was the director but opted to drop out, because he was pretty exhausted after making [...]	D
Originally slated to open on March 1, 2002. However, following successful test screenings in Oc [...]	D
The Black Hawk going down, spiralling as it crash-lands, was achieved largely through real, ski [...]	D
Eighteen hours of combat is compressed into less than three hours of screen time.	D
The documentary The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' (2002) that appears on the DVD [...]	D
Unlike Ridley Scott's previous film Soldato Jane (1997), this production received the full co-o [...]	D
Captain Steele requests a panicked soldier to give anyone who comes through a door "two in the [...]	D
Ioan Gruffudd and Hugh Dancy also appeared together in King Arthur (2004)	D
The donkey that Sgt. Ed Yurek briefly pets almost didn't make it into the film because of budge [...]	D
Grimes can be seen using the same tactical vest as Delta operators, not the plate carrier that [...]	D
A team of Navy Seals also took part in The Battle of Mogadishu. They took up a single Humvee in [...]	D
Ewan McGregor (Grimes) and Ewen Bremner (Nelson) previously worked together on the Scottish cul [...]	D
Tom Hardy's first feature film.	D
While Ridley Scott was wrapping up post-production on Hannibal (2001), pre-production and locat [...]	D
On the last day of their week-long Army Ranger orientation at Fort Benning, the actors who play [...]	D
Forty of the actors who were playing Rangers were sent to Fort Benning, GA, to attend a two-wee [...]	D
During the scene when SPC Nelson and SPC Twombly discuss whether the convoy has left without th [...]	D
The scene depicting a soldier cut completely in half by an RPG is partially true. In reality hi [...]	D
Although this was released to a wave of patriotic fervor, it was actually completed long before [...]	D
The mission code word "Irene" is from the Greek word for "peace".	D
The song at the end of the movie trailer is "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" by Moby with Diane [...]	D
Eighteen soldiers lost their lives during the raid. The epilogue lists 19. Sixteen of the soldi [...]	D
This project was originally the idea of director Simon West, who urged producer Jerry Bruckheim [...]	D
A large number of the actors who played American soldiers are actually from different countries [...]	D
The Department of Defence gave the producers a platoon of Army Rangers who did the fast rope sc [...]	D
Disney passed on distributing this film because of its violent R rating. Its eventual distribut [...]	D
Captain Steel uses the word, "chalk". A chalk is a group of soldiers assigned to a specific air [...]	D
The opening sequence that depicts numerous starving Somalis actually utilises rubber bodies to [...]	D
Two of the Black Hawk helicopters used in the film were named the "Armageddon" (after the film [...]	D
One of George W. Bush's favorite films.	D
The scene where a US soldier falls out of the truck in the convoy was an outtake, but director [...]	D
As the soldiers prepare to take off, Wolcott plays a version of "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" [...]	D
Ridley Scott dedicated this film to the memory of his mother Elizabeth Scott. His brother Tony [...]	D
Jermey Piven, Kim Coates and Bill Fitchner all appeared together in Entourage	D
Some of the radio chatter in the film was taken from actual radio transmissions made during the [...]	D
According to "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, this film is shown to US Navy special forces recruit [...]	D
The film features soldiers wearing helmets with their last names on them. Although this was an [...]	D
McKnight refers to the locals being hopped up on khat. Khat (also known as miraa) is a type of [...]	D
When Mr Atto offers General Garrison a cigar saying "These are Cuban. Bolívar Belicoso". Bol [...]	D
In Goffena's helicopter there was actually a third sniper who stayed behind because a crew chie [...]	D
Despite the fact that Ken Nolan is the only credited writer, there were others who contributed [...]	D
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Ewan McGregor starred in the Danish and American versions of Nightwat [...]	D
Mark Bowden, a staff reporter on the Philadelphia Inquirer, first detailed the disastrous 1993 [...]	D
When Orlando Bloom auditioned for the role, he informed the casting directors that he knew what [...]	D
Before the premiere of the film, it was screened for a VIP audience consisting of 160th SOAR, 5 [...]	D
Nineteen US soldiers died in the incident depicted in the film. The number of Somalis who died [...]	D
Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana later appeared in Troy (2004).	D
A featurette on the Double Disc set is called "Battefield: Morocco". At 21mins 57secs a camera [...]	D
Master Sgt. Norman Hooten (Eric Bana) retired after a 20-year career in the army, joining the f [...]	D
Fictionalization of the real life events that were also the basis for Black Hawk Down (2006), B [...]	D
When Grimes (played by Ewan MacGregor) is explaining the intricacies of making coffee, he is sp [...]	D
Ben Foster had to drop out of the role as Cpl. James 'Jamie' Smith due to a serious injury sust [...]	D
Mohamed Farrah Aidid, the powerful Somali warlord who was the raid's main target, died on 2nd A [...]	D
Despite being the main villain, Somali warlord Mohammed Farrah Aidid is never shown or depicted [...]	D
The nickname given to the Somalis by the Rangers, "Skinnies," does not actually refer to the fa [...]	D
This is the second time Tom Sizemore plays a US Army Ranger. His first time was in Saving Priva [...]	D
Tom Hardy and Tom Guiry would appear together 14 years later in The Revenant (2015).	D
In the movie, Pvt Blackburn's fall is a result of the pilot twisting the helicopter to avoid an [...]	D
Ridley Scott regards this movie as one of the films he's most proud of in his entire career.	D
In order to keep the film at a manageable length, 100 key characters in the book were condensed [...]	D
None of the film was made in Somalia but in the similar looking cities of Rabat and Sale in Mor [...]	D
Some of the scenes on the monitors behind Maj. Gen. Garrison are actual satellite images of the [...]	D
Orlando Bloom and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau later collaborated with Ridley Scott in Le crociate - K [...]	D
A lot of the dust seen swirling around underneath the Black Hawks was computer generated. Real [...]	D
Ridley Scott had to drop his original ending as he found it too pedantic and boring.	D
When screenwriter Ken Nolan first read Mark Bowden's book, he was so determined to work on the [...]	D
Ridley Scott: [ceiling fan] There is a large ceiling fan in the scene where Garrison interviews [...]	D
All Black Hawks and Little Birds used during the filming were from the 160th SOAR (Special Oper [...]	D
The photo of a wife and child that one of the soldiers is looking at is actually a photo of Eri [...]	D
Michael Madsen was offered the role of Danny McKnight but was forced to turn the role down beca [...]	D
Brendan Sexton III (Kowalewski) was unhappy working on the film because it conflicted with his [...]	D
The sequence of events near the end of the film, where some of the US Rangers were forced to ru [...]	D
Josh Hartnett was cast largely at the suggestion of Jerry Bruckheimer, who had just worked with [...]	D
During the helicopter ride, one of the soldiers is seen reading a book shortly before they touc [...]	D
No women are credited in the cast list. Giannina Facio, who plays Shughart's wife, picking up h [...]	D
Sam Shepard (Garrison), Glenn Morshower (Matthews) and Enrique Murciano (Ruiz) also worked toge [...]	D
Ridley Scott offered Russell Crowe the role of Sgt. Norm "Hoot" Hooten, the Delta squad leader. [...]	D
The movie opens with a quote from Plato, "Only the dead have seen an end to war." An earlier cu [...]	D
In 2006 Cirio H. Santiago's action movie Operation Balikatan (2003), starring Christian Boeving [...]	D
Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Ewen Bremner, William Fichtner and Kim Coates all previously worke [...]	D
Writer Ken Nolan's first experience on a movie set.	D
Soldiers of the Royal Moroccan Army played Somali militiamen.	D
This is the first collaboration between Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer. However, the producer al [...]	D
The closing song 'The Minstrel Boy' was the work of famous Irish song writer Thomas Moore and rails [...]	D
The movies title (Black Hawk Down) doesn't happen until 52 minutes into the film.	D
Spc. Grimes, played by Ewan McGregor, is a fictional character, though given his administrative posi [...]	D