GCS 009: "Black Hawk Down" by Ridley Scott

Since I started with the "Greatest Cinematic Scenes" series, I only did or musicals or romances, and now it's time to change the genre and show something totaly different, and that's why the scene of today comes from

Black Hawk Down (2001) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265086/

Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu, and the heroic efforts by various Rangers to get to them, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, commanding one Ranger unit named Chalk Four, leading Rangers to the first black hawk crash site, to Warrant Officer Durant who was only survivor of the second black hawk crash site and whom was captured, to Col. McKnight who leads a rescue convoy for the Rangers only to get lost within the hostile city, to Sgt. Sanderson desperately trying to get to the first crash site, to Staff Sgt. Yurek who leads two fellow Rangers, Nelson and Twombly to meet with up their squad, Chalk Four, at the first crash site, to many others involved who where either killed or survived.Academy Awards, USA

2002

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Won, Oscar

Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro

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Won, Oscar

Pietro Scalia

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Nominated, Oscar

Slawomir Idziak

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Nominated, Oscar

Ridley Scott

Fun facts:

• All Black Hawks and Little Birds used during the filming were from the 160th SOAR, (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) and most of the pilots were involved in the actual battle on 3/4 October 1993. A lot of the extra Rangers in the film were current Rangers, serving with the 3/75 Ranger Regiment.

• Some of the scenes on the monitors behind Major General Garrison are actual satellite images of the battle.

• Some of the radio chatter in the movie was taken from actual radio transmissions made during the battle.

And here is the scene that I chose, it's the final scene where "Hoot" (played by Eric Bana) grabs his gear to go back to the Mugadishu.

Enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=781eSbj9oZY&feature=related