Black Hawk Down

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"Leave No Man Behind."

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

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Released:	Dec 18th, 2001
Budget:	$92,000,000.00
Revenue:	$172,989,651.00

Black Hawk Down Main Cast

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Josh Hartnett
plays Eversmann

Ewan McGregor
plays Grimes

Tom Sizemore
plays McKnight

Eric Bana
plays Hoot

William Fichtner
plays Sanderson

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Movie Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): Cartridges and empty casings seen throughout the movie are not blanks. Cartridges and blank casings that are seen in some scenes are, in fact, "dummy" rounds. They are characterized by the crimping of the casing. Blank cartridges are generally "live" rounds with the projectile removed. Casings of spent blanks and "live" rounds are not distinguishable unless they are painted to indicate otherwise.
The movie opens with a quote from Plato: "Only the dead have seen an end to war." An earlier cut of the movie opened with a quote from T.S. Eliot: "All our ignorance brings us closer to death."
18 hours of combat is compressed into less than 3 hours of screen time.
Movie Goof (errors in geography): When the boy runs to drop the telephone down to the militia leader, a bay can be seen in the background. The coast off Mogadishu is straight and there are no bays. Secondly, a cliff to the left is visible, as well as in the scenes with the helicopters flying towards the city; there are no seaside-cliffs near Mogadishu. This is a view of the filming location in Morocco.

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