Friday, October 2, 2015

October 2 - Black Hawk Down

Today’s film is a war movie with a scene that happens on October 2. Watch and enjoy this movie tonight.

BLACK HAWK DOWN       

On October 2, 1993 [3:00 – 19:15] the forces of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid steal UN food supplies. The US decides to arrest Elmi and Qeybdiid, two of Aidid’s lieutenants. The men are captured in a helicopter raid but the ground extraction force is attacked. PFC Todd Blackburn is injured and three humvees sent to take him to friendly territory are cut off. Black Hawk Super Six One is shot down and US forces can’t reach the crash site. Then Super Six Four is shot down also. Although they resist, the forces at the Super Six four crash site are overrun and Michael Durant is captured. Eventually the forces at the Super Six One crash site are rescued.

The Date is given in the film at 3:03

Producers - Jerry Bruckheimer and Ridley Scott

Director - Ridley Scott

Screenwriter - Ken Nolan      

Awards – The film won the Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing Oscars. It was also nominated
for Best Cinematography and Best Director at the 74th Academy Awards.

Runtime – 2 hours 24 minutes

Released – December 28, 2001

Starring -

Josh Hartnett as Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann
Ewan McGregor as Specialist John "Grimesey" Grimes
Tom Sizemore as LTC Danny McKnight
Ewen Bremner as SPC Shawn Nelson, a squad gunner
Gabriel Casseus as SPC Mike Kurth
Hugh Dancy as Sergeant First Class Kurt "Doc" Schmid
Ioan Gruffudd as Lieutenant John Beales
Tom Guiry as SSG Ed Yurek
Charlie Hofheimer as Corporal Jamie Smith
Danny Hoch as Sergeant Dominick Pilla
Jason Isaacs as Captain Mike Steele
Brendan Sexton III as Private Richard "Alphabet" Kowalewski
Ian Virgo as PVT John Waddell
Tom Hardy as SPC Lance Twombly
Orlando Bloom as PFC Todd Blackburn
Sam Shepard as Major General William F. Garrison
Eric Bana as SFC Norm "Hoot" Gibson
Ron Eldard as Warrant Officer Michael Durant
           
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.  



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