What age rating is Black Hawk Down?

In Spain, Black Hawk Down is not recommended for children under 12 years old.

When does Black Hawk Down come out in Spain?

Black Hawk Down hits Spanish cinemas on February 22, 2002.

How much did Black Hawk Down gross?

Black Hawk Down grossed $173.0M worldwide on a budget of $92.0M.

What is Black Hawk Down based on?

Black Hawk Down is based on Black Hawk Down, by Mark Bowden.

Where was Black Hawk Down filmed?

Black Hawk Down was filmed in Morocco.

Black Hawk Down

Name: Black Hawk Down
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Action, War, History
Released: 2001-12-28
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner

2001

Become a fan of its genres:

7.4/10

Release Date

28/12/2001

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

77%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

77%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

74%

Leave no one behind.

Mogadishu, Somalia, October 1993. A group of elite American soldiers arrives in the city as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission. Their mission, according to command, is to save lives, but they soon receive a different order: to locate and capture warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, whose militias keep UN personnel on edge. The men prepare for an operation that promises to be quick and precise. As they refine their plans and receive instructions from their superiors, they feel confident in their military superiority. Directed by Ridley Scott, the film stars Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Eric Bana, who lead a group of soldiers whose first objective is to carry out an order that, on paper, seems simple.

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Facts about Black Hawk Down

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 12 years old

Spain releaseFebruary 22, 2002

Worldwide premiereDecember 18, 2001

Runtime2 h 25 min

Original languageEnglish

Original titleBlack Hawk Down

CountriesUnited Kingdom, United States

Production companiesJerry Bruckheimer Films, Revolution Studios, Scott Free Productions

Budget$92.0M

Worldwide box office$173.0M

Box office in the U.S.$108.6M

Return on investmentx1.9 Recouped the investment

Based onBlack Hawk Down by Mark Bowden

Trailer views336K

More ratings

3.7/5Letterboxd78/100Trakt7.9/10Metacritic (público)4.0/4Roger Ebert

Awards for Black Hawk Down

2Oscars won

11total awards

36total nominations

Oscar 2 4 nom.

Awards won

2002Academy Award for Best Film Editing · Pietro Scalia
2002Academy Award for Best Sound · Michael Minkler
—National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Nominations

2002Academy Award for Best Director
2002Academy Award for Best Cinematography
2002Academy Award for Best Film Editing
2002Academy Award for Best Sound

Black Hawk Down Cast

Josh HartnettEversmann

Ewan McGregorGrimes

Tom SizemoreMcKnight

Eric BanaHoot

William FichtnerSanderson

Ewen BremnerNelson

Sam ShepardGarrison

Gabriel CasseusKurth

Kim CoatesWex

Hugh DancySchmid

Ron EldardDurant

Ioan GruffuddBeales

Tom GuiryYurek

Charlie HofheimerSmith

Danny HochPilla

Jason IsaacsSteele

Željko IvanekHarrell

Glenn MorshowerMatthews

Jeremy PivenWolcott

Brendan Sexton IIIKowalewski

Johnny StrongShughart

Richard TysonBusch

Brian Van HoltStruecker

Nikolaj Coster-WaldauGordon

Steven FordCribbs

Ian VirgoWaddell

Tom HardyTwombly

Gregory SporlederGalentine

Carmine GiovinazzoGoodale

Chris BeetemJoyce

Tac FitzgeraldThomas

Matthew MarsdenSizemore

Orlando BloomBlackburn

Kent LinvilleOthic

Enrique MurcianoRuiz

Michael RoofMaddox

George HarrisAtto

Razaaq AdotiMo'alim

Treva EtienneFirimbi

Abdibashir Mohamed HersiSomali Spy

Pavel VokounBriley

Dan WoodsFales

Ty BurrellWilkinson

Boyd KestnerGoffena

Jason HildebrandtJollata

Kofi AmankwahSomali Kid

Joshua QuarcooSomali Kid

Johann MyersSomali Father

Lee GeohagenSomali Son with Gun

Tommy DallaceIceman (uncredited)

Marcus AshleyJackson (uncredited)

Giannina FacioStephanie Shughart (uncredited)

Norman Campbell ReesRanger (uncredited)

Corey JohnsonUS Medic (uncredited)

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Cast of Black Hawk Down by the numbers

36average cast age in years

7years of age gap between the leads

0%women in the cast

20%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Josh Hartnett, age 23 at release. The oldest: Sam Shepard, at 58.

Cast ages at release

Josh Hartnett23 years old
Ewan McGregor30 years old
Tom Sizemore40 years old
Eric Bana33 years old
William Fichtner45 years old
Ewen Bremner30 years old
Sam Shepard58 years old
Gabriel Casseus29 years old
Kim Coates44 years old
Hugh Dancy26 years old

Cast heights

1.91 mJosh Hartnett
1.89 mEric Bana
1.83 mWilliam Fichtner
1.78 mBrendan Sexton III
1.76 mEwan McGregor
1.73 mTom Guiry
1.72 mJeremy Piven
1.69 mZeljko Ivanek

Cast nationalities

United States 6United Kingdom 1Slovenia 1Australia 1

Crew

AddressRidley Scott
WritingKen Nolan
Original novelMark Bowden
MusicHans Zimmer
PhotographySławomir Idziak
EditingPietro Scalia
Production designArthur Max
Costume designSammy Sheldon, David Murphy
CastingBonnie Timmermann, Suzanne M. Smith
Visual effectsTim Burke, Nathan McGuinness
ProductionJerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott

Trivia about Black Hawk Down

The filmmakers considered shooting in Jordan but ruled out Amman for being too urbanized and lacking access to the sea. Ridley Scott and production designer Arthur Max settled on Morocco.

To keep the film at a manageable length, 100 key figures from Mark Bowden's book were condensed into 39 characters in the screenplay.

On the last day of their one-week orientation at Fort Benning, the actors who played the Rangers received letters signed with the names of the soldiers killed in the Mogadishu firefight.

Simon West, who proposed the book adaptation, left the project after working on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and later said he regretted the decision.

The track "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" by Moby is part of the soundtrack and was also used in the film's international trailer.

Disney put the project into turnaround, citing its subject matter, and studio chief Peter Schneider later sold the rights to Revolution Studios.

Black Hawk Down won two Academy Awards at the 74th ceremony, for Best Film Editing and Best Sound, out of four nominations.

Tom Hardy made his film debut in Black Hawk Down, playing a supporting role within the film's large ensemble cast.

Sources: Wikipedia (English) · Wikipedia (Spanish)

What it's about Black Hawk Down

based on novel or bookambushchaosmilitiaprisoner of warwoundsomaliawarlordfaminearms dealerbased on true storydelta forcegunfightcombatus military1990shelicopter crashmogadishurescue operationpeacekeepersoldiersstreet shootout

Main theme: Battle of Mogadishu

What Black Hawk Down is called in other countries

It was released in 38 countries, each in its own language.

SpainBlack Hawk derribado
FranceLa Chute du faucon noir
ItalyBlack Hawk Down - Black Hawk abbattuto
MexicoLa caída del halcón negro
BrazilFalcão Negro em Perigo
PortugalCercados
Japanブラックホーク・ダウン
South Korea블랙 호크 다운
China黑鹰坠落
Indiaमहा आक्रमण
RussiaПадение черного ястреба
ArgentinaLa caída del halcón negro

See the remaining 26 countries

BulgariaBlek Khouk
CanadaLa chute du faucon noir
CroatiaPad crnog jastreba
CzechiaČerný jestřáb sestřelen
EstoniaAllatulistatud Black Hawk
FinlandIsku Mogadishuun
Georgiaშავი ქორის დესანტი
GreeceMavro geraki: I katarripsi
Hong Kong黑鷹15小時
HungaryA Sólyom végveszélyben
Iranسقوط شاهین سیاه
Israelבלאק הוק דאון
LatviaMelnais vanags notriekts
LithuaniaJuodojo vanago žūtis
PolandHelikopter w Ogniu
RomaniaOperațiunea Mogadishu
Saudi Arabiaسقوط الصقر الأسود
SerbiaPad crnog jastreba
Singapore黑鹰坠落
SlovakiaČierny jastrab zostrelený
SloveniaSestreljeni črni jastreb
Taiwan黑鷹計畫
Thailandยุทธการฝ่ารหัสทมิฬ
TurkeyKara Şahin Düştü
UkrainePadinnia chornoho yastruba
VietnamDiều Hâu Đen Gãy Cánh

Where it was filmed Black Hawk Down

FilmingWhere the story takes place

Filming locations

Where the Story Takes Place

Quotes by Black Hawk Down

Look, these people... they have no jobs, no food, no education, no future. I just figure that you know, I mean, we have two things we can do. We can help, or we can sit back and watch a country destroy itself on CNN. Right?
Y'know what I think? Don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window.

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