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Synopsis: Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date 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. This led to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Army Ranges, US Special Forces, and hundreds of Somali gunmen; resulting in the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. The film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on SSG Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Chief Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director(s): Ridley Scott
Production: Sony Pictures
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 37 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
R
Year:
2001
144 min
$108,585,355
Website
194 Views


-We're not in the Marines any more.

Oh, and what did we do at Desert Storm?

-We fought small guys wearing big shoes.

Next time just stay out of my affairs.

I can handle myself. -All right.

Hey. Next time, I want your opinion,

I'll rattle your cage.

All right, that's it.

You better have insurance, pal.

I don't need insurance. You do.

-Damn right.

Why didn't you help me, man?

-Well, I figured you're a grown man.

Are you ok? -There's a ringing.

-My phone.

I'll get you an aspirin.

-Jeff here. Right.

Hey, we got an emergency.

-It's ok, she's getting me an aspirin.

No, I'm not talking about you, I mean

the Millennium Building. -Oh, what?

You know that big building. You know,

New York's most famous landmark.

Right, I know, and it's very high.

-Yeah, most skyscrapers are.

Now, come on get on your feet.

I hope you didn't forget how to walk.

Chip.

-What?

My computer's acting weird.

You mean like me when I asked you out?

-Worse.

Impossible. Looks like a virus.

Oh sh*t, not now.

Nail the bastard, will ya?

-Yeah, let me see what I can do.

Nice warm seat.

-It's the closest you'll get.

Yeah... ok...

You want some coffee?

-No. I feel like a cappuccino machine.

Well, I'm gonna have some.

Miss Evans. Get your pretty ass

over to the Millennium Building.

Why?

-An elevator got stuck with sick women.

I'm working on that piece for women's

voting rights. -When was that?

Bit after the fact, isn't it?

Yeah, but I think it's import...

-No buts, I want 400 words by 6.

And make it juicy.

-I'll pee on them.

Hey, Barney, what happened here?

-Many women got stuck in an elevator

or something. That must be the last one

now. Poor woman. -Freddy?

I'm right here, honey.

-Where's my baby?

There were babies?

-Not when they got in. Where you going?

What's your name, ma'am? No you can

talk to me, I'm a nurse.

Was it a boy or a girl?

-I'm not gonna do you any favors.

Hey, relax. I'm just doing my job.

They gave birth?

-Two of them. There was also something

about the air-conditioning.

It got so hot, they almost suffocated.

Well, they sure looked pale to me.

This is your man.

Hi.

-I'm Dunkins. Maintenance chief.

Terrible thing that happened here.

-Don't blame us for this birth wave.

No. It was the choice of God to give

life in a stuck elevator. Who knows?

All I know, it's to get these elevators

up and run again as soon as possible.

Where did it get stuck?

-Between 21 and 22. Doors were locked.

Just came down by itself?

-Yeah. After we cut the power.

Normally we don't call you people in for

stuck elevator. We're trained for this.

Getting the people out, getting the cars

running again. Most of the time it's

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Ken Nolan

Ken Nolan () is an American screenwriter and novelist best known for adapting the 2001 biographical war film Black Hawk Down from the non-fiction book of the same name. more…

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