Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down2001

Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 144 minutes

The Battle of Mogadishu is a largely forgotten, yet extremely important event in U.S. military history. When 18 American soldiers were killed and images broadcast of bodies dragged through the streets of an enigmatic African city, it was a horrible … more »



Osman Ali Atto:
I see not catching Aidid is becoming routine.

General William Garrison:
We're not leaving Somalia until we find him. And we will find him.

Atto:
(scoffing) You've been here, what, six weeks. Six weeks, you tried to catch the General. You put up reward posters. $25,000. What's this, gunfight at K.O. Corral?

Garrison:
It's O.K. Corral

Atto:
Don't make the mistake of thinking because I grew up without running water I am simple, General. I do know something about history. See all this? It's simply shaping tomorrow. A tomorrow without a lot of Arkansas white-boys' ideas in it.

Garrison:
Well, I wouldn't know about that. I'm from Texas.

Atto:
Mr. Garrison, I think you should not have come here. This is civil war. This is our war, not yours.

Garrison:
Three hundred thousand dead and counting. That's not a war, Mr. Atto. That's genocide.

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