Black Hawk Down is a 2001 English-language Drama History film written by Mark Bowden and Ken Nolan. The movie is directed by Ridley Scott and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Ridley Scott under the banner of Columbia Pictures in collaboration with Revolution Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Scott Free Productions. 160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. Black hawk down features Josh Hartnett in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Eric Bana, Ewan Mcgregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard and Ewen Bremner. The screenplay is written by Ken Nolan which is inspired from Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden. The music was composed by Hans Zimmer. Cinematography was done by S awomir Idziak and editing by Pietro Scalia. The film has a running time of 144-152 minutes. It was released on 17th January 2002. The Film was successful at box office. Black Hawk Down was made on a budget of $92 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $172 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Sony Pictures Releasing. At the 2002 Oscar Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Film Editing and Best Sound.