Black Hawk down
(DVD) 

"This dual-layered disc contains a widescreen version and preserves the original aspect ratio, approximately 2.40:1."

Special features include: 3 audio commentaries ; filmographies ; weblinks ; production design archive ; storyboards ; Ridleygrams ; photo album; title design ; History channel special ; Frontline special ; multi-angle sequence ; Q&A ; theatrical poster concepts.

Program time is for the feature film (144 min.), the documentary "The Essence of Combat", and the historical archive programs "Frontline" and "The true story of Black Hawk Down."

Based on the book by Mark Bowden.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.

Director of photography, Slawomir Idziak ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; music, Hans Zimmer.

Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard.

With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieutenants of Somali warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, but when two Black Hawk choppers were felled by rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S. soldiers were forced to fend for themselves in the battle-torn streets of Mogadishu, attacked from all sides by armed Aidid supporters.

MPAA rating: R. Special features are not rated.

Enhanced DVD video; Dolby digital 5.1, widescreen.

System requirements for DVD-ROM features: DVD-ROM drive, Internet access.

English, French or Spanish dialogue; optional English, French, Chinese, Spanish and Thai subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.