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Filmmaker Ridley Scott follows the 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military in his film "Black Hawk Down." and sits down with Charlie Rose to discuss the film.

Ridley Scott Interview with Charlie Rose…

On Monday, January 14, 2002, Filmmaker Ridley Scott sat down with Charlie Rose to discuss his film Black Hawk Down, that follows the 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military.

Below is the full conversation about the film adaptation of Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden as Ridley Scott discusses Black Hawk Down with Charlie Rose.

Mark Bowden (/ˈbaʊdən/; born 1951)[1] is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. Bowden is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, which was later adapted into a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards. Bowden is also known for the books Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (2001), about the efforts to take down Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, and Hue 1968, an account of the Battle of Huế.

Watch the full interview with Charlie Rose and Ridley Scott below:

Directed by Ridley Scott, Screenplay by Ken Nolan, Based on "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War" by Mark Bowden, Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and Ridley Scott, Starring: Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, with Cinematography by Sławomir Idziak, and Edited by Pietro Scalia, with Music by Hans Zimmer, Production companies: Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, and Scott Free Productions, Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing (2001)

Black Hawk Down is available to rent on all streaming platforms

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