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Languages:
English.
Sound:
Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subtitles:
English, Dutch, Hindi.
Format:
Widescreen, ratio 2.35:1, 16x9 enhanced. Three single-sided,
double-layer discs.
Extra Features:
Audio Commentaries - Ridley Scott (director) & Jerry Bruckheimer
(producer), Mark Bowden (author) & Ken Nolan (screenwriter),
US Special Forces Veterans '93; Cast & crew bios, Featurettes:
The Essence Of Combat: Making Black Hawk Down, Designing Mogadishu
Gallery, Production Design Archive, Poster Concepts, Storyboard
Comparisons, Storyboards/Ridleygrams,Jerry Bruckheimer's BHD
Photo Album, Deleted Scenes, Alternate Ending, True Story
of Black Hawk Down; Frontline:Ambush in Mogadishu, Target
Building Insertion, Q & A Forums, Theatrical Trailers.
Comments on extra features:
This is one of the best DVD extras packages ever set down
on plastic. It is huge and there are some utterly rivetting
docos within them that make for incredible viewing. For mine
were the docos on the actual mission (on disc 3) where you
hear many of the veterans of the Mogadishu debacle talk about
their experiences. You also have Black Hawk Down author Mark
Bowden commenting on the situation in a matter of fact, but
hard-hitting way. Some of the film footage in this and the
other excellent doco Frontline: Ambush in Mogadishu is horrific
and should only be watched under adult supervision.
Another winning extra is the Making-of doco, which goes for
almost two hours. You get to see how the military helped prepare
the actors for their combat roles and there are a lot of good
interviews with the main actors. One of the highlights from
this section is showing how CGI helped make the movie what
it was - I was gobsmacked at how much was actually computer
generated.
The audio commentaries offer some real insights into both
the actual situation in Mogadishu, and how Ridley SCott and
his team went about recreating the carnage.
Well done Columbia TriStar.
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