Blackhawk Down

[PUFF88]

will be out on dvd and video on june 11th

[Keith Heitmann]

I just rented and saw Black Hawk Down for the first time today.

The special edition of the movie will be out sometime in the 1st fiscal quarter of 2003 according to my video trade magazine.

[PUFF88]

what did u think of the movie? i thought it was pretty well done indeed. i read the book, and while there are some differences , it was still great. unfortunately between books and movies, the story is never completely correct. But without them , only the men who fought their would know these things. I purchased the movie already, i may pick up the special edition or whatever they are gonna call it when its out.

[Keith Heitmann]

Well, my copies of BHD and We Were Soldiers finally arrived yesterday after I sent a inquiry to Amazon on why my order on the 15th hadn't shipped as of March 31. Somehow they got it hung up and it just never shipped so they sent them to me 2nd day air UPS delivery no charge. Got them yesterday afternoon and took some time this morning to watch BHD via the DVD drive on my computer.

Excellent movie as we all know. Towers above the two I recently rented (Thin Red Line and Windtalkers) in story and everyway.

I browsed through the special feature section on the "on set" segment, a sort of behind the scenes look at the making of the movie etc. I'll have to watch it through when I have more time. I was surprised how many of the actors portraying the detal teams and rangers had british accents when talking with the camera in this segment. You'd never know it from hearing them in the film. Interesting to see the actual Ranger and Delta team training the actors went through for their roles. They had to run in the early AM, stayed in barracks, and learned to handle weapons and tactics just like the real rangers and deltas do.

I'll watch WWS either tonight or tomorrow morning.

[PUFF88]

im bummed out they are releasing a BHD special edition again, this one is 3 discs and has the History Channels True sTory of BHD, its like 40 bucks, im sure i will get it to, but i wish they released both at the same time. here is the list of extras

www.dvdplanet.com/product_listing.asp?productid=32050&productFormat=DVD&sourceID=DigitalBits_Product

We also have final details and artwork on Columbia TriStar's 3-disc Black Hawk Down: Deluxe Edition (street date 6/3, SRP $39.95). Disc One will include anamorphic widescreen video, Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, audio commentary with director Ridley Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a second audio commentary with U.S. Special Forces Veterans of the real battle, a third audio commentary with author Mark Bowden and screenwriter Ken Nolan, and filmographies.

Disc Two will include The Essense of Combat: Making Black Hawk Down documentary (including Getting it Right, Crash Course, Battlefield: Morocco, Hymn to the Fallen, Digital Warriors and After Action Report), 8 deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary, a production design archive, storyboards with optional commentary, "Ridleygrams" with optional commentary, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Black Hawk Down photo album, opening title explorations and photo galleries.

Disc Three will include The History Channel Presents: The True Story of Black Hawk Down documentary, the PBS Presents: Frontline: Ambush in Mogadishu feature, and interactive mission map/timeline, Target Building Insertion (a multi-angle sequence with optional commentary), BAFTA Q&A Forums (with Ridley Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Josh Hartnett, Ewen McGregor, Jason Isaaca, Mark Bowden and Tom Matthews), Motion Pictures Editor's Guild - Pietro Scalia, American Cinematheque - Jerry Bruckheimer and Ridley Scott, the Gortoz A Ran - J'Attends music video performed by Denez Prigent & Lisa Gerrard, theatrical poster explorations and theatrical trailers.