In the recent issue of
Total Film had got some exlusive pictures of Ridley Scott's new movie, 'Black Hawk Down.' Which is also produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
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'Black Hawk Dawn' is based on the non-fiction best-seller by Mark Bowden. The movie is based on the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, the worst violent ground attack since Vietnam.
The troops were dropped into Mogadishu on a routine mission that was supposed to last one hour and ended up lasting a whole night.
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Black Hawks are the world's most advanced attack 'copters. And the Somalis shot two down in the conflict.
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In the conflict a total of 18 US soldiers were killed and a further 73 were injured. The Red Cross estimated that the Somali suffered the death of 500.
The movie is to be released on 18 December 2001.