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Black Hawk Down (2001): Film vs Book
Film · 2001 · Directed by Ridley Scott · Starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor
About the film
A military mission in Mogadishu goes badly wrong in a single day.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film follows the events of the nonfiction book with fewer individual stories.
Read or watch first?
The book is a detailed, human account of the fight.
What the book gives you
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
A fast, vivid, minute-by-minute account that makes you feel the moment.
Who will like it: Readers who like intense, true accounts of a single battle.