What is Enemy of the State / Black Hawk Down about?

Double Feature: ENEMY OF THE STATE, 1998, Buena Vista, 131 min. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott ratchet up conspiracy paranoia to the nth degree when lawyer Will Smith unknowingly receives a video incriminating National Security Agency chief Jon Voight. Smith comes under fire and goes on the run, receiving help from an unlikely source: renegade surveillance expert Gene Hackman. BLACK HAWK DOWN, 2001, Sony Repertory, 143 min. Dir. Ridley Scott. This true story of the longest sustained ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War earned Oscars for Best Editing and Sound. An elite force of American Delta units and Ranger infantry were dropped into Mogadishu on October 3, 1993, to abduct two lieutenants of a Somalian warlord. Instead, two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, resulting in a battle that left 19 Americans and hundreds of Somalis dead.

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What is Enemy of the State / Black Hawk Down about?: Double Feature: ENEMY OF THE STATE, 1998, Buena Vista, 131 min. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott ratchet up conspiracy paranoia to the nth degree when lawyer Will Smith unknowingly receives a video incriminating National Security Agency chief Jon Voight. Smith comes under fire and goes on the run, receiving help from an unlikely source: renegade surveillance expert Gene Hackman. BLACK HAWK DOWN, 2001, Sony Repertory, 143 min. Dir. Ridley Scott. This true story of the longest sustained ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War earned Oscars for Best Editing and Sound. An elite force of American Delta units and Ranger infantry were dropped into Mogadishu on October 3, 1993, to abduct two lieutenants of a Somalian warlord. Instead, two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, resulting in a battle that left 19 Americans and hundreds of Somalis dead.