《Black Hawk Down》　黑鷹墜落　戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)帶給人的總是傷痛

No.010　《Black Hawk Down》　黑鷹墜落　戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)帶給人的總是傷痛

英文導(dǎo)讀

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 American war drama film directed by Ridley Scott. It is an adaptation of the 1999 book of the same name by Mark Bowden, which chronicles the events of the Battle of Mogadishu, a raid integral to the United States' effort to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.The film features a large ensemble cast, including Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner and Sam Shepard.

A quickly forgotten chapter in United States military history is relived in this harrowing war drama from director Ridley Scott. On October 3, 1993, an elite team of more than 100 Delta Force soldiers and Army Rangers, part of a larger United Nations peacekeeping force, are dropped into civil war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia, in an effort to kidnap two of local crime lord Mohamed Farah Aidid's top lieutenants. Among the team: Staff Sgt. Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett), Ranger Lt. Col. Danny McKnight (Tom Sizemore), the resourceful Delta Sgt. First Class Jeff Sanderson (William Fichtner), and Ranger Spec. Grimes (Ewan McGregor), a desk-bound clerk getting his first taste of live combat. When two of the mission's Black Hawk helicopters are shot down by enemy forces, the Americans—committed to recovering every man, dead or alive—stay in the area too long and are quickly surrounded. The ensuing firefight is a merciless 15-hour ordeal and the longest ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. In the end, 70 soldiers are injured and 18 are dead, along with hundreds of Somalians.

The film received many positive reviews from mainstream critics. Empire magazine gave it a verdict of "ambitious, sumptuously framed, and frenetic, Black Hawk Down is nonetheless a rare find of a war movie which dares to turn genre convention on its head". Film Critic Mike Clark of USA Today wrote that the film "extols the sheer professionalism of America's elite Delta Force – even in the unforeseen disaster that was 1993's Battle of Mogadishu." and praised Scott's direction "in relating the conflict, in which 18 Americans died and 70-plus were injured, the standard getting-to-know-you war-film characterizations are downplayed. While some may regard this as a shortcoming, it is, in fact, a virtue". It has a 76% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a rating of 74 on Metacritic.

Black Hawk Down won two Oscars for Best Film Editing (Pietro Scalia) and Best Sound (Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga and Chris Munro) at the 74th Academy Awards; The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director (Ridley Scott) and Cinematography (Slawomir Idziak).

獲獎(jiǎng)情況

2002年第74屆奧斯卡：最佳剪輯、最佳音響?yīng)劊s獲最佳導(dǎo)演提名、最佳攝影提名。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：雷德利·斯科特

編?。嚎?middot;諾蘭、馬克·鮑登

主演：?jiǎn)淌?middot;哈奈特、伊萬(wàn)·麥克格雷格、湯姆·塞茲摩爾、金·寇茲

類(lèi)型：劇情、動(dòng)作、歷史、戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)

制片國(guó)家（地區(qū)）：美國(guó)

上映日期：2002-01-18（美國(guó)）

片長(zhǎng)：144分鐘、142分鐘（德國(guó)）、152分鐘（加長(zhǎng)版）

又名：《黑鷹降落》《黑鷹計(jì)劃》《黑鷹15小時(shí)》

劇情簡(jiǎn)介

本片描述的是1993年摩加迪沙戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的情況，片中描述了由三角洲特種部隊(duì)以及游騎兵特種部隊(duì)所組合而成的美軍戰(zhàn)斗隊(duì)伍，與索馬里摩加迪沙數(shù)以千計(jì)的武裝民兵戰(zhàn)斗的故事。

1993年，連年的部落戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)令東非國(guó)家索馬里山河破敗，民不聊生，由此引發(fā)的大饑荒更造成30萬(wàn)人死亡。掌控首都摩加迪沙的獨(dú)裁者默罕默德·法拉·艾迪德?lián)屪邍?guó)際組織的救援物資，此舉引起世人公憤。喪心病狂的艾迪德向國(guó)際維和組織宣戰(zhàn)，美國(guó)方面派出160名特種部隊(duì)成員前往摩加迪沙以推翻艾迪德政權(quán)。

這支特種部隊(duì)的主要任務(wù)是捉拿當(dāng)時(shí)在索馬里軍閥艾迪德手下的兩位重要人物，原本任務(wù)預(yù)計(jì)約半小時(shí)，由三角洲部隊(duì)先逮捕兩位目標(biāo)后，再由丹尼·麥克奈特中校所指揮的悍馬車(chē)隊(duì)護(hù)送回營(yíng)地。這群滿(mǎn)腔熱血的戰(zhàn)士信心十足地執(zhí)行任務(wù)，然而卻因情報(bào)搜集不足而使戰(zhàn)事陷入困境。在一次追捕艾迪德政權(quán)兩大高官的過(guò)程中，特種部隊(duì)受到索馬里民兵的頑強(qiáng)抵抗。雙方在市中心展開(kāi)激烈對(duì)峙，美軍一架黑鷹直升機(jī)受到攻擊墜落市區(qū)，機(jī)組人員危在旦夕。為了營(yíng)救同伴，一小隊(duì)特種部隊(duì)士兵深入虎穴。原本計(jì)劃半個(gè)小時(shí)的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)最后持續(xù)了15個(gè)小時(shí)，在接下來(lái)的15小時(shí)里，他們經(jīng)歷了人間最難以想象的戰(zhàn)役……

制作花絮

片中出現(xiàn)的所有“黑鷹”和“小鳥(niǎo)”直升機(jī)均屬于美軍第160特種行動(dòng)飛行團(tuán)，多數(shù)飛行員都曾參與此次武裝行動(dòng)，而且很多臨時(shí)演員都是真正的突擊隊(duì)員。

最初提議拍攝本片的是導(dǎo)演西蒙·韋斯特，他催促杰瑞·布魯克海默買(mǎi)下原著的拍攝權(quán)，并由自己執(zhí)導(dǎo)，但后來(lái)韋斯特放棄了本片的拍攝計(jì)劃，去執(zhí)導(dǎo)《古墓麗影》了。

扮演游騎兵部隊(duì)士兵的演員在軍營(yíng)受訓(xùn)期間曾在門(mén)口收到封匿名信，信中感謝他們做出的努力，并要求他們能如實(shí)再現(xiàn)戰(zhàn)斗，署名為在戰(zhàn)斗中陣亡的全體游騎兵。

一名美軍士兵在運(yùn)送工程中從卡車(chē)中掉出的鏡頭是拍攝時(shí)意外發(fā)生的。

片中美軍士兵的頭盔上都標(biāo)有姓氏，這是導(dǎo)演雷德利·斯科特為觀眾易于區(qū)別人物設(shè)計(jì)的，因?yàn)樵谙嗤瑖?yán)實(shí)的軍裝下，每個(gè)人看上去都差不多。

雷德利·斯科特曾希望拉塞爾·克勞扮演三角洲部隊(duì)的班長(zhǎng)諾姆，但克勞因要出演《美麗心靈》而無(wú)法加盟。

重點(diǎn)學(xué)習(xí)

Are dropped into civil war-torn Mogadishu

文中的drop into是英語(yǔ)中的一個(gè)固定搭配，在文中是“順便走訪；順便（或偶然）進(jìn)入”的意思，比如：He dropped into a shop for some tooth-paste and soap.（他走進(jìn)一家商店買(mǎi)牙膏和肥皂。）Drop into還可以表達(dá)“不知不覺(jué)地養(yǎng)成（某種習(xí)慣）；不知不覺(jué)地進(jìn)入（某種狀態(tài)）”的意思，比如：She has dropped into the habit of drinking.（她已不知不覺(jué)地養(yǎng)成了喝酒的習(xí)慣。）另外，它還有“疲倦地倒在…上；無(wú)意中使用起（一種特殊語(yǔ)言）；落入，投進(jìn)；掉進(jìn)”等意思。

In an effort to kidnap two of local crime lord Mohamed Farah Aidid's top lieutenants

文中的in an effort to是英語(yǔ)中的一個(gè)固定搭配，是“企圖（努力想）；試圖要”的意思，比如：Sometimes in an effort to find ourselves we actually become a clone of others.（有時(shí)候我們努力地去尋找我們自己，而事實(shí)上我們已經(jīng)變成了別人的復(fù)制品。）

單詞時(shí)間

harrowing[?hær?ui?] adj. 痛心的；悲慘的

peacekeeping[?pi:s?ki:pi?] adj. 維護(hù)和平的；執(zhí)行停火協(xié)定的

war-torn[?w?:t?:n] adj. 遭受戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)破壞的

kidnap[?kidnæp] vt. 綁架；誘拐；拐騙

lieutenant[lef?ten?nt] n. 中尉；副官；助理人員

resourceful[ri?s?:sful] adj. 資源豐富的；足智多謀的；機(jī)智的

combat[?k?mbæt] n. 戰(zhàn)斗；爭(zhēng)論

helicopter[?helik?pt?] n. 直升機(jī)

firefight[?fai?fait] n. 交火；炮戰(zhàn)

merciless[?m?:silis] adj. 殘忍的；無(wú)慈悲心的

sumptuously[?s?mptju?sli] adv. 豪華地，奢侈地

frenetic[fri?netik] n. 瘋子；狂人

professionalism[pr?u?fe??n?liz?m] n. 專(zhuān)業(yè)主義；專(zhuān)家的地位；特性或方法

shortcoming[???:t?c?mi?] n. 缺點(diǎn)；短處