SFC. Randy Shughart "Gordy's gone, man. I'll be outside. Good luck."
General William Garrison
Sam Shepard · 12 quotes
Sergeant Matt Eversmann
Josh Hartnett · 11 quotes
Captain Mike Steele
Jason Isaacs · 10 quotes
Lieutenant Colonel Danny McKnight
Tom Sizemore · 10 quotes
Grimes
Ewan McGregor · 7 quotes
Harrell
Željko Ivanek · 5 quotes
Nelson
Ewen Bremner · 5 quotes
Sanderson
William Fichtner · 4 quotes
Durant
Ron Eldard · 3 quotes
Matthews
Glenn Morshower · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Nelson & Twombly (4), General William Garrison & Harrell (3), Sergeant Matt Eversmann & Hoot (2)
Black Hawk Down quotes
Page 1 of 5 SFC. Randy Shughart
MSG. Gary Gordon
(Final montage before credits)
"My love: You are strong and you will do well in life. I love you and my children deeply. Today and tomorrow let each day grow and grow. Keep smiling and never give up, even when things get you down. So in closing my love, tonight tuck my children in bed warmly, tell them I love them, then hug them for me and give them both a kiss goodnight for daddy."
[Grimes is making coffee]
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean, you're looking at the guy who believed the commercials, you know, about "Be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger. Now it's "Grimesy, black, one sugar" or "Grimesy, got a powdered anywhere?" (he indicates Sizemore's cast) So, what happened to you?
Sizemore Ping-pong accident. So guess what? Your wish has been granted. you're going out today.
You're **** me!
Sizemore You're taking my place assisting the sixty gunner. Sergeant Eversmann said to get your stuff and get ready. It's what you wanted, isn't it?
(Troops are having an impromptu barbecue with a wild boar killed by Hoot.)
Sergeant, what's going on here?
Oh, just some aerial target practice, sir. Didn't want to leave it behind.
I'm talking about your weapon. Delta or no Delta, that's a hot weapon. You know better than that. Your safety should be on at all times on base.
Hoot (holding up his index finger): Well, this is my safety, sir.
(The Rangers make last-minute preparations for the mission; Grimes is filling a canteen.)
You're not gonna need that, dude. We're not out there long enough.
(Grimes sets aside the canteen and starts to pack his NOD night vision goggles.)
You're not gonna need that, either. Might as well take dope and beer instead.
What?
Ammo, dude. Take ammo.
Grimes, the most important thing: if everybody else starts shooting, try and shoot in the same direction.
Blackburn Excited... in-in a good way. I've been training my whole life for this.
You ever shot at anybody before?
Blackburn No, sir.
Me neither.
Sgt Struecker All right, gather around! Durant's 6-4 is down. We're going back in to get him.
SP4 Thomas That's crazy! Is there even anyone alive on that?
Struecker Doesn't matter. No one gets left behind, you know that. All right, refit, max out ammo and grenades. You got five.
Struecker (sees Sizemore suited up): Sizemore, where are you going?
Sizemore With you guys.
Struecker Not with that cast on, you're not. (Sizemore tries to cut cast with knife) okay-okay-okay, go get your K-pot.
Struecker Hey - talk to me.
Thomas I can't go back out there.
Struecker Thomas, everyone feels the same way you do, all right? It's what you do right now that makes a difference. It's your call. Hoo-ah?
Thomas (after long pause): Hoo-ah.
Private Blackburn (New arival Private Todd Blackburn reports in to HQ clerk.)
So, what's it like?
What's what like?
Blackburn Mogadishu. The fighting.
Firstly, it's "the Mog" or simply "Mog". No one calls it "Mogadishu" here. Secondly, I wouldn't know about the fighting, so don't ask.
Blackburn Why not?
Didn't I just say, "Don't ask"? Look, kid, you look like you're about twelve, so let me explain something to you. I have a rare and mysterious skill that precludes me from going on any missions.
Blackburn Typing.
Can you type?
Mr. Atto I see not catching Aidid is becoming routine.
Mr.Atto Don't make the mistake of thinking because I grew up without running water I am simple General. I do know something about history. See all this? It's simply shaping tomorrow. A tomorrow without a lot of Arkansas white-boys' ideas in it.
Gen. Garrison
Well, I wouldn't know about that. I'm from Texas.
Mr. Atto Mr. Garrison, I think you should not have come here. This is civil war. This is our war, not yours.
Three hundred thousand dead and counting. That's not a war, Mr. Atto. That's genocide.
Captain Steele, we gotta move or we're gonna get pinned down!
We are moving just as fast as we can. Now you do your job and let me do mine. Over.
I'm doing my job. Now we gotta get to that crash site. We gotta get out on that street, and we gotta move. And you have got to keep up, sir!
Don't you ever give me orders, Sergeant! We are combat ineffective, you understand me? We got too many damn wounded to move!
Then give me some of your shooters and I'll circle us to the bird.
Grimes, you're with Chalk Four? (Grimes nods) All right, hook up with Delta and link up with Sergeant Eversmann. The rest of you men secure this position and treat the wounded. We'll wait for the convoy. Then we'll rally at the crash site. Roger?
My guys, let's go!
"You know, a friend of mine asked me before I got here... it was when we were all shipping out. He asked me, 'Why are you going to fight somebody else's war? What, do y'all think you're heroes?' I didn't know what to say at the time, but if he asked me again, I'd say no. I'd say there's no way in hell. Nobody asks to be a hero. It just sometimes turns out that way."
"When I get home and people ask me,'Hey, Hoot, why do you do it, man? What are you? Some kind of war junkie? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you. And that's it. That's all it is."
CWO Wolcott (Super Six One, Wolcott's Black Hawk helicopter, has taken an RPG hit; radio exchange follows.)
This is Super Six One, I'm hit. I'm hit. Bull, you wanna pull those PCL's off-line, or what?
CWO "Bull" Briley Right, babe.
CWO Wolcott Six-one going down, Six-one going down. Hold on! Ah... (he breaks off on impact with the ground)
We got a Black Hawk down. We got a Black Hawk down.
Super 6-1 is down. We got a bird down in the city.
Unidentified Voice
Super 6-1 is on the deck now.
Gen. Garrison
Get an MH-6 on site, check for survivors. Send in the S.A.R. bird. I want ground forces to move and secure a new perimeter around that crash site. Can you guide the convoy in there?
Roger that.
Well, move quick. The whole damn city will be coming down on top of them. (Off radio, to executive officer) We just lost the initiative.
"You Delta boys are bunch of undisciplined cowboys. Let me tell you something, Sergeant. When we get on the five yard line, you're gonna need my Rangers. So y'all better learn to be team players."
Sgt. Eversmann
There's a Black Hawk down. Twombly, Nelson — you're gonna stay stay here and hold this corner and then exfil with the humvees. Galentine, Schmid — your'e coming with me. All right? Let's go.
How come I gotta stay back here?
Because you're dependable. (To Schmid and Galentine) All right, let's go!
I hate being dependable man.
"Nothing takes five minutes!"