Black Hawk Down (2001)

Glenn Morshower: Matthews

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Quotes 

• [after the briefing] 

  Matthews : What's the matter Danny? Something you don't like?

  McKnight : No Spectre gunships, daylight instead of night, late afternoon when they're all fucked up on Khat, only part of the city Aidid can mount a serious counter-attack on short notice...

  [chuckles] 

  McKnight : What's not to like?

  Harell : Life's imperfect.

  McKnight : Yeah, for you two, circling above it at five hundred feet it's imperfect. Down in the street, it's unforgiving.

• Busch : Three guys with RPGs! Coming up on your side! Now!

  [Somalis fire the RPG, striking Super 6-1's tail rotor. 6-1 is now spinning out of control] 

  Cliff Wolcott : Stay with it!

  Cliff Wolcott : [on radio]  This is 6-1. I'm hit. I'm hit.

  Matthews : Super 6-1 is hit. He is hit. Wolcott's bird is hit.

  Cliff Wolcott : Hey Bull, you want to pull those PCLs offline or what?

  Briley : Right, babe.

  [6-1 is still spinning wildly] 

  Cliff Wolcott : 6-1 going down, 6-1 going down.

  Matthews : Super 6-1 is going down. He is going down.

  [Various radio chatter repeating "6-1 going down", showing the Rangers on the ground looking up in disbelief at the spiraling chopper] 

  Cliff Wolcott : Hold on!

  [6-1's crew are bracing for impact] 

  Cliff Wolcott : [Chopper strikes a building]  Ahhh!

  [6-1 crashes, blades flying everywhere] 

  Harell : We've got a Black Hawk down, we've got a Black Hawk down.

  Matthews : Super 6-1 is down. We've got a bird down in the city.

• [after Super 61 crashes] 

  Harell : We got a black hawk down, we got a black hawk down.

  Matthews : Super 61 is down. We got a bird down in the city. Super 61 is on the deck now.

• Matthews : All units Irene. I say again, Irene.