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Sahara
2005
Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). In his spare time, Dirk is .. Read more
| Starring | Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn |
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| Director | Breck Eisner |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Sahara
Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). In his spare time, Dirk is obsessed with the 150-year-old mystery of the Texas, an Ironclad battleship that reportedly disappeared from Richmond, Virginia during a Civil War battle and turned up in Africa. When a Confederate coin--allegedly one of only five minted--surfaces in Mali, Dirk and Al plan to travel there from Lagos, Nigeria on the admiral's yacht to investigate. Meanwhile, in Lagos, Dirk meets Eva (Penelope Cruz), a doctor for the World Health Organization (WHO) who believes that there is a plague building in Mali. Since the WHO is unable to find another way into the war-torn country, Dirk and Al give Eva and her colleague a lift up the river. Once in Mali, Dirk, Al, and Eva quickly find themselves embroiled in trouble as she pursues the source of the disease. Meanwhile, Dirk and Al search for the Texas. Based on a novel by Clive Cussler, SAHARA is a rollicking thrill ride through exotic locales, including everything from high-speed boat chases to helicopter pursuits to jeeps racing through the desert to camel rides. A warlord and a greedy French businessman prove to be formidable villains for the trio. McConaughey fits the bill as gentleman and adventurer Dirk, while Zahn holds his own as likeable sidekick Al. Cruz is feisty as independent Eva. Director Breck Eisner's theatrical feature film debut also features William H. Macy as the admiral.
| Starring | Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn |
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| Director | Breck Eisner |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 59 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 38 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 59 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Big Adventures |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Italian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 22 Aug 2005 Blu-ray: 08 Sep 2008 HD DVD: not available Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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Energetic, rousingly absurd, old-fashioned, gung-ho adventure that offers few thrills and tries too hard to be topical about environmental catastrophe.
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Spectacular! It's INDIANA JONES and JAMES BOND rolled into one incredibly fun film
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72 out of 78 people found this review helpful
Great old fashioned adventure lacking character
There is a distinct lack of family action films that have been released in the past few years. However, ?Sahara? makes the second one in a few months, the other being ?National Treasure?. Comparisons of these films to the Indy trilogy is obvious as they all feature treasure hunters.
In Sahara?s case it is Dirk Pitt an ex-navy man who now works privately to discover lost treasure. He is aided by is best friend Al, played by the excellent Steve Zahn, and on this adventure, a doctor who is seeking a cure for a plague (Cruz).
The film is set almost entirely in Africa so has a different feel to many recent action films. The set pieces are great fun and the chemistry between the two male leads is excellent. What lets the film down is the lack of character development and slow first half of the film. Hold out till the end though and the exciting finale certainly makes it worth while.
Suitable for all the family this film is a good action film to sit down and watch together.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
GOOD FAMILY FUN!
WE HAD NATIONAL TREASURE THE WEEK BEFORE AND WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR, BUT IT WASN'T. THE WHOLE FAMILY ENJOYED IT.
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News and features
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Paramount hopes moviegoers won't desert Sahara
- 08 Apr 2005
The first major 2005 release from Paramount opens today in the UK - Sahara is adapted from a Clive Cussler novel and stars Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt, a marine treasure hunter searching for a phantom battleship in the Sahara desert. Penelope Cruz also stars, playing a pro-active medic who inevitably ends up getting entangled with McConaughey's absurdly named character. This is the first big budget movie that Paramount has released since making major executive changes earlier this year.... Read more
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Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ...
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